CHAP. C. URTICACEZ. BROUSSONE‘TLA. 1361 
dagascar. The leaves seem calculated to serve as a fine file or rasp, like those of some of the fig kind. 
It is a most distinct species, and ought to have been named M. daurifdlia or M. citrifdlia.” (Smith in 
Rees’s Cyclop.) This name is also in the list derived from Mr. Royle. 
M. datefolia Willd.tis ajnative of the Isle of Bourbon. Its leaves are ovate, heart-shaped at the base, 
pri H aay 4in. long, 3 in. broad, scabrous, reticulately veined; the petiole lin. long. (Willde- 
now Sp. Pi. 
M. custrilis Willd. is a native of the Isle of Bourbon. It has ovate, serrated, rough leaves ; and the 
styles bearded, even when persistent in the fruit. (W7l/d.) 
. celtidifilia Thunb. is a native of Quito. Its leaves are ovate-oblong, acuminate, undivided, 
sharply serrated, 3.nerved; roughish above, glabrous beneath. (Spreng. Syst. Vég., i. p. 492.) 
M. corylifilia Thunb. is a native of Quito. Its leaves are roundish ovate, acuminate, sharply 
serrate, 3-nerved, glabrous, (Spreng., |. c.) 
M. cdlcar-gilli Cum. is a native of New South Wales, where it is called the yellow wood vine. 
This “‘ is a shrub which extends itself to a great length, and may eventually prove to belong to the 
5 rape M. I: M M. heterophiy M ir 
. dtro- rea; arvifolia ; M. serrata, syn. M. heter la; M. levigata viridis ; and M. 
scandens ime Nepal kinds, of which very little is known. (See p. 174.) " ; 
Genus Tis 
FA 
BROUSSONE'TIA Vent. Tue Broussonetia. Lin. Syst. Dice‘cia 
' Tetrandria. 
a reseed ‘ Vent. Tabl. du Régne Végét., 3. p. 547.; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p.743.; Lindl Nat. Syst. 
of Bot., p. 1 
Ss onymes. Morus Seba Kempf, Lin. ; Papyrus Encyc. Bot., 5. p.5., Lam. Ill. Gen., t. 762. 
erivation. Named in honour of P. N. V. Broussonet, a French naturalist, who wrote numerous 
works on natural history. 
# 1. B. papyri’FERA Vent. The paper-bearing Broussonetia, or Paper 
Mulberry. 
Identification. Vent. Tabl. du Régne Vegét., 3. p.547.; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 743. 
Mbdrus papyrifera Lin. Sp. Pi., 1399., Mill. Dict., No. 6., Du Rot Harbk., 1. p. 433., 
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Thunb. Ft. Jap., 72. 
The Sexes. Both the male and female plants are in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, and in the 
arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges. 
Engravings. Kempf. Ameen., t. 472.; Hist. du Japon, t. 40. f.1.; Seba Thesaur., 1. t.28.; Lam. ILL 
en., t. 762.; N. Du Ham., 2. t.7.; and the plate in our last Volume. 
Variety. 
2 B.p. 2 cucullata ; B. cucullata Bon Jard., 1833, p. 919.; B. spatulata 
Hort. Brit.; B. navicularis Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836.—A sport, found on a 
male plant by M. Camuset, foreman of the nursery, in the Jardin des 
Plantes ; which has its leaves curved upwards, like the hood of a 
Capuchin, or the sides of a boat. It is propagated by grafting, and 
may be had in most of the Paris and London nurseries. 
Description, §c. A deciduous low tree or large shrub, a native of China 
and Japan, and of the South Sea Islands; which so closely resembles the 
mulberry, that it was long considered to belong to that genus, and still retains 
its English name of the yd mulberry. It was introduced in 1751, and 
flowers in April, ripening its fruit in the climate of London, in autumn. Its 
leaves are large, hairy, and canescent; and either heart-shaped, or cut into 
deep irregular lobes. The fruit is oblong, ofa dark scarlet colour when ripe, 
and of a sweetish, but rather insipid, taste. The tree is perfectly hardy; but, 
from the extreme brittleness of its wood, it is very liable to be broken by high 
winds. The wood is soft, spongy, and of no value, except for fire-wood. The 
leaves are too rough and coarse in their texture for silkworms; but they are 
found excellent for cattle ; and, as the tree will grow rapidly in almost any 
soil, and throws out numerous tufts of leaves, it might be valuable in some 
situations and climates, as fodder. The principal use, however, to which the 
broussonetia appears capable of being applied is for the paper that may be made 
from its bark. The following is an abridgment of Kampfer’s account of the 
mode of preparing this paper in Japan, as quoted in the Penny Cyclopedia, 
vol. v. p. 472.:—“* The branches of the current year, being cut into pieces 
about a yard long, are boiled till the bark shrinks from the wood, which is 
taken out and thrown away; and the bark, being dried, is preserved till wanted. 
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