1 



124 RAW-SILK. 



(ENCLOSURE.) 



Genus Morus. 



Enclosure. Species that have been cultivated or proposed 

 to be cultivated for feeding silk-worms. 



A 1. Fruit roundish. 



1. Morus nigra. The common officinal black 

 mulberry (not in India*?), used in some parts of 

 France and Italy for feeding worms. The only 

 species common in England. 



A 2. Fruit cylindrical. 



2. Morus latifolia. A fruit very long, leaves 

 rough, variously divided. A large tree common 

 in gardens in the Deccan. The worms do not 

 flourish on it. 



B. Fruit short. 



3. Morus ludica. Leaves smooth, entire or 

 divided, heart-shaped, equal at the base. Fruit 

 purple. Stem shrubby and diffuse. 



Yar. Dessy. 



2. Ba-dessy. Is this Morus Tartarica of 

 some botanists '? 



4. Alorus Alba. Leaves ^woc^//, entire or divided, 

 heart-shaped, unequal at the base. Fruit whitish 

 or variously coloured y pink or purple. Stem 

 arborescent. Varieties common. Simple-leaved 

 white mulberry. 



