LXV. ARTOCA’RPEE: MO‘RUS. 705 
Spec. Char. §c. Disk of leaf oblong; footstalk glabrous. Anthers arrow- 
shaped, linear. (IWil/d.) An evergreen tree; in England a large shrub. 
Minorca, Sardinia, Corsica, and Turkey, on rocky surfaces. Height 80 ft. 
in England 15 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 1780. " Flowers yellowish green ; 
July. Fruit gréenish ; ripe in October. 
A very handsome species, with leaves three times as 
large as those of B. sempervirens, and a_ straight smooth 
trunk. The leaves, when the plant is fully exposed to the 
air, are of a much paler green than those of the common 
box; but, when they are in the shade, they are of an 
intensely deep green. The wood is of a brighter yellow 
than that of the common 
box, and, being of a coarser 
grain, it is inferior to it for 
engraving on. It is im- 
ported from Constantino- 
ple in large quantities. 
The plant is propagated 
by cuttings, which, if placed 
in sandy soil under glass, 
or in heat, generally strike 
root in about two months after being taken off. Cuttings will also succeed, if 
treated like those of the common box. : 
1578. B. baledrica. 1579. B. baledrica. 
Orpver LXV. ARTOCA’RPE. 
Orv. CH4ék. Flowers unisexual, disposed in heads or catkins; perianth 
usually divided, but sometimes tubular and entire. Stamens solitary or 
several. Ovarium free, 1—2-celled. Ovulum orthotropous. Style 1. Stigma 
bifid. Fruit a sorosis. Seeds solitary. Albumen thin. Radicle superior. 
(G. Don.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate or exstipulate, deciduous ; lobed, ser- 
rated or entire. Flowers axillary, obscure.—Trees, deciduous, chiefly of 
the middle size; natives of Europe, Asia, and North America, The genera 
in British gardens are thus contradistinguished :— 
Mo‘rus Tourn. Flowers monecious. Calyx 4-sepaled. Stamens 4, Fruit 
a sorosis. fos 
Brovssone’r1éA L’Hérit. Flowers diecious. Calyx 4-parted. Stamens 4. 
Stigmas tapering. Fruit a sorosis. 
Mactu‘ra Nutt. Flowers dicecious. Calyx 4-parted. Stamens 4. Fruit 
a sorosis. 
Ficus Tourn. Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-cleft. Stamens 3. Stigmas 
2. Fruit a sycon. ; 
Bory Willd. Flowers dicecious. Calyx 4-cleft. Stamens 2—3. Stigmas 
capitate. Fruit pulpy. 
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MORUS Tourn. Tat Mutserry Tree. Lin. Syst. Monee'cia Tetrandria. 
Identification. Tourn. Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 368. 
Synonymes. Mturier, Fr. ; Maulbeere, Ger. Moro, Ital. - : 
‘Derivation. Severa) derivations have been given for the word Morus ; some suppose it to be taken 
from the Greek word movea, or moron, signifying a mulberry or blackberry ; others derive it from 
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