74 URTICACEiE. Morus. 



centric circles ; medullary rays numerous, obscure ; color light orange 

 brown, the sap-wood undistinguishable. 



232. Moras rubra, L. 

 Bed Mulberry. 



"Western New England and Long Island, New York, west through 

 southern Ontario and central Michigan to the Black Hills of Dakota, 

 eastern Nebraska and Kansas ; south to Bay Biscayne and Cape Romano, 

 Florida, and the valley of the Colorado River, Texas. 



A large tree, IS to 20 metres in height, with a trunk 0.90 to 1.20 

 metres in diameter ; generally on rich bottom-lands ; most common and 

 reaching its greatest development in the basins of the lower Ohio and the 

 Mississippi Rivers. 



Wood light, soft, not strong, rather tough, coarse-grained, compact, 

 very durable in contact with the soil, satiny, susceptible of a good polish ; 

 layers of annual growth clearly marked by several rows of large open 

 ducts ; medullary rays numerous, thin ; color light orange-yellow, the sap- 

 wood lighter ; largely used in fencing, cooperage, for snaths, and at the 

 South in ship and boat building. 



The large dark purple fruit sweet and edible. 



233. Moras microphylla, Buckley. 

 Mexican Mulberry. 



Valley of the Colorado River, through western Texas to the valley of 

 the Gila River, New Mexico ; in northern Mexico. 



A small tree, sometimes 7 metres in height, with a trunk rarely 0.30 

 metre in diameter, or often reduced to a low shrub ; most common and 

 reaching its greatest development in the mountain canons of southern 

 New Mexico. 



Wood heavy, hard, close-grained, compact ; layers of annual growth 

 marked by several rows of small open ducts ; medullary rays numerous, 

 thin; color orange or, rarely, dark brown, the sap-wood light yellow. 



The small acid fruit hardly edible. 



234. Madura aurantiaca, Nutt. 

 Osage Orange. Hois a" Arc. 



Southwestern Arkansas, southeastern portions of the Indian Territory, 

 and southward into northern Texas. 



A tree sometimes 1.3 to 18 metres in height, with a trunk rarely 

 exceeding 0.60 metre in diameter ; rich bottom-lands ; most common and 

 reaching its greatest development along the valley of the Red River in 

 tin' Indian Territory ; extensively planted for hedges, especially in the 

 Western States. 



