See 
294 : WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
ho w pay Cettis. Nettle-tree. Sugar-berry. Hack-berry. Many- 
20 or 80 feet high. Leaves 2- se r 5 inches long, more or less scabrous 01 on the 
upper surface, and somew hat hai iry ben ak: rhea coriaceous ; petioles one third or half 
an Part in length. Sepals dull greenish- yellow, oblong- lanceolate. Stigmas densely pubes- 
pare t, oe divaricate, with the points often incurved. Drupe edible, the pulpy coat thin, 
Rich light soils : throughout the United States. Fl. May. Fr. September 
Obs. A ring distributed but not very abundant tree, at least in the 
h which seems 
m. ord ‘ 
ed, as it is not durable when exposed to the weather. It is 
desirever 4 to ade fine charcoal. 
3. xe? iy Tournef. Fic. 
1 
[An an 
Receptacle pyriform or eubzobos, fleshy, concealing the florets in a 
central all 
cavity,—the orifice apex, close by scales. ets. 
numerous, i minute, sn Ng crowded on the internal surface of 
e receptacle, dicecious, or the upper ones staminate and the others 
pistillate. Sraminate Fu. Calyx 3-parted. Stamens 3, 0 
calyx-segments ; anther egg cant Pist1 i.  Cak 
Saar e tube decurrent 0 seated somewhat 
cel. 
laterally = a short stipe, celled; (fas pie ‘filiform ; stigma bifid. 
. F. Carr’ca, L. Leaves cordate at base, 3—5-Ichbed, repand-dentate, 
lobes a aly pe ae above, pubescent beneath ; a wal pyriform, 
glabrous. 
Cartan Ficrs. Fig-tree. 
Fr. Le Fignie Germ. Der Feigenbaum. Span. Higuéra 
Stem 12 feet high—a stout branching shrub, with an acrid milky jalo Leaves 
6-9 inches ore deeply 3- oe with 2 shorter or 6 inc hen long, 
with os oe volute stipules at base. Receptacles axillary, turbinate or pear-shaped, about 
an inch in diameter. 
Culti * 1. Native of Caria, in Asia. FI. 
yn Be. 
Obs. This shrub requires the shelter of a ener in the middle 
and northern States,—where is produces freely. In the southern States 
it succeeds in the open air. The inflorescence, or position of the flow- 
ers, of the Fig—(concealed within the of what is commonly re- 
ded as the fruit,) is very remarkable ; just cs e revel ext 
that of the ,—in which the minute pistil scatter 
4. MO’RUS, Pei Munserry. 
(Greek, Morea, tae Mulberry.} ; 
Phoaiers moncecious or dicecious in separate axillary catkin-like spikes. 
Calya 4-parted,—the segments ovate. Stamens 4. rasan 
