'284 TJRTICACEiE. 



the way in which this is done may be learnt from Roxb. 1. c. Fl. 

 small, greenish, Feb. ; fr. April. 



e.tatarica. Pall. (Pers. syn. 2, p. 557; — Pall. ross. 2, p. 9, t. 52; — 

 Roxb. H. B. p. 67 ;— /. ind. 3, p. 598.) 5 Banks of the Wolga and 

 Dnieper. Cultivated in gardens. In H. C. G. fl. Feb. {Roxb.) 



1 . paniculata, Roxb. {fl. ind. 3, p. 599, — Urtica fruticosa, Bks. Herb. 

 — Rumph. 4, t. 56.) 5 Moluccas. Fl. small, greenish, July ; fr. 

 Sept. Taste of the ripe fruit sweetish. {Roxb.) 



S. serrata, Roxb. (/. ind 3, p. 596. — M. cuspidata, Wall. Cat.) b 

 Kamaon. Sirmore, below Mussooree, and at Simla. Has been in the 

 garden here more than fourteen years without flowering, 



9. multicaulis, Perottet. (M. cucuUata, Bonafons.) 5 China. Philippine 

 Islands. In H. C. G. Fl. ? This species will probably entirely 

 supersede the common white Mulberry for feeding silk-worms. 

 {Proceedings of Agric. and Hortic. Soc. Calcutta. 1840, January, p. 

 9-13.) 

 ? 10. scandens. Wall. {Cat.— J. Grak. Cat. B. pi p. 194.) S v-/ China. FL 

 small, pale-green, C. S. 

 11. bifaria, Wall. {Cat.) In H. C. G. Fl. } 

 Ampalis, Bojer. 



1. madagascariensis, Bojer. (Morus mauritiana, Jacq. icon. rar. 3, t. 617. 

 — Spreng. syst. I, p. 492 ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 599 — M. Ampalis, 

 Pair.) b Madagascar. Fl. small, green, June and July ; fr. Sept. and 

 Oct. 

 Broussonetxa, Vent. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 893, No. 3170; — Endl. gen. pi. 

 p. 278.) 



I. papyri/era. Vent. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 901 ; — B. Repos. 8, t. 488 ; — 

 B. M. 50, t. 2358. — Papyrius japonica. Lam. ; Poir. — Morus papy- 

 rifera, L.) Paper mulberry tree. % Japan. Society Islands. New 

 Zealand. Has been in the garden here more than twelve years 

 without flowering. A kind of paper is manufactured from its bark 

 by reducing it to a pulp, which is afterwards spread into sheets of 

 greater or less thickness. {Kdmpf.) 



G. FicEiE, Gaudich. 

 {Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 178.) 

 Ficus, L. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 758, No. 3075 ■,—Endl. gen. pi. \,p. 278.) 

 Fig. 



1. Carica, L. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 785 ; — Glirtn. fr. 2, p. 66, l. 91, f 7 ; 

 —Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 528;— J. Grak. Cat. B. pi. p. 194.) ^^ 

 Doomoor. Common cultivated Fig-tree. L. $ 5 S. Europe. N. Africa. 

 Asia Minor. Cultivated in Arabia, Persia, and India. Fruit-recepta- 

 cles solitary, sessile, turbinate, umbilicated, smooth, appearing March, 

 April and May, ripening in June and July. 



2. triloba, Buch. (F. hirsuta, Roxb. H. B. p. 65 ;— /. ind. 3, p. 528 ; 

 not Schott.— F. hirta. Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 53\ ; not Vahl.) b Silhet. 



