TY - JOUR
AU - Gibson, C. M.
AB -  Fig. 2. Fig. 3. DAVEY A D GIBSON—My/?/a4 GALE N A. J. Davey & C. M. Gibson. NOTE ON THE DISTRIBUTION MY RICA GALE. BY A. J . DAVEY, M . S C , AND C . M. GIBSON, B.SC. [WITH PLATE I AND ONE FIGURE IN THE TEXT.] OF SEXES IN Y RICA GALE, the common Bog Myrtle, is described as typically dicEcious, thus agreeing with the majority of the other members of Myricaceae. The present note calls attention to the characters of various types of monoecious individuals and to variations in sex. The occasional occurrence of some expression of the monoecious condition has heen noted by several authors.' Thus Chevalier' mentions the exceptional presence of monoecious shoots, and of androgynous catkins, and Marshall Ward' states that hermaphrodite flowers may occur. Observations during several successive years on a large area of Myrica Gale in the peat moors of Somerset show that there always exists a small proportion of monoecious plants which present all gradations between the normal staminate and pistillate types. The series includes plants bearing catkins which contain hermaphrodite flowers. This has been found to be true as regards other areas in different parts of the 
TI - NOTE ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF SEXES IN MYRICA GALE
JF - New Phytologist
DO - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1917.tb07235.x
DA - 1917-05-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/note-on-the-distribution-of-sexes-in-myrica-gale-I0JH97en41
SP - 146
VL - 16
IS - 5‐6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -