MONOECIA. 



British Plants of this Order. 



Botanical Generic Names. Common Karnes. 



97 Cakex 52 Sedge 



2 Typha 2 Bull-rush 



3 Sparganium 3 Sparganium 



ORDER 4. 



PAPER MULBERRY TREE. Of the Genus tetran- 

 Morus there are seven species: this species is a native PRI ' 

 of Japan and the South Sea islands. From the bark of Four stamina 

 this tree the inhabitants of Japan and China make their 

 paper, and in those countries the tree is cultivated 

 for that purpose, much after the same manner as 

 osiers are cultivated with us, by cutting down the 

 young shoots in December, after the fall of the leaf. 



The young bark, when the outer rind is taken 

 off, is boiled in a lye till it will readily split into fibres; 

 it is then washed in pure water, and beaten into a 

 pulp; after which, with an infusion of rice, and a 

 mucous water prepared for that purpose, the pulp is 

 made of a due consistency, and paper is manufactured 

 from it. 



The finest and whitest cloth worn by the princi- 

 pal people of Otaheite and the Sandwich islands is 

 made of the bark of this tree. 



