Morus] 



0. MOKACEiE 



613 



A large deciduons tree, np to 9 ft. diam., 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. ? |-1 in. long, 

 cylindric, sepals densely ciliate, styles very hairy, connate below. Fr. purple. 



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

 Frequently lopioed for cattle fodder and cultivated for that purpose. 



B. Spikes 2-5 in. long. 



6. M. laevigata, "Wall. Yern. Kiinlu, Nep. ; Tawpwesa, Burm. Outer Himalaya 

 from Kumaon eastwards. Assam. Khasi Hills. Upper Bu.rma. 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. 1-1^ in. Spikes droop- 

 ing, S very hairy, $ nearly glabrous, sepals thin, the 2 inner Hat, the 2 outer keeled, 

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

 cylindric, yellowish-white, insipid. 



5. BROUSSONETIA, Vent.; El. Brit. Ind. v. 490. 

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

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



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



Fig. 189— Broussonetia pa^oyrifera, Yent. -J. 



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

 dioecious, $ in cylindrical catkins, perianth 4-fid, segments valvate, stamens 

 4, long, inflexed in bud. ? in globose pedunculate heads, mixed with per- 

 sistent bracts, perianth tu.bular, 2-4- toothed, persistent, including the stipitate 



