Key to Myricaceae
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1. Terminal buds 
1. An incompletely developed, more or less embryonic shoot, usually covered with bud scales. 2. An unopened flower, often protected by sepals.
present;
leaves evergreen, shiny,
hairs 0 or soft, shaggy adaxially along midrib; flowers
unisexual (pls monoecious) or
bisexual 
Both male and female reproductive parts occurring and functional in the same plant or structure (e.g., flower, spikelet, inflorescence).
;
staminate bract 
Reduced, leaf- or scale-like structure subtending a branch, cone scale, peduncle, pedicel, or flower.
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stamens;
pistillate bractlets 4–6, not enlarging, not spongy in
fruit, not
adherent to fruit; fruit with
fleshy papillae, pubescent, ±
spheric, generally with waxy coating drying white to gray
..... MORELLA 1' Terminal buds 0; leaves
deciduous, ± dull, hairs soft, shaggy abaxially, adaxially; flowers unisexual (pls dioecious); staminate bract > stamens; pistillate bractlets 2, enlarging, spongy in fruit, adherent to fruit; fruit not
papillate 
Pertaining to a surface (e.g., of a leaf, stigma, fruit) bearing small, rounded or conic protuberances (papillae).
,
glabrous but generally dotted with minute, ± orange resin
glands, generally
ovoid, ± flat, without waxy coating
..... MYRICA
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