476 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Northwestern and central Texas and southern 
Arkansas 
ALABAMA: Introduced from the Southwest, and frequently cultivated for hedges. 
Not rarely naturalized about tields and dwellings, chiefly in the Prairie region. 
Flowers in April. Fruit ripe in October. 
Economic uses: Valuable for the wood; hedge plant. 
Type locality not ascertained, 
Herb, Geol, Surv, Herb. Mohr. 
BROUSSONETIA L’Herit.; Vent. Tabl.3:547. 1799. 
Two species, China, Japan. ‘Trees. 
Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) Vent. T'abl. 3:548, 1799. PaPER MULBERRY. 
Morus papyrifera L. Sp. Pl. 2: 986. 1753, 
Introduced from Japan. Frequently cultivated in the Southern States as a shade 
tree; not infrequently of spontaneous growth, and difficult to eradicate. 
ALABAMA: Mobile and Montgomery counties. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Japonia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
MORUS L. Sp. P1.986. 1753. MULBERRY. 
Ten species, temperate Northern Hemisphere, tropical mountains. United States 
and Canada, 2. Deciduous trees. 
Morus rubra L. Sp. Pl. 2: 986. 1753. Rep MULBERRY. 
Ell. 8k. 2:574. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 464. Chap. Fl. 415. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:408. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 7:79, t. 320, 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Southern Ontario; New England, west to Dakota, 
Nebraska, and Kansas, south to the Gulf States; from Florida to Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Throughout the State, in low rich woods, to the delta of Mobile River. 
Baldwin County, Stockton. Mobile County, Mount Vernon. Flowers Mareh; fruit 
ripe in July. Not common. 
A large tree in the upper division of the State. 
Economic uses: Timber tree. The berries are edible. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Morus alba L. Sp. PI. 2: 986, 1753. WHITE MULBERRY, 
Ell. 8k. 2:574. Gray, Man. ed. 6,464. Chap. FL 415; ed. 3, 438, 
Introduced from Europe, occasionally spontaneous around dwellings. Mobile 
County. 
Economic uses: The form known as Moras multicaulis was at one time largely cul- 
tivated for silkworms. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in China.” 
CANNABIS L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1027. 1783. 
Annual. East India, Europe. 
Cannabis sativa L. Sp. P1.2:1027. 1753. Hemp, 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 463, 
Rarely adventive on ballast. Mobile County. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in India.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. 
HUMULUS L.Sp. Pl. 2: 1028. 1753. Hor. 
Two species, temperate regions of the globe. Japan. North America, 1. Peren- 
nial climbing herbs. 
Humulus lupulus L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1028. 1753. CoMMON Hor PLANT. 
Ell. 8k. 2:695. Gray, Man. ed. 6,464. Chap. Fl. 414. 
EUROPE. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas, Ontario to Manitoba and British Columbia, 
New England and throughout the Eastern States. 
ALABAMA: Hills, borders of woods near dwellings. Scarcely indigenous. Cull- 
man County. Flowers greenish; July, August, 
