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and not obliqual at base. Found in the Alle- 

 ghany mts. on the banks of the Susquelianah, 

 leaves 3 to 5 inches long nearly trinerve at L»ase 

 nerves yellow quite smooth, jjenies dark red, 

 called the wild black Mulberry, or Water Mul- 

 berry. A pretty tree growing even among 

 rocks. 



589. Moiius CANADENSIS Lamark. leaves 

 ovate obliqual base rounded not cordate, ser- 

 rate nearly smooth long acuminate — in Canada 

 Maine and the Alleghanies, called the Rock 

 Mulberry, fruits not seen. 



590. MoRus PARviFOLiA Raf. Monoical, pe- 

 tiols long and slender, leaves small and smooth, 

 ovate acute or obtuse not lobato, eqiialy sub- 

 crenate, base truncate often obliqual, fruits short 

 on very short peduncles. — Mts, Alleghanies and 

 Apalachian, called the Indian ^IZulberry, said 

 to have been cultivated by the Indians, often 

 mistaken for the Yvliite iFIulberry, the fruits 

 being very small ovatoblong of a flesh color and 

 sweet. Leaves only 1 or 2 inches long, not so 

 thin as in 3L riparia, petiols over one inch, 

 Male catkins on same branches, with longer 

 peduncles, segments of calix rounded. JStyles 

 very short. 



591. Mortis scabra W. enum. Leaves am- 

 ple thin trilobed, base cordate, rough on botii 

 sides, pale beneath, serrate, large teeth niter- 

 jected in the sinusses, fruits terete black acid— 

 in Louisiana called the black Indian Mulberry, 

 communicated to me by Dr. Mease. Leaves 5 

 to 8 inches long and wide, lobes acute not acu- 

 minate, lateral lobes oblong, terminal oval or 

 narrowest at base. 



592. MoRUS TOMENTosA Raf fl. hid. 3 /.I. 

 Leaves broadly cordate acuminate dentate, 



