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MORACEX, (MULBERRY FAMILY.) 415 
heads, or enclosed in the fleshy receptacle. — Calyx of the sterile flowers 
3—4-lobed. Stamens 3—4, inserted on the base of the calyx. Filaments 
inflexed in the bud, elastic. Calyx of the fertile flowers 3 — 5-sepalous, 
. Ovary 1-2-<celled, 1—2-ovuled. Styles 2. Achenium 1-seeded. Embryo 
curved, in fleshy albumen. 
1. MORUS, Tourn. Murszmnnx. 
Flowers moncecious, spiked ; the sterile and fertile flowers in separate spikes. 
Calyx 4-parted. Stamens 4. Ovary 2-celled. Styles filiform. Achenium ovate, 
compressed, covered by the succulent berry-like calyx. — Trees, with rounded 
leaves, and axillary spikes. 
1. M. rubra, L. Leaves cordate-ovate, acuminate, serrate, petioled, rough 
above, white tomentose beneath, on young shoots 3 — 5-lobed ; stipules linear; 
sterile spikes slender, drooping ; the fertile ones ovoid or oblong, resembling a 
blackberry in fruit. — Rich woods, Florida, and northward. March. — A small 
tree. 
2. M. alba, L. Leaves cordate-ovate, acute, serrate, oblique at the base, 
smooth and shining, sometimes lobed ; fruit whitish. — Around dwellings. In- 
troduced. — A small tree. 3 io 
2. FICUS, Toun. Fro. 
Flowers monccious or dicecious, lining the inside of the fleshy closed recep- 
tacle. Calyx of the sterile flowers 3-parted. Stamens 3. Calyx of the fertile 
flowers 5-cleft, pedicelled. Styles lateral slender. Achenium fragile. Embryo 
hooked. — Trees or shrubs, with entire cr lobed leaves, and large convolute stip- 
ules. Flowers axillary. 
` 1. F. aurea, Nutt. Branches pale, smooth, furrowed; leaves smooth, 
coriaceous, oblong, entire, narrowed but obtuse at each end, stout-petioled ; re- 
ceptacle orange-yellow, globose, bracted, on short and thick pedicels. — South 
Florida. — A small tree. Leaves 3'-4'long. Fruit about 4" in diameter. 
2. F. pedunculata, Willd. Branches terete, uneven; leaves ovate or 
oval, coriaceous, entire, smooth, obtuse, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, 
slender-petioled ; receptacle yellowish, globose or obovate, slightly bracted, as - 
long as the slender pedicels. — South Florida.— Tree 20°-40° high, multiply- - 
ing by means of aerial roots. Leaves 2’ - 2}' long, 1}! wide. Receptacle rather 
Smaller than in No. 1. 
3. F. brevifolia, Nutt. Branches smooth; leaves cordate-ovate, entire, 
obtuse, smooth, on short petioles; receptacle purplish-red, depressed-globose, 
Single, short-peduncled, with 2-cleft bracts. — South Florida, Dr. Blodgett. — A. - 
Small tree. Leaves 2! long, with impressed veins. _ 
_ F. Cantea, L., is the commonly cultivated Fra. E 
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