MORACEAE. — MORUS 293 



This is a well-marked species with its hairy leaves, shoots and petioles and 

 with the cylindrical white fruiting catkins. The style is very short, the two stig- 

 mas being long and short-pubescent or papillose. The hirsute pubescence of 

 the ovate-oblong perigone lobes of the cf flowers is often somewhat yellowish. 

 The lobes of the perigone of the 9 flowers are round-obovate or the smaller 

 ones ovate, the margins are more or less ciliate or hirsute at the apex, while 

 otherwise there are only a few hairs on the outer surface. The large leaves 

 show the usual Morus variation, being very often more or less lobed or deeply 

 trilobate. The serration is often rather coarse and obtuse. In Wilson's Nos. 10* 

 and 10^ the dentation of the rather young leaves is closer and more acute, and 

 the apex is more distinctly pointed. The ripe fruits are up to 3 cm. long and 

 about 0.7 cm. thick. The nearest relatives are the following species and M. 

 laevigata Wallich (see p. 301). 



This species is common by the sides of streams, in thickets and in moist woods 

 on the mountains of western Hupeh and of Szech'uan between 900 and 1600 m. 

 alt. As usually seen it is a small tree from 3 to 6 m. tall, but occasional specimens 

 are met with 15 m. tall with a trunk 1.5 m. in girth. The bark is gray, smooth 

 or nearly so; the branches are numerous and widespreading and form a flattened 

 round crown. The leaves are either entire or much dissected and the fruit is white, 

 red or black when ripe. A colloquial name for this tree in Hupeh is Hu-lu-sang; 

 the leaves are not used for feeding the silkworm. E. H. W. 



Moms notabilis Schneider, n. sp. 



Arbor ad 8 m. alta; ramuli hornotini autumiio glabri, purpureo- 

 brunnescentes, lenticellis distinctis discoloribus conspersi, annotini 

 vetustioresque vix diversi; gemmae ovato-acutae, circiter 8 mm. 

 longae, perulis 4-5 satis laxis inaequalibus obtusis glabris eciliatis 

 partim flavescentibus partim purpurescentibus cinctae. Folia adulta 

 rotundata, basi cordata, apice breviter acutata, margine satis anguste 

 crenulato-serrato-dentata, dentibus saepissime paullo incurvis, supra 

 satis viridia, glabra sed subaspera, subtus in sicco flavescentia, 7-13 

 cm. longa et 7-12 cm, lata, costa nervisque lateralibus elevatis utrin- 

 secus 4-6 sparse v. vix pilosulis, facie glabra sed tactu plus minusve 

 asperula, axillis vix v. baud barbulata, textura crasse membranacea; 

 petioli 2-3 cm. longi, latere ut videtur compressi, glabri v. pilis 

 sparsis conspersi. Inflorescentiae tantum fructiferae (syncarpia) vi- 

 sae, cylindricae, albae, circi 3 cm. longae et 0.7 cm. crassae, glabrae, 

 pedunculis fere glabris ad 3.5 cm. longis suffultae; fructus (ovaria) 

 glabri, tepalis 4 late obovato-rotundis subcucullatis glabris (tantum 

 margine sub lente minutissime et indistincte denticulatis) involuti, 

 ovato-oblongi, angulati, apicem versus angustati et stylo distinct© 

 coronati, stigmatibus 2 satis marcidis glandulosis. 



Western Szech'uan: Hungya Hsicn, round Wa-wu-shan, forests, 

 alt. 1800 m., September 14, 1908 (No. 919, type; fruits white, tree 

 8 m. tall, girth 0.9 m.). 



