3S^ 



if. 



The bark,^ intended for medicinal ufe, is to be taken from thofe 

 branches, which are neither very old nor very young, and to be 

 exhibited under fnnilar forms and dofes, as diredied with refped to 

 the cortex peruvianus. It rarely difagrees with the ftomach ; but its 

 aftringent effeds generally require the occafional adminiflration of a 

 laxative. 



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MORUS NIGRA 



COMMON MULBERRY TREE 



STNONTMJ. Morum. 



Fh 



arm . 



Bauh, Fm, 



459 



Morus 



Gerard. Emac, 



Morus frudu nlgro. 



Morus 



^5^7 



nigra 



J, Baub, Hift, voL i, p, Ii8. Rait Hiji, p* 1429 



Fark^ 



I •-. 



Farad, p. 596. Du Hamel Traite des arhres fruitier s^ torn, i. p 



ZZS 



Hunt, EveL vol, ii, p, 39. 



Clafs Monoecia. 



Ord, 



Tetrandria. Lin, Gen, Flant, 



^^SS 



EJf, Gen. Cb 



»^ 



Mas 



Fem 



9 



C^/. 4-partitu8. 



I' 



Cdt.- 4-phyllus. C( 



or, o. 



Styli 



Cal, bac 



I 



catus. Se7n, 1, 





Sp, Cb 



M. foliis cordatis fcabris 



THIS tree never grows to a confiderable height, but fends off 



feveral crooked branches, and is covered with rough brown bark 



the leaves are numerous, heart-fhaped, ferrated, veined 



gh, of 



a 



bright green colour, and ftand upon fhort footflalks : the flowers 



male and female upon the fame 



a 



the malejii 



are 



placed 



clofe roundifli catkins, each floret compofed of a calyx, divided 

 four leaves, which are oval, concave. 



and ered ; there 



the filaments 



fimple anther ae 



are 



four 



tl 



caly 



g 



than the 



aly 



and furnifhed with 



of \ht female flower is divided into four 



This is not conftantly the cafe, as it fometimes happens that all the flowers are male 



femakj ^vA confequently barren 



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