CHAP. C1X.

myiuca'ck/t:. compto'nJW.

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a native of Madeira and the Azores . Introduced in 1777, by Mr.

Masson, and flowering in June and July. There are plants atMessrs. Loddiges’s. _

M serrilta Lara. Encyc. , 2. p. 593., N. Du Ham,, 2. p. 192.;

M. ffithiopica Lin. Syst., 884., Reich. 4. p. 424. ; M. conlferaBurm. Prod., 27., Pink. Phyt., t. 48. f. 8. Leaves linear-lanceo-late, pointed, deeply and somewhat doubly serrated. {Lam.

Encyc .) An upright-growing evergreen shrub, about 2 ft. high,with very glabrous leaves, of a beautiful green; the old onessomewhat drooping. The name alludes to the serratures of theleaves, which are very deep and open. The berries resemblethose of AT. cerifera ; but they are black when quite ripe, andpreserve a point at the summit. A native of the Cape of GoodHope . Introduced by Mr. F. Masson, in 1793.

M. aucrcifblia Lin. Sp. PI., 1453., Reich., 4. p. 424., Burm. FI.

Ind., t. 98. f. 1., Hort. Cliff:, 456., Pluk, Aim., t. 424., N. DuHam., 2. p. 193., Lam. Encyc., 2. p. 593., Lodd. Cat. , ed. 1836 jLatirus africana, &c.» Com. Hort., 2. t. 81., Rati Supp. Dend.,

85.; has the leaves ovate-wedge-shaped, sinuate, serrated, blunt-

ish ; the divisions often angular. (Lam. Encyc .) A shrub, 2 ft. or 3ft high, with numerous reddishand slightly tomentose branches. The leaves are quite smooth, and dotted. A native of the Cape ;flowering in June and July. Introduced before 1752, as it was cultivated in that year by Miller.

M. q. hirsitta Mill. Diet. , Ait. Hort. Kcw., edit. 2., v. p. 380., only differs from the preceding inhaving the leaves hairy.

M. cordifblia Lin. Sp., 1454., Reich., 4. p. 245., Hort Cliff:, 456., Pluk. Phyt., t. 319. f. 7., N. DuHam., 2. p. 193., Roy Lugdb., 527; Alaternoldes J'licis fblio, &c., Walt. Hort., 3. t. 3.; M. fbliis sub.cord&tis, &c., Burm. Afr., t. 98. f. 3.; Gale capensis, &c , Petiv. Mus., 774.; Coriotragematodgndrosi'licis acuie&tffi fblio Pluk. Aim., 65., Pluk. Phyt., t 319. f. 7-; M. capensis Lodd. Cat. ; 1836; hasthe leaves somewhat cordate, serrate, sessile. (Lin.) An upright-growing evergreen shrub, withwand-like branches; downy and reddish when young, and much leafed ; according to the NouveauDu Hamel , the most ornamental species of the genus. The leaves are numerous, small, heart-shaped, and dentated. It flowers in May and June. The berries are ratherlarger than those of M. cerifera. A native of the Cape, cultivated 1759, by Miller.

Thunberg, in his Travels, says : “ The branches of the wax shrub (Afyrloa cordi-fblia), the berries of which are covered with a fat substance, resembling bees’ wax,were put whole into a pot of boiling water, in order to melt and skim off the wax.

It resembles grey impure wax, is harder than tallow, and somewhat softer than ^wax. The farmers use it for candles; and the Hottentots eat it like a piece ofbread, with or without meat.” (Thunberg’s Travels, i. p. 167.) We have littledoubt that this species would thrive against a conservative wall.

App. ii. Hay-hardy Species oflAyrica notyet introduced.

M. spathulhta Mirb. M6m. Mus., 14. p. 474. t 28. f. 1.; and our Jig. 1970.

Leaves spathulate, blunt, quite entire, glabrous. Male catkins sessile, axillary,solitary, shorter than the petioles. A tree, with smooth, cylindrical branches.

Leaves lin. to 2$ in. long, and £ in. to 1 in. broad. Found in Madagascar byM. Perodet.

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Genus II.

COMPTO'N/J Banks. The Comptonia. Lin. St/s/.. Monoe'cia Trianclria,

Identification. Gairtn. Fruct., 1. p. 58.; N. Du Ham., 2. p 45

Synonymes. Liquidambar Lin Sp .; Myrlca Lin. Hort. Cliff., 456., Gron. Fire. , 2. p. 155.; GalePetiv. Mus., 773.; Compfconc, Fr .; Comptonie, Ger.

Derivation. Named in honour of Henry Compton, Bishop of London , the introducer and cultivatorof many curious exotic plants, and one of tiie greatest patrons of botany and gardening of his time.

Dcscrijition, $c. A low evergreen shrub, a native of North America , inmoist peaty soils, nearly allied to ihfyrica. Only one species has hithertobeen described.

a 1. C. /tsPLENiFo'i.iA Banks. The Asplenium -leaved Comptonia.

MaiMcation. Ait. Hort. Kew., 3. p. S3*.; Gasrtn. Fruct., 1. p. 58.; L’Hiirit. Stirp., nov. e<f., 2.Cat cd ^ am> ’ J Uend. Brit., t. 166.; Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 635.; Lodd.

L. peregrlnum, Cold. Noveb.,afftnis Pluk. Phyt.,

livings. Pluk, Phyt.,Vi6o, _ r'(i,'7rrN.'Du Ham., t. 11.; Dcnd. Brit., t 166.; and our fig.

turni' -^ c ' leaves long, linear, alternate, crenately pinnatifid.

( I'ViUd. Sp. PL, iv. p. 320.) A deciduous shrub, 3 ft. or 4 ft. high. The young