. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. Lxv. artoca'rpe^ : MACLU RX 711. 1385. B- papyrifera' S male plant in the Jardin des Plantes, which has its leaves curved upwards, like the hood of a Capuchin, or the sides of a boat. ^ B. p. S fructu dlbo. —Fruit white. A very singular tree, from the great variation in the form of its l
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. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. Lxv. artoca'rpe^ : MACLU RX 711. 1385. B- papyrifera' S male plant in the Jardin des Plantes, which has its leaves curved upwards, like the hood of a Capuchin, or the sides of a boat. ^ B. p. S fructu dlbo. —Fruit white. A very singular tree, from the great variation in the form of its leaves, and also from its flowers and fruit. In general aspect it has the appearance of a mulberry, but it is less hardy than the species of that genus. Genus III. MACLU'R/1 Nutt. The Macluba. Lin. Syst. Dioe'cia Tetrandria. Identification. Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Plants, 2. p. 233.; Lindl. Nat. Syst. of Bot., p. 178. Synonyme. T6xylon Rafinesque in 1817, Gard. Mag. vol. viii. p. 247. Derivation. Named by Nuttall, in honour of William Maclvre, Esq., of the United States; an eminent natural philosopher. Gen. Char. Flowers unisexual, dioecious.—Male flowers in a racemose panicle. Calyx 4-parted. Stam'ens 4, or 3. — Female flowers closely aggregate upon an axis, and forming a globular head that is borne upon a short axillary pe- duncle. Calyx oblong, urceolar, apparently with 4 lobes at the tip. Style thread-shaped, downy, protruded nearly an inch beyond the calyx. Fruit an achenium about -| in. long, compressed, with the tip blunt. (G. Don.) Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; ovate, entire. Flowers small, yellow. — Tree, deciduous ; native of North America ; with a fruit as large as an orange, and when ripe of the same colour; propagated by layers, cuttings of the roots, or grafting on the common mulberry. 1 1. M. AURANTI^ACA Nutt. The OvsngeAjke-fruited Madura, or Identification. Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. P!., 2. p. 234. Synonymes. Bow-wood, Yellow Wood, N. Amer. Th