59G WONOECIA TETRANDIUA. MoYUS. 



the base. Stigmas simple, small. Fruit cylindrical, com- 

 posed of numerous, ovate, acute, one-celled, nuciform cap- 

 sules, enveloped in the enlarged, now succulent, dark pur- 

 ple calyx. Seed solitary, willi scanty albumen, and embryo 

 exactly as in M. alba, Gcert. Sem. ii, 199. t. 126. 



3. M. scrrata. R. 



Arboreous. Leaves evenly cordate, three-nerved, grossly 

 and acutely serrate, cuspidate, rough, but void of" pubes- 

 cence. Female aments cylindric. 



Heemoo of the natives about Dosa. 



Found by Captain Hardvvicke wild in the forests about 

 Dosa, in his tour to Shreenagur. See Asiat. Res. vi. 373. 

 Morus. N. 1. 



It differs from all the species I have yet seen in the apices 

 of the leaves being very long' and sharp, and in most of the 

 serratuies being remarkably large and acute. 



4. M. Lidica. Willd. iv. 370. 



Dioecous, sub-arboreous. Leaves ovate, cordate, long, 

 taper-pointed, serrate, smooth. Aments oval. Styles single, 

 half two-cleft. 



Morus Indica, Rnmpli. Amh. vii. t. 5, is a pretty good fi- 

 gure of this ; but Tinda parua of the Hortus Malaharicus, 

 vol. i. t. 49, quoted for Morus Lndica, is no doubt Konig's 

 Tropins aspera, and a tolerably good representation it is. 



Beng. Toot. 



Sans. Too\a. 



I have never found this tree in its wild state, but always 

 in gardens, or plantations, or where it had been planted. 

 Where it is indigenous I cannot say. Flowering time the 

 beginning of the hot weather, in February, at which time the 

 young leaves also make their appearance, though by culture 

 they may be continued the year round. 



Trunk, when the trees are suffered to grow unmolested till 

 they are full grown^ rarely more than the thickness of a man's 



