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Morns alba vulgaris tokwa (Siebold) Bur. Japanese Mulberry. 



Morus alba pyramidalis Seringe. 



Morus alba pendula (Dippel) Sudworth. 



Morus alba coristantinopolitana (Poiret) Loudon. 



Morus alba multicaulis (Perrot) Loudon. 



Morus alba venosa Delile. 



Moms nigra Linnaeus. Black Mulberry. 



Range. — Originally a native of Persia and now widely naturalized in Europe. 

 Naturalized at various points in the United States, particularly in the central- 

 eastern and southern States and to some extent in the Pacific coast region. 



NAME IN USE 



Black Mulberry 

 PAPYRIUS LaMarck 27 



Papyrius papyrifera (Linnaeus) Kuntze. Paper Mulberry. 



Range. — A native of eastern Asia and now naturalized in east sro Tinted 

 States. 



Note on nomenclature. — Formerly designated as Broussonetia papyrifera 

 (Linnaeus) Ventenat. 



NAME IN USE 



Paper Mulberry 

 TOXYLON Rafinesque 



Toxylon pomiferum Rafinesque. Osage-orange. 



Range. — From southern Arkansas (south of Arkansas River) through south- 

 eastern Oklahoma, central and southern Texas. 28 Widely distributed elsewhere 

 by cultivation. 



* Note on nomenclature. — Formerly designated as Madura aurantiaca Nut- 

 tall, and by those who do not recognize Toxylon, as Madura pomijera Schneider. 



NAMES IN USE 



Osage-orange (Mass., R. I., N. Y., N. J., Bow-wood (Ala.). 



Pa., Del., Va., W. Va., N. C, S. C, Osage Apple-tree (Tenn.). 



Ga., Ala., Miss., La., Tex., Ky., Mo., Yellow-wood (Tenn.). 



Ohio, 111., Kans., Nebr., Iowa, Hedge (111.). 



Mich.). Hedge-plant (Iowa, Xebr.). 



Bois D'Arc (La., Tex., Mo.). Osage (Iowa). 



Bodeck (Kans.). Hedge Apple. 



Mock Orange (La.). Wild Orange. 



VARIETY DISTINGUISHED IN CULTIVATION 



Toxylon pomiferum inerme Andre. Thornless Osage-orange. 



Range. — Known only in cultivation (France). 



" It seems proper now to adopt the oldest generic name applied to this group, which is the Papyrius of 

 La Marck, established in 1798, in place of the genus Broussonetia of L'Heritier, published In 1799, under 

 which the Paper Mulberry has long been known. 



a In the autumn of 1913 the writer found a dense, island-like stand of this tree covering about an acre of 

 ground at a point about 4 miles southwest of Marathon, Brewster County, southwestern Texas, and 1 mile 

 west of "Fort Pena Colorado." This isolated group, in rich bottom land on Pena Creek, undoubtedly 

 represents an indigenous growth. The trees were 12 to 15 feet high and 2 to 3 inches in diameter. 



