40 NEW SYLVA. 



igure — the (iuechuc of Orinoco mentioned by 

 Jaulin p. 15. is probably another Fustic, the 



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fruit is gveen and s>veet faJHng as soon as ripe. 



584. BiioussoNKTiA PAPYiiiFEUA Duhamcl, 

 W. 4'C Fapyria of Laniark, Morus papyrifera 

 L. Sm. Slc, a well known useful tree native 

 of Japan and Polynesia, now introduced in the 

 open grounds of j^urope and America, quite 

 common in our gardens where it bears the 

 winter pretty well, altho' injured sometimes 

 by frost. We have only the male trees. 



Genus MORUS. 



585. Morus alba L. &c. A well known 

 tree, now widely spreading with us, almost wild 

 in some localities. White ]\Iulberry. This is 

 said to be constantly monoical, but the other sp. 

 are often dioical and polygamous. 



5S6. Morus nigra L. &c. Black Mulberry, 

 also cultivated for the fruit. — The best Mono- 

 graph of this Genus are those of Lamark and 

 Smith, including the Fustic trees however ; but 

 Lamark has a new American sp. M. canaden- 

 sis, and Wildenow another M. Scabra, I can 

 add 4 others besides the M. multicaulis. Eaton 

 has only 3 ! Nuttal admits the M. scabra. I 

 have 9 whereof 7 seen alive and one dry. 



587. Mouus RUBRA L. our well known Red 

 Mulberry found from Canada to Louisiana. It 

 has some Var. 1 pa/ZiWrf fruits pale, 2 hetero- 

 phijUa with all the leaves unlike. Often dioi- 

 cal like all our American kinds. It is even 

 stated that the same trees often vary each year 

 in their sexes f 



588. MoRL s RiPARiA Raf. distinct from M. 

 rubra by long petiols, smooth leaves ovate deep- 

 ly cordate, seldom lobed lateral, quite smooth 

 and thin crenate serrate, acute not acun^inate, 



