LXV. ARTOCA’RPEE : MACLU RA. 711 
1385, B. papyrifera. 
a male plant in the Jardin des Plantes, which has its leaves curved 
upwards, like the hood of a Capuchin, or the sides of a boat. 
& B. p. 3 frictu dlbo.—Fruit white. 
A very singular tree, from the great variation in the form of its leaves, and 
also from its flowers and fruit. In general aspect it has the appearance of a 
mulberry, but it is less hardy than the species of that genus. 
Genus IIL. 
MACLU'RA Nutt. Tae Mactura. Lin. Syst. Dic'cia Tetrandria. 
Identification. Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Plants, 2. p. 233.; Lindl. Nat. Syst. of Bot., p. 178. 
Synonyme. Téxylon Rafinesque in 1817, Gard. Mag. vol. viii. p. 247. 
Derivation. Named by Nuttall, in honour of William Maclure, Esq., of the United States; an 
eminent natural philosopher. 
Gen. Char, Flowers unisexual, dicecious.— Male flowers in a racemose panicle. 
Calyx 4-parted. Stamens 4, or 3.— Female flowers closely aggregate upon 
an axis, and forming a globular head that is borne upon a short axillary pe- 
duncle. Calyx oblong, urceolar, apparently with 4 lobes at the tip. Style 
thread-shaped, downy, protruded nearly an inch beyond the calyx. Fruit 
an achenium about 3 in. long, compressed, with the tip blunt. (G. Don.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous; ovate, entire. Flowers 
small, yellow. — Tree, deciduous ; native of North America ; with a fruit as 
large as an orange, and when ripe of the same colour; propagated by layers, 
cuttings of the roots, or grafting on the common mulberry. 
2 1.M. aurantraca Nutt. The Orange-like-fruited Maclura, or 
Osage Orange. 
Identification. Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. P1., 2. p. 234. 
Synonymes. Bow-wood, Yellow Wood, N. Amer. , 
The Sexes. Both male and female plants are in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, and in the 
Hackney arboretum. fi : 
Engravings. Appendix to Lambert’s Monog. on the Genus Pinus, 2. p. 32.; and our fig. 1386. in 
which a is the female flower, and 2 the male ; the fruit is figured of the nat. size in our Ist edit. 
Spec. Char, See Gen. Char.. A deciduous widely spreading tree, with spiny 
branches. In the Arkansas, and on the banks of the Red River, on deep 
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