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The published records of the distribution are as follows: Frank- 
lin (Haymond); Gibson (Schneck) ; Jefferson (Coulter); Knox (Ridg- 
way); Posey (Schneck) and (Wright). 
Additional records are: Gibson and Posey (Deam). 
MORACEZ. Tue Mutperry Famiry. 
Trees with a milky sap; leaves 2-ranked, serrate, entire or lobed, 
3-5 nerved at the base; fruit berry-like. 
Branches without spines; leaves serrate; pistillate flow- 
ers in spikes; fruit berry-like, elongated, somewhat 
RES pln gsthe DIACKMerya . acess ats acdsee toe 1 Morus. 
Branches with spines; leaves entire; pistillate flowers in 
heads; fruit orbicular, usually about 5-10 em. (2-4 
MACHES) P10 GAIN GOL eis re eae Gide ssa ay aay dese. 2 Toxylon. 
1. MORUS. Tue Moutperries. 
(From the Greek, morea, the mulberry.) 
Leaves rough above, pubescent beneath; staminate-flow- 
er spikes 2.5-5 em. (114-214 inches) long............. 1 M. rubra. 
Leaves smooth on both sides or nearly so; staminate- 
flower spikes 1-2 cm. (14-1 inch) long............... 2 M. alba 
1. Morus rubra Linneus. Munperry. Plate 68. Leaves 
broadly ovate, abruptly contracted into a long point, coarsely ser- 
rate, frequently 2-7 lobed, more or less cordate at the base; flowers 
appear in May or June with the leaves; pistillate spikes about half 
the length of the staminate; fruit ripens in July, cylindric, 1.5-3 
em. (14-114 inches) long, dark purple or nearly black at maturity. 
Distribution. Western New England, southern Ontario, eastern 
Dakotas south to the Gulf States and west to Texas. Infrequent 
in all parts of Indiana, usually found as isolated trees. In the 
northern part of the State it is found in rich moist soil associated 
with the slippery elm, beech and sugar maple. In the southern 
part of the State it is found both in rich soil and on the clay hills. 
In our area it is a small tree 8-15 m. (25-50 feet) high, with a di- 
ameter seldom exceeding 6 dm. (24 inches). 
The published records of the distribution are as follows: Car- 
roll (Thompson); Clark (Baird and Taylor) and (Smith); Dear- 
born (Collins); Delaware (Phinney); Delaware, Jay, Randolph and 
Wayne (Phinney); Fountain (Brown); Franklin (Haymond) and 
(Meyncke); Gibson (Schneck); Hamilton (Wilson); Jay (M’Caslin); 
Jefferson (Coulter) and (Young); Knox (Ridgway) and (Thomas); 
