LXV. ARTOCARPE.E : MACLU 



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1385 B. papyrifera. 



a male plant in the Jardin des Plantes, which has its leaves curved 

 upwards, like the hood of a Capuchin, or the sides of a boat. 

 & B. p. 3 frucfu dlbo. Fruit white. 



A very singular tree, from the great variation in the form of its leaves, and 

 also from its flowers and fruit. In general aspect it has the appearance of a 

 mulberry, but it is less hardy than the species of that genus. 



GENUS III. 



MACLLTR,4 Nutt. THE MACLURA. Lin. Syst. Dice cia Tetrandria. 



Identification. Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Plants, 2. p. 233. ; Lindl. Nat. Syst. of Bot., p. 178. 

 Synonyme. T6xylon Eafinesque in 1817, Card. Mag. vol. viii. p. 247. 



Derivation. Named by Nuttall, in honour of William Maclure, Esq., of the United States ; an 

 eminent natural philosopher. 



Gen. Char. Flowers unisexual, dioecious. Male flowers in a racemose panicle. 

 Calyx 4-parted. Stamens 4, or 3. Female flowers closely aggregate upon 

 an axis, and forming a globular head that is borne upon a short axillary pe- 

 duncle. Calyx oblong, urceolar, apparently with 4 lobes at the tip. Style 

 thread-shaped, downy, protruded nearly an inch beyond the calyx. Fruit 

 an achenium about f in. long, compressed, with the tip blunt. (G. Don.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous j ovate, entire. Flowers 

 small, yellow. Tree, deciduous ; native of North America ; with a fruit as 

 large as an orange, and when ripe of the same colour ; propagated by layers, 

 cuttings of the roots, or grafting on the common mulberry. 



1 1. M. AURANTI'ACA Nutt. The Orange-like^^ed Maclura, or 

 Osage Orange. 



Identification. Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. PI., 2. p. 234. 

 Synonymes. Bow- wood, Yellow Wood, N. Amer. 

 The Sexes. Both male and female plants are in the Horticultural Society's Garden, and in the 



Hackney arboretum. 

 Engravings. Appendix to Lambert's Monog. on the Genus Pinus, 2. p. 32. ; and our fig. 1386. in 



which a is the female flower, and b the male ; the fruit is figured of the nat. size in our 1st edit. 



Spec. Char. See Gen. Char. A deciduous widely spreading tree, with spiny 

 branches. In the Arkansas, and on the banks of the Red River, on deep 



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