Broussonetia papyri/era^ 
THE PAPER MULBERRY-TREE. 
Synonymes. 
Morus papyrifera, 
Broussonetia papyrifera, 
Linnaeus, Species Plantarum. 
Don, Miller's Dictionary. 
Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum. 
Broussonetia a papier, Murier a papier, ) v 
Murier de la Chine, Papyrier, ] * RANCE ' 
Papier-Maulbeerbaum, Germany. 
Moro papirifero, Moro della China, Italy. 
Paper Mulberry -tree, Britain and Anglo-America. 
Derivations. The specific name papyrifera is derived from the Latin papyrus, paper, and fero, to bear ; rofrrrln? to the m> 
at the bark of this tree in the manufacture of paper. Most of the other names have the same signification as the botanical one 
Engravings. Nouveau Du Hamel, ii., pi. 7; Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum, vii., pi. 2 - i; and the figures below. 
Specific Characters. Female calyx tubular, 3 4 dentate; style lateral; seed clavate. Leaves 3 "- 
lobed, acuminate, serrated, scabrous. 
Description. 
PSSiggSHE Broussonetia papyrifera 
; fa '"TP H is a deciduous low tree, or 
E [j. R li 
large shrub, usually grow- 
ing to a height of twenty 
or thirty feet, with a trunk from ten to twelve 
inches in diameter; but in favourable situations, it 
sometimes attains nearly double of these dimensions. 
Its trunk ramifies at a small height above the ground, * 
into numerous branches, which form a wide, though 
regular summit. The bark of the trunk, when young, 
is rather smooth, and of a grayish colour. Its leaves 
are large, hairy, and canescent ; and are either heart- 
shaped, ovate, acuminate, or cut into deep, irregular 
lobes. The flowers, which appear at New York early in May, before the loa\ 
are succeeded by an oblong, dark, scarlet-coloured fruit, of a sweetish, but rathei 
insipid taste, when ripe, which occurs at New York, in July or August 
Varieties. The varieties recognized under this species are as follows : 
1. B. p. cucullata, Loudon. Cowled-leaved Paper Mulberry; a sport, found 
on a male plant by M. Camuset, foreman of the nursery, in the Jardin des Plantes, 
at Paris, with leaves curved upwards, like the hood of a Capuchin, or the Bides 
of a boat. 
2. B. p. fructu albo, Loudon. White-/ruited Paper Mulberry. 
Geography and History. The Broussonetia papyrifera, is a native ol China, 
Japan, and Polynesia, and is now cultivated, as an ornamental tree throughout 
the chief countries of Europe, and in most of the states ol the American union. 
This tree was introduced into Britain, from Japan, by Mr. Peter < olinson, 
in 1751; and specimens varying from ten to thirty feel in height, are to be 
met with in most of the gardens and collections in England and Scotland. Both 
the male and female plant have long I n cultivated in the London H 
