. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. 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
. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. 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 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 , 2-4-toothed, persistent, including the stipitate. Please note that these images are extracted fro
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