MYRTLE

(M url, the Persian name, whence ptvproi.) An evergreen fragrant bush, inhabiting all the warmer parts of the basin of the Mediterranean and of the west of Ami. it was considered sacred to Venus, and is at this day regarded with superstitious reverence by the Persian peasant In the latitude of London the myrtle will endure the climate only in the warmest and most sheltered spots. MY8TACTNE.fi. (Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) The name of a family of Infusories of the tribe Trichoda, including those which have superficial cilia, or fine, hair-like pro- -, disposed in groups. Many species of animals derive their trivial name from the same root, as the Vesperti/iu mystacinus, or whiskered bat; the Caprimulgus mystic at is, or bearded goat-sucker; the Cypsclus iiiystaccus, or bearded swift. . M VSTERIES, [s. 821]