Moncecia . 14 <g 
it is called the weeping -birch, the leaves are quite 
smooth. 
Bet. Nana, Dwarf Birch ; with notched roundish 
leaves. Native of elevated marshes in Scotland, and 
rises only to the height of three feet. 
Bet. Alnus , Common Alder ; with branching pe- 
duncles, leaves roundish, wedge-shaped, serrated, vis- 
cid. Common in marshy places. 
Mohus. Gen. char. — (1) Cal. four- parted ; cor. 
none. (2.) Cal. four-leaved 5 cor. none ; styles two, 
seed one, berried. 
Mor. Tinctoria, Fustic-Tree j with oblong leaves, 
lengthened on one side, and axillary spines. Native of 
Jamaica, and remarkable for its quick growth, rising 
to the height of 30 or 40 feet in eight or ten years ; 
the timber is of an excellent quality, and it furnishes 
the valuable dye-stuff Fustic. 
Mor. Alba , White Mulberry ; a native of Virginia, 
is cultivated for the same purpose; Mor. Nigra , Black 
Mulberry, is a native of Persia, with dark-red fruit, 
from which wine is made ; and Mor. Papyrifera , Paper 
Mulberry, a native of Japan and the South Sea islands, 
affords materials for paper and cloth from its bark. 
Pentandria. 
Amaranxhus. Gen. char.-- (1) Proper calyx 
three-leaved ; cor. none ; stamens from three to five. 
(2) Proper calyx three-leaved ; cor. none ; styles 
three ; caps, one-celled, cut round ; seed one, 
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