476 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Northwestern and central Texas and southern 
Arkansas 
ALaBAMA: Introduced from the Southwest, and frequently cultivated for hedges. 
Not rarely naturalized about fields and dwellings, chiefly in the Prairie region. 
Flowers in April. Fruit ripe in October. 
Economic uses: Valuable for the wood; hedge plant. 
Type locality not ascertained. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
BROUSSONBETIA L’Herit.; Vent. Tabl.3:547. 1799. 
Two species, China, Japan. ‘Trees. = 
Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) Vent. T'abl. 3:548. 1799. PaPER MULBERRY. 
Morus papyrifera L. Sp. Pl. 2:986. 1753. 
Introduced from Japan. Frequently cultivated in the Southern States as a shade 
tree; not infrequently of spontaneous growth, and difficult to eradicate. 
ALABAMA: Mobile and Montgomery counties. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Japonia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
MORUS L. Sp. PI. 986. 1753. MULBERRY. 
Ten species, temperate Northern Hemisphere, tropical mountains. United States 
and Canada, 2. Deciduous trees. 
Morus rubra L. Sp. Pl. 2: 986. 1753. RED MULBERRY. 
Ell. Sk.2:574. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 464. Chap. Fl. 415. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:408. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 7:79, t. 320. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Southern Ontario; New England, west to Dakota, 
Nebraska, and Kansas, south to the Gulf States; from Florida to Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Throughout the State, in low rich woods, to the delta of Mobile River. 
Baldwin County, Stockton. Mobile County, Mount Vernon. Flowers March; fruit 
ripe in July. Not common. 
A large tree in the upper division of the State. 
Economic uses: Timber tree. The berries are edible. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Morus alba L. Sp. Pl. 2: 986. 1753. WHITE MULBERRY. 
Ell. Sk. 2:574. Gray, Man. ed. 6,464. Chap. Fl. 415; ed. 3, 438. 
Introduced from Europe, occasionally spontaneous around dwellings. Mobile 
County. 
Economic uses: The form known as Morus multicaulis was at one time largely cul- 
tivated for silkworms. : 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in China.” 
CANNABIS L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1027. 1783. 
Annual. East India, Europe. 
Cannabis sativa L. Sp. Pl. 2:1027. 1753. Hemp. 
Gray, Man. ed.%6, 463. 
Rarely adventive on ballast. Mobile County. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in India.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. 
HUMULUS L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1028. 1753. Hop. 
Two species, temperate regions of the globe. Japan. North America,1. Peren- 
nial climbing herbs. 
Humulus lupulus L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1028. 1753. Common Hop Puant. 
Ell. Sk. 2:695. Gray, Man. ed. 6,464. Chap. Fl. 414. 
EUROPE. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario to Manitoba and British Columbia, 
New England and throughout the Eastern States. ; 
ALABAMA: Hills, borders of woods near dwellings. Scarcely indigenous. Cull- 
man County. Flowers greenish; July, August. 
