﻿MULBERRY 
  FAMILY 
  65 
  

  

  thickened 
  calyxes 
  of 
  many 
  flowers; 
  ovary 
  sessile; 
  stigmas 
  2, 
  

   linear, 
  spreading 
  ; 
  the 
  fleshy 
  perianth 
  inclosing 
  the 
  ovary 
  at 
  

   maturity.* 
  

  

  1. 
  M. 
  rubra 
  L. 
  RED 
  MULBERRY. 
  A 
  small 
  tree. 
  Leaves 
  cordate- 
  

   ovate, 
  often 
  3-5-lobed 
  on 
  vigorous 
  shoots, 
  taper-pointed 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   serrate, 
  rough 
  above, 
  white, 
  densely 
  woolly 
  beneath. 
  Mature 
  fruiting 
  

   spikes 
  oblong, 
  drooping, 
  dark 
  red 
  or 
  purple, 
  edible. 
  On 
  rich 
  soil. 
  

   Wood 
  very 
  durable, 
  bearing 
  exposure 
  to 
  the 
  weather. 
  

  

  2. 
  M. 
  alba 
  L. 
  WHITE 
  MULBERRY. 
  A 
  small 
  tree. 
  Leaves 
  ovate, 
  

   heart-shaped, 
  acute 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  rounded 
  and 
  often 
  oblique 
  at 
  

   the 
  base, 
  serrate 
  or 
  sometimes 
  lobed. 
  

  

  Smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  on 
  both 
  sides. 
  

   Mature 
  fruit 
  light 
  red 
  or 
  white. 
  In- 
  

   troduced 
  and 
  common 
  about 
  old 
  

   dwellings.* 
  

  

  H. 
  MACLURA 
  Nutt. 
  (TOXYLON) 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  tree 
  with 
  milky 
  juice. 
  -4 
  B 
  

  

  Leaves 
  alternate, 
  petioled, 
  spines 
  FIG. 
  13. 
  Moms 
  alba 
  

  

  axillary. 
  Flowers 
  dioecious 
  Stani- 
  ^ 
  staminate 
  flower> 
  about 
  four 
  

  

  mate 
  flowers 
  in 
  Short 
  axillary 
  ra- 
  times 
  natural 
  size 
  ; 
  B, 
  cluster 
  

  

  cemes; 
  calyx 
  4-parted; 
  stamens 
  4, 
  wannto 
  11 
  ?* 
  6 
  flowers 
  ' 
  (After 
  

   inflexed 
  in 
  the 
  bud. 
  Pistillate 
  flow- 
  

   ers 
  in 
  axillary, 
  peduncled, 
  capitate 
  clusters 
  ; 
  calyx 
  4-parted 
  ; 
  

   ovary 
  sessile 
  ; 
  style 
  long; 
  calyxes 
  becoming 
  thickened 
  and 
  fleshy 
  

   in 
  fruit 
  and 
  aggregated 
  into 
  a 
  large, 
  dense, 
  globular 
  head.* 
  

  

  1. 
  M. 
  pomifera 
  Schneider. 
  OSAGE 
  ORANGE. 
  A 
  small 
  tree 
  with 
  

   ridged, 
  yellowish-brown 
  bark. 
  Leaves 
  minutely 
  downy 
  when 
  young, 
  

   becoming 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  with 
  age, 
  ovate 
  or 
  ovate-oblong, 
  taper- 
  

   pointed 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  obtuse 
  or 
  subcordate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  entire, 
  petioled. 
  

   Staminate 
  racemes 
  about 
  1 
  in. 
  long. 
  Pistillate 
  flower 
  clusters 
  about 
  

   1 
  in. 
  in 
  diameter. 
  Fruit 
  yellowish, 
  tubercled, 
  3-4 
  in. 
  in 
  diameter. 
  

   In 
  rich 
  soil. 
  Native 
  in 
  Texas 
  and 
  extensively 
  planted 
  for 
  hedges. 
  

   Wood 
  very 
  durable 
  when 
  exposed 
  to 
  the 
  weather, 
  and 
  therefore 
  used 
  

   for 
  fence 
  posts. 
  As 
  the 
  wood 
  does 
  not 
  swell 
  or 
  shrink 
  with 
  changes 
  

   in 
  its 
  moisture, 
  it 
  is 
  highly 
  valued 
  for 
  wheel 
  hubs, 
  etc.* 
  

  

  HI. 
  BROUSSONETIA 
  L'Her. 
  

  

  Small 
  trees 
  with 
  milky 
  juice. 
  Leaves 
  alternate, 
  petioled. 
  

   Flowers 
  dioecious 
  ; 
  staminate 
  in 
  cylindrical 
  spikes, 
  with 
  a 
  

  

  