48 NEW SYLVA. 



above lucid rough, beneath tomentose, spikes 

 often nionoical, fruits oblong white — in Louisi- 

 ana, well noticed by me in 1817 in my flora of 

 Louisiana where detected by Robin. It is the 

 White Mulberry of the S. W. often mentioned 

 by the old travellers. A large handsome tree, 

 bark white and smooth, it blossoms in March, 

 male catkins terete and loose, female shorter 

 and thicker, but they are generaly united, the 

 male flowers being then at the base. 



593. MoRus MULTicAULis Raf. and of Gar- 

 deners, not introduced yet into our books, nor 

 do I find any botanical account of it, even in 

 Loudun Cycl. A small shrub with many stems 

 and ample leaves, cordate rounded not obliqual, 

 nor lobed, crenate, acute, somewhat rough, but 

 thin. I have seen leaves one foot long and 

 wide. Native of China and the Philipines, late- 

 ly introduced and much esteemed as the most 

 productive for the breeding of silk worms and 

 easy gathering of leaves. But all our Mul- 

 berries are eaten by the silk worm, and the M. 

 rubra produces a fine strong silk. — As the sub- 

 ject of silk culture now begins to attract much 

 attention, I hope this account of all our Mul- 

 berries will be acceptable. 



N. O. EMPETRIDIA Raf. 1815. Empe- 

 TREAE Nut. 1818, Don 1826, Torrey 1835 ! 



I first noticed this order in my Analysis of 

 Nature 1815, therefore Torrey is wrong to as- 

 cribe the discrimination of it to Nuttal 3 years 

 after, who had besides deemed it only a section 

 of Conifera ! while I had perhaps properly unit- 

 ed it to Phytolacca ! and if the berry is multi- 

 locular they are quite akin notwithstanding the 

 remote habit. I have since in my Flora tellur. 



