Myrtle
Myrtus communis, a native of Persia. By distillation it yields an essential oil, used in perfumery. About 100 pounds of the leaves yield only five ounces of the perfume called in France eau d'ange (angel water).
MYSIA (mish'iä), a district of ancient Asia Minor, having the Propontis (Sea of Marmora) on the N., the Ægean on the W., Lydia on the S., and Bithynia and Phrygia on the E. The Troad (Land of Troy) was one of its subdivisions.
MYSORE (mi-sōr'), or MAISUR (misör), a native state of southern India, bounded by districts of the Madras presidency; area 27,9361½ square miles; pop. about 6,000,000. Mysore is an extensive tableland much broken by hill ranges and deep ravines, and is divided into two portions, a little N. of lat. 13° N., by the watershed between the Kistna and the Kaveri rivers. Numerous isolated rocks (drugs), rising to 4,000 or 5,000 feet, are a peculiarity of the country, and have been mostly converted into hill fortresses. The rivers are used for