19B Moreae Endl. 



folia diversiformia, ramorum ovata, obtusiuscula, basi cordata, 

 obsolete crenata, ramulorum obovata, orbiculata, ovata plus 

 minus crenata, rigida, supra glabra, nitida, subtus sursum 

 exasperata; spicae florum staminigerorum capitatae, densae 

 pedunculatae , depresso ~ hemisphaericae umbeUiformes , invo- 

 lucratae 9-florae ; involucrum polyphyllum, foliola ovata, mi- 

 nuta ; calyx 4-phyllus ; foliola ovata , concava ; stamina 4 

 foHoHs opposita, eisque triplo longiora, filamenta lata trans- 

 verse striata, inflexa, dein elastice assurgentia ; antherae basi- 

 fixae, biloculatae; loculi basi divergentes; germinis rudimen- 

 tum; bacca lacte aurantiaca, calycis foliola persistentia. 



126. MORUS RIGIDA Hsskl. 



Char. Gen. cf. Endl. Gen. 1856. Msn. Gen. 351. Comm. 261. 4. 



Char. Spec. cf. Hsskl. Catal. p. 74.(1) 



Diagn. Foliis coriaceis rigidis subtus scabriusculis obovatis integerrimis 

 aut subserratis, spica mascula cylindrica, elongata, feminea subcy- 

 lindrica crassiore brevi; caule arboreo. — A 3Ioro australi "Wld. 

 Sp, pl. m. 371. 7 praeter alia diifert foliis saepe integerrimis aut 

 minute et obsolete serrulatis. 



Descrpt. Arhor mediocris; rami teretes tuberculati; 

 ramuli scabri ; folia obovata s. obovato-oblonga, retusa, ob- 

 tusa aut acutiuscula, integerrima aut repando-serrata, supra 

 lucida, laevia, subtus pallida, scabriuscula, rigida, coriacea; 

 petioli semi-teretes breves 0,2 — 0,6 poll. longi; spicae florum 

 staminiferorum cylindricae elongatae, 3 — 5 poll. longae, flori- 

 bus densissime tectae ; calyx 4-partitus ; stamina 4 ; filame^ita 

 primo inflexa, dein elastice resilientia, calyce longiora; ger- 

 minis rudimentum; spicae florum pistilHgerorum nunc apice 

 et staminiferos et hermaphroditos flores gerentes breviores, 

 1,0 poll. longae, subcyHndricae, crassiores; flores pistilligeri 

 vid. Endl. Gen. 1856 — , flores hermaphroditi abortientes 

 medium inter utrumque tenentes; frucius plerumque in horto 

 immaturi decidui ! (dicuntur maturi baccati virides aciduH 

 edules !). Arbor haecce forsan introducta, sub nomine Vau- 

 gueriae edulis in horto a me reperta, bis per annum flores 

 gerit. 



