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NEW SYLVA. 
above lucid rough, beneath tomentose, spikes 
often nionoical, fruits oblong white — in Louisi- 
ana, well noticed by me in 1817 in my flora of 
Louisiana where detected by Robin. It is the 
White Mulberry of the S. W. often mentioned 
by the old travellers. A large handsome tree, 
bark white and smooth, it blossoms in March, 
male catkins terete and loose, female shorter 
and thicker, but they are generaly united, the 
male flowers being then at the base. 
593 , Moitus multicaulis Raf. and of Gar- 
deners, not introduced yet into our books, nor 
do I find any botanical account of it, even in 
Loudun Cycl. A small shrub with many stems 
and ample leaves, cordate rounded not obliqual, 
nor lobed, crenate, acute, somewhat rough, but 
thin. I have seen leaves one foot long and 
wide. Native of China and the Philipines, late- 
ly introduced and much esteemed as the most 
productive for the breeding of silk worms and 
easy gathering of leaves. But all our Mul- 
berries are eaten by the silk worm, and the M. 
rubra produces a fine strong silk. — As the sub- 
ject of silk culture now begins to attract much 
attention, I hope this account of all our Mul- 
berries will be acceotable. 
N. O. EMPETRIDIA Raf. 1815. Empe- 
treae Nut. 1818 , Don 1826, Torrey 1835 ! 
I first noticed this order in my Analysis of 
Nature 1815, therefore Torrey is wrong to as- 
cribe the discrimination of it to Nuttal 3 years 
after, who had besides deemed it only a section 
of Conifera ! while I had perhaps properly unit- 
ed it to Phytolacca ! and if the berry is multi- 
locular they are quite akin notwithstanding the 
remote habit. I have since in my Flora tellur. 
