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STRAWBERRY TREE. MULBERRY 



of which are lanceolate, leathery, dark green above and 

 paler beneath. It is a large shrub or small bushy tree, 

 10 — 15 feet or so in height, with red-brown branches, and 

 a finely fissured [but ultimately remarkably smooth] stem. 

 The fruits present a peculiar superficial resemblance to 

 Strawberries, in colour, texture and warted surface, but 

 are totally different in structure. 



Fig. 128. Monts alba, Mulberry. 1, a male, and 2, a female flowering 

 shoot ; 3, male, and 4, female flower, enlarged ; 5, the latter in vertical 

 section ; 6, the multiple fruit (Wo). 



§§ Not evergreen; leaves neither shining, 

 coriaceous, nor lanceolate. 



