612 C. MOEACE^ [Artocarpus 



G. Fr. smooth, tips of authocarps flat. Stipules not amplexicanl. 



8. A. Lakoocha, Roxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 681 : Ann. Calc. ii. t. 13.~~Syn. 

 A. mollis^ Wall. Yern. Dlieu^ Dhao, Lakiich, Hind. ; Dehua, Beng. ; Dewa^ 

 Ass. ; Naka-remOj TeL ; Myauk Idk^ Lower, Myauk laung^ Upper Burma, 



A middle-sized, at times a large deciduous tree, young shoots, petioles and 

 1. beneath densely clothed with soft grey, tawny or rusty tomentum. L. 

 coriaceous, entire, elliptic or ovate, blade 6-10, pet. 1 in. M.-heads axillary, 

 globose, $ nearly sessile, perianth of 2-4 sepals. 9 pedunculate. Fr. velvety, 

 yellow when ripe, 2-4 in. diam, irregularly lobed, seeds oblong. 



Subliimalayan tract and outer bil]=?, from Kumaon eastwards, ascending to 4,000 ft. 

 Khasi liiUs. Burma, Upper and Lower. Malay Penins. Evergreen forests of the 

 Western Ghats from the Konkan southwards. Fl. H. S.— Ceylon. 9. A. Gomeziana, 

 Wall. ; Ann. Calc. n. t. 14. Andamans. Tenasserim. — Malay Penins. L. shining, 

 entirely glabrous, oblong cuspidate, fr. globose or ovoid, J-IJ in. diam. 



4. MORUS, Linn. ; M. Brit. Ind. v. 491. 



Trees or shrubs, 1. with 3-5 basal nerves, stipules deciduous. Fl. unisexual, 

 moncecious or dioecious, <J in deciduous spikes, sepals 4 imbiicate, stamens 4, 

 iniesed in bud, pistillode minute. 5 in spikes or heads, sepals 4, accrescent 

 and succulent in fruit. Styles 2, more or less connate. Br. a compound berry, 

 consisting of the succulent perianths, each enclosing a one-seeded carpel, 

 pericarp afterwards gelatinous. Embryo curved in a fleshy albumen. Species 

 6-8, tropical and temperate. 



A. Spikes short, under 2 inches. 



(a) Perianth of 5 fl. of 4 sepals, the 2 inner flat, the outer more or less 

 keeled. 



1. M. alba, Linn. ; Brandis B. PL t. 47. Mulberry. Vern. Tfnt^ Tutri, 

 Hind. 



A middle-sized deciduous tree, yotmg shoots, petioles and underside of 1. 



along n. slightly pubescent. L. ovate, dentate, frequently lobed, base often 



cordate, blade 2-3, sometimes larger, pet. ^~1 in. long, basal nerves 3-5. 



Fl. monoecious, the sexes often on distinct branches; ^ sepals elliptic, $ 



spikes ovoid, pedunculate, styles free. Fruit white or red, sweet. 



Commonly cultivated in BaluehistaUj Afghanistan and the northern }jart of the 

 Trans-Indus territory. Also in the Punjab plains, Kashmir and the North- West 

 Himalaya. PL March, April. Fr. April-June. Cultiv. in Europe, Webtern and 

 Central Asia and in China. The following species are c]obel5^ allied if specifically 

 distinct : 2. M. nigra, Linn. Cultivated in Baluchistan (Shah tut). L. broader, firm, 

 thick, 5-nerved, sepalb and styles densely hairy, fr. purple. 3. M. atropurptirea, Eoxb., 

 PI. Ind. iii. 595. China, cultivated in India, fr. cylindric, 2 in. long, dark purple. 



4. M. indica, Linn. ; "Wight Ic. t. G74. Vern. Tut^ Pb. ; Stall ttctj Hind. ; 

 Tutj Beng. ; Posa, Burm. 



A deciduous tree, for silkworms grown as a shrub, 1. ovate, caudate-acumi- 

 nate, coarsely and unevenly serrate, blade 2-5, p^t. |-1 in., ^ spikes lax, on 

 short slender peduncles, 5 spikes short ovoid, styles connate high up, very 

 hairy. Pr. dark purple. 



Wild in the subhimalayan tract in dry forest from the Sutlej eastwards, ascending 

 to 5,000 ft, PI. Pebr., March. Extensively cultivated to feed the silkworm in Bengal 

 and Bxirma. In the Punjab plains the Mulberry comes up readily from seed sown by 

 birds. In December 1870 I first noticed an underwood of Mulberry in Sissoo planta- 

 tions on islands of the Jhelum river. Since then the Mulberry has come up in all 

 Sissoo plantations in the Punjab plains. Gamble (Ind. Timbers, ed. ii. 635) thinks it is 

 M. indica. Specimens collected by me in Changa Manga, with white and red fr, are 

 M, Ma, 



(h) Sepals thin, hyaline, equal, oblong, 8 or 4. 



5. M. serrata, Roxb. Vern. Kar€tii3 Krun, Ohimto, Khmi^ F.-West 

 HimaL 



