Moms] 



C. MORACE-E 



613 



A large deciduous tree, up to 9 ft. diarn., buds scaly, young shoots and 

 underside of 1. velvety tomentose. L. from a cordate base ovate, shortly 

 acuminate, coarsely toothed, often deeply lobed, blade 3-8, pet. 1-2 in. long, 

 stipules broadly lanceolate. $ spikes very hairy, 1-2 in. $ i-1 in. long, 

 cylindric, sepals densely ciliate, styles very hair}-, connate below. Fr. purple. 



Himalaya from Kashmir eastwards, 4-9,000 ft. Fl. Apr., May. Fr. June-Aug. 

 Frequently lopped for cattle fodder and cultivated for that purpose. 



B. Spikes 2-5 in. long. 



6. M. laevigata, Wall. Tern. Kimbu. Xep. : Taicpwesa, Burm. Outer Himalaya 

 from Kumaon eastwards. Assam. Khasi Hills. Upper Burma. Martaban and 

 Tenasserim (evergreen forests Tbaungyin. March, 1859, D. B.). Cultivated as far 

 north as Lahore. A large tree, young shoots, stipules and bud-scales with long 

 soft hairs. L. ovate acuminate, finely serrate, blade 3-7, pet. 1-1A in. Spikes droop- 

 in;,', i very hairy, 9 nearly glabrous, sepals thin, the 2 inner flat, the 2 outer keeled, 

 ovary compound, oblique, styles nearly free, glabrous, papillose from the base, fr. long- 

 cy limine yellowish-white, insipid. 



5. BROUSSONETIA, Yent. : Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 490. 

 Species 2-3, Indo-Malayau region, China, Japan, Pacific Islands. 

 B. papyrifera, Vent. The Paper Mulberry. Vera. Malaing, Burm. 

 A middle-sized deciduous tree, 1. ovate, dentate, often lobed, upperside rough, 



Fig. L89 Br ■ ■■ p> ' ifera, Vent, k. 



underside softlj tomentose, basal nerves 3, blade 4-8, pet. 1-2 in. long. PI. 

 diii'cicms, ' in cylindrical catkins, perianth t-fid, segments valvate, stamens 

 I, long, indexed in bud. » in glooose pedunculate heads, mixed with per- 

 sistent bracts, perianth tubular. 2- l-t'«>fhed, persistent, including the stipitate 



