Myricaria
(a Latinised form of Myrike, the old Greek name, used by Homer, for the Tamarisk, to which the present genus is nearly allied). ORD. Tamariscineae. A genus of about four species of hardy deciduous shrubs or sub-shrubs, natives of Europe and Central Asia. Flowers rose or white, in long, terminal, spike-like racemes; stamens ten, style absent, stigma capitate. Leaves small, Heath-like. Myricarias thrive in sandy spots, but hardly seem particular to soil. Propagated by seeds, sown in spring, in the open air; or from cuttings of firm young wood. The only species worth mentioning here is the following:
M. germanica (German). fl. white or rose-tinted, stalked, in spike-like racemes, attenuated above, lax below; petals lanceolate, acute. Summer. l. glaucescent, linear, obtuse, punctate. Stem woody, erect, much-branched; branches rigid, erect, slightly angular. h. 3ft. to 6ft. Europe, Asia, 1582. (B. F. F. 8.)