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The published records of the distribution are as follows: Frank- 

 lin (Raymond) ; Gibson (Schneck) ; Jefferson (Coulter) ; Knox (Ridg- 

 way); Posey (Schneck) and (Wright). 



Additional records are: Gibson and Posey (Deam). 



MORACE^. The Mulberry Family. 



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 

 resembling the blackberry 1 Morus. 



Branches with spines; leaves entire; pistillate flowers in 

 heads; fruit orbicular, usually about 5-10 cm. (2-4 

 inches) in diameter 2 Toxylon. 



1. MORUS. The Mulberries. 



(From the Greek, morea, the mulberry.) 



Leaves rough above, pubescent beneath; staminate-flow- 



er spikes 2.5-5 cm. (1^-23/^ inches) long 1 M. rubra. 



Leaves smooth on both sides or nearly so; staminate- 



flower spikes 1-2 cm. (^-1 inch) long 2 M. alba 



1.^ Morus rubra Linnaeus. Mulberry. 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, cyhndric, 1.5-3 

 cm. (3^-1 M 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 (Raymond) and 

 (Meyncke); Gibson (Schneck); Hamilton (Wilson); Jay (M'Caslin;) 

 Jefferson (Coulter) and (Young); Knox (Ridgway) and (Thomas;) 



