CHAP. C. UliTlCA^CEJE. BROUSSONE'T/^. 1361 



dagascar. The leaves seem calculated to serve as a fine file or rasp, like those of some of the fig kind. 

 It is a most distinct s|>ecies, and ought to have been named M. /aunfdlia or M. citrifblia." (Smith in 

 Recs's Cyclop.) This name is also in the list derived from Mr. lloyle. 



M. laiifdlia \Villd.Jis ajnative of the Isle of Bourbon. Its leaves are ovate, heart-shaped at the base, 

 serrate; the disk 4 in. long, 3 in. broad, scabrous, reticulately veined; the petiole 1 in. long. (Willde- 

 now Sp. PI.} 



M. austrulis Willd. is a native of the Isle of Bourbon. It has ovate, serrated, rough leaves ; and the 

 styles bearded, even when persistent in the fruit. (Willd.) 



*M. celtitiifttlia Thunb. is a native of Quito. Its leaves are ovate-oblong, acuminate, undivided, 

 sharply serrated, 3 nerved ; roughish above, glabrous beneath. (Sprcne. Syst. t^g., i. p. 492.) 



M. corylifolia Thunb. is a native of Quito. Its leaves are roundish ovate, acuminate, sharply 

 serrate, 3-nerved, glabrous. (Spreng., 1. c.) 



M. calcar-eulli Cum. is a native of New South Wales, where it is called the yellow wood vine. 

 This " is a shrub which extends itself to a great length, and may eventually prove to belong to the 

 genus Macirira." 



M. utro-purpiirea , M. parvi/dlia ; M. serrata, syn. M. heterophylla ; M. lavig&ta viridis ; and M. 

 scandcns are Nepal kinds, of which very little is known. (See p. 174.) 



GENUS II. 



BROUSSONE V T/^ Vent. THE BROUSSONETIA. Lin. Syst. Dioe'cia 



Tetrandria. 



Identification. Vent.Tabl. du Regne Veget, 3. p. 5*7. ; Willd. Sp. Pi., 4,. p. 743. ; Lindl. Nat. Syst 



of Bot, p. 178. 



Synonymes. Mbrus S&ba Ksempf , Lin. ; Papyrus Encyc. Bot., 5. p. 5., Lam. III. Gen., t.762. 

 Derivation. Named in honour of P. N. V. Broussonet, a French naturalist, who wrote numerous 



works on natural history. 



* 1. B. PAPYRI'FERA Vent. The paper-bearing Broussonetia, or Paper 



Mulberry. 



Identification, Vent TabL du Regne Veget, S. p. 547. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 743. 



Synouymes. Mbrus papyrifera Lin. Sp. Pi., 1399., Mill. Diet., No. 6., Du lloi Harbk., l.p.433., 



Thunh. Fl. Jap., 72. 

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



arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges. 

 Engravings. Kaempf. Amoen., t. 472. j Hist, du Japon, t 40. f. 1. ; Seba Thesaur., 1. t. 28. ; Lam. 111. 



Gen., t. 762. ; N. Du Ham., 2. t 7. ; and the plate in our last Volume. 



Variety. 



at B.p.2 cucullata ; B. cucullata BonJard., 1833, p. 919.; B. spatulata 

 Hart, Brit.', B. navicularis Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. A sport, found on a 

 male plant by M. Camuset, foreman of the nursery, in the Jardin des 

 Plantes ; which has its leaves curved upwards, like the hood of a 

 Capuchin, or the sides of a boat. It is propagated by grafting, and 

 may be had in most of the Paris and London nurseries. 



Description, $c. A deciduous low tree or large shrub, a native of China 

 and Japan, and of the South Sea Islands ; which so closely resembles the 

 mulberry, that it was long considered to belong to that genus, and still retains 

 its English name of the paper mulberry. It was introduced in J 751, and 

 flowers in April, ripening its fruit in the climate of London, in autumn. Its 

 leaves are large, hairy, and canescent; and either heart-shaped, or cut into 

 clerj> irregular lobes. The fruit is oblong, of a dark scarlet colour when ripe, 

 and of a sweetish, but rather insipid, taste. The tree is perfectly hardy ; but, 

 from the extreme brittleness of its wood, it is very liable to be broken by high 

 winds. The wood is soft, spongy, and of no value, except for fire-wood. The 

 leaves are too rough and coarse in their texture for silkworms ; but they are 

 found excellent for cattle ; and, as the tree will grow rapidly in almost any 

 soil, and throws out numerous tufts of leaves, it might be valuable in some 

 situations and climates, as fodder. The principal use, however, to which the 

 broussonetia appears capable of being applied is for the paper that may be made 

 from its bark. The following is an abridgment of Kaempfer's account of the 

 mode of preparing this paper in Japan, as quoted in the Penny Cyclopaedia, 

 vol. v. p. 472. : " The branches of the current year, being cut into pieces 

 about a yard long, are boiled till the bark shrinks from the wood, which is 

 taken out and thrown away ; and the bark, being dried, is preserved till wanted. 



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