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Spec. Char., $c. Disk of leaf oblong ; footstalk glabrous. Anthers arrow- 

 shaped, linear. (Willd.) An evergreen tree; in England a large shrub. 

 Minorca, Sardinia, Corsica, and Turkey, on rocky surfaces. Height 80 ft. 

 in England 15 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 1780. Flowers yellowish green ; 

 July. Fruit greenish ; ripe in October. 



A very handsome species, with leaves three times as 

 large as those of B. sempervirens, and a straight smooth 

 trunk. The leaves, when the plant is fully exposed to the 

 air, are of a much paler green than those of the common 

 box ; but, when they are in the shade, they are of an 

 intensely deep green. The wood is of a brighter yellow 

 than that of the common 

 box, and, being of a coarser 

 grain, it is inferior to it for 

 engraving on. It is im- 

 ported from Constantino- 

 ple in large quantities. 

 The ' plant is propagated 

 by cuttings, which, if placed 

 in sandy soil under glass, 

 or in heat, generally strike 



root in about two months after being taken off. 



treated like those of the common box. 



8. B. balea"rica. 



1379. B. balearica. 



Cuttings will also succeed, if 



ORDER LXV. ARTOCA'RPEjE. 



ORD. CHAR. Flowers unisexual, disposed in heads or catkins; perianth 

 usually divided, but sometimes tubular and entire. Stamens solitar}' or 

 several. Ovarium free, 1 2-celled. Ovulum orthotropous. Style 1. Stigma 

 bifid. Fruit a sorosis. Seeds solitary. Albumen thin. Radicle superior. 

 (G. Don.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate or exstipulate, deciduous ; lobed, ser- 

 rated or entire. Flowers axillary, obscure. Trees, deciduous, chiefly of 

 the middle size; natives of Europe, Asia, and North America. The genera 

 in British gardens are thus contradistinguished : 



MOVRUS Tourn. Flowers monoecious. Calyx 4-sepaled. Stamens 4. Fruit 



a sorosis. 

 BROUSSONE'T/^ L'Herit. Flowers dioecious. Calyx 4-parted. Stamens 4. 



Stigmas tapering. Fruit a sorosis. 

 MACLu x R/4 Nutt. Flowers dioecious. Calyx 4-parted. Stamens 4. Fruit 



a sorosis. 

 Fi'cus Tourn. Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-cleft. Stamens 3 Stigmas 



2. Fruit a sycon. 

 BO^RY^ Willd. Flowers dioecious. Calyx 4-cleft. Stamens 23. Stigmas 



capitate. Fruit pulpy. 



GENUS I. 



Tourn. THE MULBERRY TREE. Lin. Syst. Monoe'cia Tetrandria. 



Identification. Tourn. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 368. 

 Synonymes. Murier, Fr. ; Maulbeere, Ger. ; Moro, Ital. 



Derivation. Several derivations have been given for the word Mbrus ; some suppose it to be taken 

 from the Greek word morea, or moron, signifying a mulberry or blackberry ; others derive it from 



