CHAP. C. UllTlCA^CEJE. BROUSSONE N TJ^. 1361 



dagascar. The leaves seem calculated to serve as a fine file or rasp, like those of some of the rig kind. 

 It is a most distinct species, and ought to have been named M. /aurifolia or M. citrifolia." {Smith in 

 Reefs Cyclop.) This name is also in the list derived from Mr. Royle. 



M. latifdlia VVilld.Jis ajnative of the Isle of Bourbon. Its leaves are ovate, heart-shaped at the base, 

 serrate; the disk 4 in. long, Jin. broad, scabrous, reticulately veined; the petiole 1 in. long. {Willde- 

 now Sp. Pi.) 



M. metritis Willd. is a native of the Isle of Bourbon. It has ovate, serrated, rough leaves ; and the 

 styles bearded, even when persistent in the fruit. {Willd.) 



M. ceUidifbtia Thunb. is a native of Quito. Its leaves are ovate-oblong, acuminate, undivided, 

 sharply serrated, 3 nerved ; roughish above, glabrous beneath. (Sprcng. Syst. I'eg., i. p. 492.) 



M. cory/i/ulia Thunb. is a native of Quito. Its leaves are roundish ovate, acuminate, sharply 

 serrate, 3-nerved, glabrous. [Spreng., I. c.) 



M. cdlcar-gutli Cum. is a native of New South Wales, where it is called the yellow wood vine. 

 This " is a shrub which extends itself to a great length, and may eventually prove to belong to the 

 genus Madeira." 



M. dtro-purpitrea ; M. parvijolia ; M. scrruta, syn. M. heterophylla ; M. laevigata viridis j and M. 

 sedndens; are Nepal kinds, of which very little is known. (See p. 174.) 



Genus II. 



BROUSSONE v T/^ Vent. The Broussonetia. Lin. Syst. Dice^cia 



Tetrandria. 



Identification. Vent.Tabl. du Regne Veget, 3. p. 547. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 743. ; Lindl. Nat. Syst. 



ofBot.p. 178. 

 Synonymes. Mdrus Seba Kcempf , Lin. ; Papyrus Encyc. Bot., 5. p. 5., Lam. III. Gen., t.762. 

 Derivation. Named in honour of P. N. V. Broussonet, a French naturalist, who wrote numerous 



works on natural history. 



* 1. B. papyri'fera Vent. The paper-bearing Broussonetia, or Paper 



Mulberry. 



Identification. Vent Tabl. du Regne Veg£t., 3. p. 547. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 743. 



Synonymes. Mdrus ;papyrifera Lin. Sp. Pi., 1399., Mill. Diet., No. 6., Du Roi Harbk., 1. p. 433., 



Thunb. Ft. Jap., 72. 

 The Sexes. Both the male and female plants are in the Horticultural Society's Garden, and in the 



arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges. 

 Engravings. Kaempf. Ameen., t. 472. ; Hist, du Japon, t. 40. f. 1. ; Seba Thesaur., 1. t.28. ; Lam. 111. 



Gen., t. 762. ; N. Du Ham., 2. t. 7. ; and the plate in our last Volume. 



Variety. 



at B.p.2 cucullata ; B. cucullata BonJard., 1833, p. 919.; B. spatulata 



Ilort. BriL; B. navicularis Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. — A sport, found on a 



male plant by M. Camuset, foreman of the nursery, in the Jardin des 



Plantes ; which has its leaves curved upwards, like the hood of a 



Capuchin, or the sides of a boat. It is propagated by grafting, and 



may be had in most of the Paris and London nurseries. 



Description, $e. A deciduous low tree or large shrub, a native of China 



and Japan, and of the South Sea Islands ; which so closely resembles the 



mulberry, that it was long considered to belong to that genus, and still retains 



its English name of the paper mulberry. It was introduced in 1751, and 



flowers in April, ripening its fruit in the climate of London, in autumn. Its 



leaves are large, hairy, and canescent ; and either heart-shaped, or cut into 



deep irregular lobes. The fruit is oblong, of a dark scarlet colour when ripe, 



and of a sweetish, but rather insipid, taste. The tree is perfectly hardy ; but, 



from the extreme brittleness of its wood, it is very liable to be broken by high 



winds. The wood is soft, spongy, and of no value, except for fire-wood. The 



leaves are too rough and coarse in their texture for silkworms ; but they are 



found excellent for cattle ; and, as the tree will grow rapidly in almost any 



soil, and throws out numerous tufts of leaves, it might be valuable in some 



situations and climates, as fodder. The principal use, however, to which the 



broussonetia appears capable of being applied is for the paper that may be made 



from its bark. The following is an abridgment of Kaempfer's account of the 



mode of preparing this paper in Japan, as quoted in the Penny Cyclopaedia, 



vol. v. p. 472. : — " The branches of the current year, being cut into pieces 



about a yard long, are boiled till the bark shrinks from the wood, which is 



taken out and thrown away ; and the bark, being dried, is preserved till wanted. 



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