Ordkr IV 
MONCECIA TETRANDRIA. 
783 
13206 Leaflets oblong. Racemes lateral 
13907 Leaves deeply cordate unequal at the base ovate lobed unequally serrated smooth ish 
13208 Leaves slightly cordate equal at base ovate or lobed equally serrated smooth 
13209 Leaves cordate ovate or lobed unequally toothed scabrous 
13210 Leaves cordate ovate acuminate or 3-lobed equally serrate scabrous soft beneath, Fem. spikes cylindrical 
13211 Leaves oblong unequal at base. Spines axillary solitary 
13212 Leaves opp. ovate-obl. acum. toothed smooth, Fl. dioecious, Male spikes clust. interrupt. : feni. cylindrical 
13213 Lvs. altern. obi. narrow, at each end entire. Spikes axill. clustered interruptedly branched. Branches hairy 
13214 Lvs. altern. broadly lane. acum. serrated rugose, Fl. cluster, axill. and lateral montecious. Males 3-androus 
13215 Lvs. altern. ovate-lanceolate acuminate serrated scabrous, Fl. clustered lateral. Stem herbaceous 
13216 Leaves ovate acute entire, Stem simple ascending 
13217 Leaves opposite ovate or somewhat heart-shaped deeply serrated. Heads of fruit globose 
13218 Leaves opposite cordate serrate. Fruit-bearing catkins globose 
13219 Leaves opposite entire convex oblong, Fruit-bearing catkins globose 
13220 Leaves opposite ovate nearly entire, Heads of fruit globose 
13221 Leaves opp. ovate blunt-pointed 3-ribbed serrated, Fl.-stalks somewhat corymbose shorter than footstalks 
13222 Leaves opposite ovate rugose obtuse. Flower-stalks in the axilte of the upper leaves 
13223 Leaves opposite ovate pointed copiously serrated, Stipulas elliptical entire glauc. Corymbs much branched 
axillary longer than the footstalks 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
only male blossoms for many years after they are planted, and yet afterwards become fruitful. As the tree 
increases in age, it increases in fruitfulness ; and in full grown trees the fruit is much larger and better 
flavored than in young ones. In some of the old gardens near London, there are mulberry trees of a great 
age, which are very healthy and fruitful. Bradley says, that most of these were planted in the times of James 1., 
who attempted unsuccessfully to set up a silk manufacture in England. The fruit of the mulberry, like 
that of the strawberry and raspberry, is said not to undergo the acetous fermentation in the stomach, and 
therefore it may be safely eaten by gouty and rheumatic persons. It is a mistake, however, to suppose that 
these fruits are lighter than others which have not the same antifermentative qualities. 
T he mulberry is generally propagated by layers, but it may also be increased by seeds, cuttings, or grafting. 
It is generally grown as a standard in orchards ; but will produce fruit sooner as an espalier or wall tree. 
M. rubra has black shoots, rougher leaves than the black mulberry, and a dark reddish fruit, longer than 
the common sort, and of a very pleasant taste. The tree is cultivated in China for feeding silk-worms, but not 
so generally as the white mulberry. M. indica is also cultivated for the same purpose. M. tatarica bears pale 
red berries of an insipid taste, but eaten in Russia fresh, conserved, or dried ; a wine and a spirit are also 
made from them, and the leaves are used for feeding silk-worms. 
M. tinctoria is a tall branching tree, with a fine head, smooth leaves, and awl-shaped solitary spines. The 
whole plant abounds in a slightly glutinous milk of a sulphureous color. The timber is yellow, and a good 
deal used in dying that color, for which it is chiefly imported into Europe, under the name of Fustick-wood. 
The berries are sweet and wholesome, but not much eaten, excepting by birds. 
All the species of Morus are remarkable for putting out their leaves late ; so that when they appear, gar- 
deners may safely set out their greenhouse plants, taking it for granted, that all danger from frost is over. 
1960. Bcehmeria. Named after George Rudolph Bohmer, a German botanist, and a member of the academy 
of Wittemberg. He published several works, besides an academical dissertation upon the cellular tissue of 
vegetables. Plants of little beauty, and easy cultivation and propagation, 
1961. Pilea. So called by Mr. Lindley, from sr/Xss?, a cap ; in allusion to the nature of one of the divisions of 
the perianthium. A neat little creeping plant, which makes a good cover to hide the earth of large pots of tro- 
pical plants. 
1962. Urtica. A word formed from uro, to burn, in allusion to the stinging properties of most of the species. 
T^e English term Nettle seems to be the Anglo-Saxon Netel^ which is itself an alteration of na-dl, a needle, in 
the same language. U. dioica grows all over Europe, in Barbary, Siberia, and Japan, in hedges, neglected 
fields, gardens, and pastures. This species, U, urens, and pilulifera, with one or two others, are furnished with 
stings. The small projecting bristles or prickles with which they are covered are tubular, and stand on a bag 
filled with a poisonous juice; they are perforated at the point, and when they are gently pressed vertically, the 
pressure at once forces the poison to ascend the tube, and enables the point to lodge it in the skin. The tops 
of the tender shoots of U. dioica are sometimes used as a pot herb early in spring, and they have even been 
forced for that purpose. A strong decoction of the plant salted, will coagulate milk very readily and without 
any disagreeable flavor. The stalk is found to have a texture somewhat like that of hemp, and to be capable 
of being manufactured into cloth, ropes, and paper. The leaves are the only food of the caterpillars of three 
of our most beautiful butterflies, Atalanta, Paphia, and Urticze, the principal food of the lo, and the occa- 
sional food of the Comma album ; the caterpillars also of the urticata and verticalis moths feed on it : a great 
number of other indiscriminate feeders devour its foliage; and the bases of the leaves in autumn are frequently 
disfigured by tuberclei, w hich contain small maggots, probably producing Musca Urticae. As a remedy for the 
