438 ARTOCARPACEAE 
M. rubra L. Tree becoming 20 m. pe with early glabrous twigs: leaf- 
blades ovate to oval or abs ovate, 6-20 ¢ m softly pubescent beneath: 
staminate spikes 4-8 ong: fruit cylindrie m. lo eep-red or 
purplish. ( Ren- Co. )—Rich woods and re Map p 
Fla. to Tex., S. D., Ont., and Vt.—Spr.—Perhaps two s are i 
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M. rubra as zi pA pus The plants of Florida, especially those Bon 
the southern part of the State, have thieker, more copiously veiny, and mo ore 
n nsely ci tiu leaf’ blade es than in the more northern plants. The frui 
too, is drier, more compact, and more spicy in flavor than that of the northern 
plant. In Florida the mulberry is largely confined to the sites of abor riginal 
activity. Trees extend well to the Cape Sable r region. They are always 
deciduous, while the host of associates are evergreen. The fibrous inner bark 
was used by the aborigines for clothing and for making other objects. 
2.  PAPYRIUS Lam. Trees with smooth bark. Leaves deciduous: 
blades serrate, often lobed. Staminate flowers in cylindric spikes, with 4 
sepals an stamens. Pistillate. spi w 
globose: calyx 4-lobed: stigma 1, elon ngat 
Fruit globular, each achene biu nd 
from the det calyx.—Four species, 
siatic. 
papyrifera (L.) Kuntze. Tree re- 
1. 
Pu. the red-mulberry in habit, some- 
times 15 m. tall, with hirsute-tomentose 
ate 
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provinces, Fla. to Mo. and N. Y. Nat. of Asia.—Spr.—The inner bark 
iN. both paper and cloth. 
3. TOXYLON Raf. —— or trees, with furrowed bark. Leaves de- 
eiduous: blades entire. Staminate s in globose raceme-like spikes, with 
4 sepals and 4 stamens. Pistiliat spikes 
globose: sepals 4, the ee ones en 
than the se stigma 1, elongate. Fruit 
globose, achenes deeply imbedded.— 
oe by the following species only: 
1. T. pomiferum e Shrub, or tree be- 
coming 20 m. tall: leaf-blades ovate, ovate- 
oe or ie -lanceolate, 4- 
ng, acumin 
-WOOD.)—W oo 
Coastal Plain and adj. provinces, Ga. to Tex. and Mo.; also nat. in Atlantic 
formerly used by some Indian tribes for making bows. It is now used for 
objeets where strength ae oa are needed. The bark P the roots 
yields a yellow dye.—Lat 
