634 0PJ3BR 114.— ABTOCAEPACE^. 



3. CEL'TIS, Toimi. Nettle Tree. SuGAK-CERRr. {Celtis was 

 the, ancient name for the Lotus.) Flowers monocio-polygamous. ^ 

 Calyx 6-partecl ; stamens ; 5 calyx 5-parted ; stamens 5 ; style i ; 

 stigmas subulate, elongated, spreading ; drupe globular, 1-seoded, seed 

 with little albumen. — Trees or large shrubs. Lvs. mostly oblique at 

 base. Fls. subsolitary, axillaiy. 



Z C. occident^lia L. Trees ; lvs. ovate, sabcordate or truncate, aciiraiuato, en- 

 tire and unequal at base, serrate, rough ifbove, and rough-hairy beneath ; pedun- 

 cle longer tlian the petiole ; sep. triangular-ovate, erect ; fr. solitary. — Tree somo 

 30f high in N. Eng. where it is rarely found, much larger (3 to 5f diara., 50 to '?0f 

 high) and more abundant South and "West. The trunk has a rough but unbroken 

 bark, with numerous slender, horizontal branches, forming a wide-spread and 

 dense top. Lvs. %rith a long acumination, and remarkably unequal at the broad 

 base. Fls. axillary, solitary, small and white, sucoeedod by a small, round drupa. 

 /3. CRASSIFOLIA. Lvs. thick, rough, serrate, cordate, dark green and mottled 

 above. Also a large tree, tall in woods, wide-spread ia open lands. Both . 

 are often mistaken for Elms. 

 J-. INTEGIUFOLIA. Lvs. entire, thin, smooth; bark smooth and unbroken. — 

 Banks of the Miss., St. Louis, to N". Orleans. "We have specimens with most 

 of the lvs. perfectly entire, some on the same branch ivitli 1 or 2 notcUf?, 

 others notched a fourth of the circuit, &c. (C. Mississippiensis Bosc.) 



2 C. ptuuila Ph. Shrub ; lvs. broadly ovate, acute or slightly aeuminato,_partIy 

 serrate, smooth on both sides, pubescent only when young ; fls. solitary ; sep. 

 mostly 6, oblong-linear, as long as Hie styles, horizontally spreading. — A straggling 

 shrub, 3 to lOf high, in hilly districts, Va. to Fla. (Chattahoochee). Flowering at 

 the height of (2f Nutt) 6f. The peculiarity of the flower may perhaps entitle 

 this shrub to the rank of a species. Sep. near 2 " long. Druiies glaucous black, 

 sweet. Mar — Mav. 



Order CXIV. ARTOCiVRPACE^. Artocarps. 



Trees or shrubs with a milky acrid or noxious juice, with largo deciduous stipules. 



Flowers i ? or 5 , collected into dense heads or aments, naked or with a lobed calyx. 



Ovary free, 1 (rarely 2)-0Blled, 1-ovuled, forming fleshy, aggregated fruit (sorosis c 



syconus, §580). Acfkenium with an erect or pendulous, albuminous seed. Figs. 3S, 



149, 450, 451. 



Genera 81, speeles 240? generally nutlves of tlie tropics or at lc3.st of warm climates. They 

 ore closely allied to the Nettleworts, differing chiefly in fruit, juice and habit. 



Properti^H. — The juice is almost always deleterious, sometimes in a hjgli degree. It contains 

 caoutchouc. The celebrated Bohon Upas, the most deadly of all poisons, is the concrete juice 

 of Anti.ari3 toxicaria of the Indian Archipelago. Its poisonous property is said to be duo to ttie 

 presence of strychnia. Meanwhile the famous cow tree of S. America yields milk which is ricli 

 and wholesome. Gum l<ic is obtained tibundantly from Ficiis Indica, The renowned Banyan 

 tree is Ficns religiosa. In this order arc also found many excellent fruits. Piasare. the fruit of 

 Fious Carica, &c. Breadfruit ia the compound fruit of Artocarpua ; inulbei-riea fi! tioTW 

 nigra. Fustic, a yellow dye, ia the wood of M. tinctoria of S. America. 



§ Flowers inside the excavated receptacle, both kinds together Ficus. •! 



5 Flowers external, the 2 kinds separate, in two kinds of aments. {*) 



• Calyx none. Fertile flowers in a globular anient. Thorny Maoldba. 3 



• Calyx 4-parted. Fertile amcnt globular. Style 1 liKouaso-ViiTiA. 2 



• Calyx 4-partod, lobes spreading. Fertile aments oblong. Styles 2 Mocus. 1 



1. MO'RUS, Tourn. MuLBERRV. (Celtic mor, black ; the color of the 

 fruit.) Flowers monoecious or dioecious, the ^ in loose catkins ; the 

 9 in dense spike-like catkins ; calyx 4-parted ; stamens 4 ; styles 2 ; 

 achenium compressed, enclosed within the baccate calyx, the whole 

 spike thus constituting a compound berry (sorosis.)— Trees with alter- 

 nate, generally lobed lvs. Fls. inconspicuous. 



