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Morus Nigra* Black cr Com mow 

 Mulberry Tree, having large heart- 

 Jhaped rough leaves* and lmall male and 

 female flowers, without petals * the males 

 growing in amentums or firings,, and 

 the females in roundilh clofe heads, 

 which fncceed to an ovalilh, very fuccu- 

 lent, blackifh red berry, full of tube- 

 rances, each having one feed, and ripens 

 in Auguft and September ; comprehend- 

 ing two varieties, viz. 



Common Black Mulberry. 

 Jagged-leaved Smaller Mulberry. 



The following fpecies are alfo fome- 

 times cultivated for variety. 



Morus Alba* White Mulberry." 

 Morus Rubra, Red Mulberry. 



But 



