Broussonetia jyopyrifcra, 

 THE PAPER MULBERRY-TREE. 



Synonymes. 



MuTus papyrifera, 

 Broussonetia papyrifera, 



Broussonetia a papier, Murier a papier, 



Murier de la Chine, Papyrier, 

 Papier- I\Iaalbeerbauni, 

 Moro papiritiero, ]\Ioro della China, 

 Paper Mulberry -tree, 



LiNN^us, Species Plantarum. 

 Don, Miller's Dictionary. 

 Loudon, Arboretum Bntannicum. 



France. 



Germany. 



Italy. 



BRrrAJN AND Anglo-America. 



Derivations. The specific name papyrifera is derived from the Latin papyrus, paper, and fero, to bear ; referring to the ns J 

 f the bark of this tree iu the manufacture of paper. Moat of the other names have the same aignitication as the Ixilanical one. 



Engravings. Nouveau Du Hamel, ii., pi. 7 ; Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum, vii., pi. 228 ; and the figures below. 



Specific Characters. Female calyx tubular, 3 4 dentate ; style lateral ; seed clavate. Leaves 3 5- 

 lobed, acuminate, serrated, scabrous. 



witli 

 inches in diameter; but 



Description. 



P^^^HE Broussonetia papyrifera 

 ^ S P 1^ is a deciduous low tree 



or 



large shrub, usually grow- 

 ing to a height of twenty 

 trunk from ten to twelve 

 in favourable situations, it 

 sometimes attains nearly double of these dimensions. 

 Its trunk ramifies at a small height above the ground, 

 into numerous branches, which form a wide, though 

 regular summit. The bark of the trunk, when young, 

 is rather smooth, and of a grayish colour. Its leaves 

 are large, hairy, and canescent ; and are either heart- 

 shaped, ovate, acuminate, or cut into deep, irregular 

 lobes. The flowers, which appear at New York early in May, before the leaves, 

 are succeeded by an oblong, dark, scarlet-coloured fruit, of a sweetish, but rather 

 insipid taste, when ripe, which occurs at New York, in July or August. 

 Varieties. The varieties recognized under this species are as follows : 



1. B. p. cucuLLATA, Loudou. Cowled-lccivcd Paper Mulberry ; a sport, founu 

 on a male plant by M. Camuset, foreman of the nursery, in the Jardin dcs Plantcs, 

 at Paris, with leaves curved upwards, like the hood of a Capuchin, or the sides 

 of a boat. 



2. B. p. FRUCTU ALBO, Loudon. White-fruited Paper Midherry. 

 Geography and History. The Broussonetia papyrifera, is a native of China, 



Japan, and Polynesia, and is now cultivated, as an ornamental tree tliroiitrhout 

 the chief countries of J^^urope, and in most of the states of the Amorioan union. 



This tree was introduced into Britain, from Japan, by Mr. Peter Colinson, 

 in 1751 ; and specimens varying from ten to thirty feet in height, arc to be 

 met with in most of the gardens and collections in JMigland and Scotland. Both 

 the male and female plant have long been cultivated in the London Ilorti- 



