Celtis URTICACEAE Morus 



infrequent on the Coastal Plain, southward to the Virginia line. 

 Fl. late April, May. A tall tree. 



Var. canina (Raf.) Sargent. 



Occasional at or north of the Fall Line, in New Castle and 

 Cecil Counties. 



Var. crassifolia (Lam.) Gray. 



Rare, in the valleys of the Brandy wine and Octoraro Creeks : 

 Wilmington, Commons in 1897 (A); Porters Bridge (Ce), 

 Pennell, 14572, in 1928 (A). 



C. pumila (Muhl.) Pursh var. georgiana (Small) Sargent. 



One collection: Centreville (NC), Commons in 1865, "6 feet 

 high" (A). 



A shrub or small tree to 12 feet high. 



Cannabis L. Hemp. 

 C. sativa L. 



Infrequent, in waste ground. Late June to early August. 

 Adv. from Asia. 



Humulus L. Hop. 



H. Lupulus L. (Incl. H. amencanws Nutt.) (See Bailey: "Manual 

 of Cultivated Plants" (1924), pp. 239-240.) 

 Native, or occasionally escaping. Late July, Aug. 



H. scandens (Lour.) Merrill. (H. japonicus Sieb. & Zucc.) 



A rare escape from cultivation: Smyrna (NC), Long, 13 Aug. 

 1908 (A). Introd. from Japan. 



Madura Nutt. Osage Orange. 



M. pomifera (Raf.) Schneider. {M. aurantiaca Nutt.) 



Extensively planted for hedges, and often spontaneous. Fl. 

 early June. 



Broussonetia L'H6r. Paper Mulberry. 



B. papyrifera (L.) Vent. 



Cultivated, and frequently escaping to roadsides. May. 

 Introd. from Asia. 



Morus L. Mulberry. 



M. rubra L. Red Mulberry. 



Infrequent throughout. Fl. early May; frt. ripe in July. 



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