154 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Humulus japonicus Sieb. & Zucc. 

 Japanese Hop. 



Rare. Escaped from cultivation into waste ground: New 

 London (Graves), Hartford (H. S. Qark & Bissell), Bridge- 

 port and Fairfield (Eames). Aug. — Sept. Adventive from 

 Japan. 



Recently introduced into cultivation and becoming popular 

 as an arbor-plant. 



MACLURA Nutt. Osage Orange. Bois d'Arc. 

 Madura pomifera (Raf.) Schneider (pome-bearing). 

 Madura aurantiaca Nutt. 

 Toxylon pomiferum Sarg. 

 Osage or Mock Orange or Apple. Bow-wood. 



Rare. Escaped from cultivation into roadsides and 

 neglected places: Water ford (Graves), East Haven (D. C. 

 Eaton), Waterbury (A. E. Blewitt), Kent (C. K. Averill). 

 June. Native of the Southwest. 



The wood is durable in contact with the soil and is valued 

 for fence posts. Formerly planted for hedges. 



BROUSSONETIA L'Her. 



Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) Vent, (paper-bearing). 

 Paper Mulberry. 



Rare. Norwalk, spontaneous in waste land (Miss A. E. 

 Carpenter). May — June. Native of Asia. 



MORUS L. Mulberry. 

 Moms rubra L. (red). 

 Red Mulberry. 



Rare or occasional. Dry rocky woods, fields and fence- 

 rows. May — June ; fruit July. 



The wood is rather soft, coarse-grained and tough, and 

 is very durable in contact with the soil. The fresh fruit is 

 mawkish to some palates, agreeable to others. Medicinal. 



Moras alba L. (white). 



White or Silkworm Mulberry. 



Occasional. Escaped from cultivation to roadsides, fence- 



