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leaves upon the young shoots and suckers present a remarkable diversity 
of shape. The pistillate tree is much less common than the mang y= 
and is even more objectionable than that, in streets, - account of the 
dirty appearance produced by the fallen fruit. The inner park of this 
tree re the oat ch Islanders a kind of tough paper, which they 
substitute for cloth. 
6. MACLU’RA, Nutt. OsaGr-oraNnGe. 
(Named in honor of Wiitiam Maclure,—a munificent patron of Natural Science. wh 
Fiowers dicecious. StamMin Fane t FL. racemose. 
ary sessile, 1-celled ; sty/e terminal, bifid—one branch el angated and 
much exserted, stigmatose on the inner oes other branch small - 
rtiv seve 
alesced into a large compound globose sid Sertt berry, wit 5 gene 
but uneven, ie oe or irregularly eee surface. Small. trees, with 
branches armed with very sharp slender spin 
1 M. a i’ Nut. Leaves lanc tana acuminate, entire, gla- 
brous a shining above, roughishpuberulet beneath ; berry su subsessile, 
axillary, solitary. 
OranGe-Like Maciura. Onge-deange, Bow-wood. Bodock. 
Stem 15-25 or 30 feet high, with a re pe branched bushy top,—the branches virgate, 
but often inclined to droop or cur fit downwards, armed with sw a 
es long, subcoriaceous, sonar by the extended midrib ; ; petioles 1- 
inches lon, ng ; naale oblong, somewhat oe caducous. 
in a solid globose head, which is 2 to near 3 in in diameter, when fully grown ; styles 
hear an inch long, v villous and final y purplish 
South Western Bates. Fl, May - June Fr. Sept. -Oct. 
Obs. The roots of this tree se of a bright ae color, and so abun- 
dant and extensive as to be tro ites a i The wood is very 
hard and durable. It was highly valued by the cabeti nes as a mate: 
rial for making bows, from which Pe: it was called by the early French 
settlers Bois d’arc, which has degenerated into Bodock in some parts of 
the country. Silk-worms feed greedily upon its leaves ; plant, 
a very neat and effective hedge, 
‘properly managed, makes a 
4. URTI'CA, L. Nerriz, 
; [Latin, wro, to burn, tactus, touch ; from the sensation produced by touching it.] 
Flowers monacious or dicecious, in panicled racemes or spikes, or close 
clusters. Sram. Pus Sepals 4. Stamens 4, inserted around the ame 
shaped radiments of a pistil. Pisritare FL : 
pairs ; the outer pair much smaller, somewhat | 
two inner. Heng or a s in fruit ng Be 
erect ovate 
with yin eee 1 ye flowers, and 
