226 BLACK MULBERKY 



vary much in size (9 15 x 7 15 cm.) and shape, but are 

 larger and rougher than in M. alba; petiole about 1 2 

 cm. long, usually more cordate at the base, ovate-acute or 

 heart-shaped (resembling the Lime), or rarely cut to the 

 middle into 35 lobes, which are often again cut, or 



Fig. 78. Mulberry, Moms alba, p. 224 (Ett). 



obtuse and coarsely and unequally serrate. Upper surface 

 harsh, scabrous pubescent; lower with short soft hairs, or 

 both surfaces velvety. Stipulate. Petiole milky, pubes- 

 cent, about i the length of the midrib, hardly grooved. 

 Young leaves hairy beneath. Venation as in M. alba. 



