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and not obliqual at base. Found in the Alle- 
ghany mts. on the banks of the Susquehanah, 
leaves 3 to 5 inches long nearly trinerve at base 
nerves yellow quite smooth, berries dark red, 
called the wild black Mulberry, or Water Mul- 
berry. A pretty tree growing even among 
rocks. 
589. Morxjs canadensis Lamark. leaves 
ovate obliqual base rounded not cordate, ser- 
rate nearly smooth long acuminate — in Canada 
Maine and the Alleghanies, called the Rock 
Mulberry, fruits not seen. 
590. Mores parvifolia Raf. Monoical, pe- 
tiols long and slender, leaves small and smooth, 
ovate acute or obtuse not lobate, equaly sub- 
crenate, base truncate often obliqual, fruits short 
on very short peduncles.— Mts, Alleghanies and 
Apalachian, called the Indian Mulberry, said 
to have been cultivated by the Indians, often 
mistaken for the White Mulberry, the fruits 
being very small ovatoblong of a flesh color and 
sweet. Leaves only 1 or 2 inches long, not so 
thin as in M. riparia, petiols over one inch, 
Male catkins on same branches, with longer 
peduncles, segments of calix rounded. Styles 
very short. 
591. Mores scaera W. enum. Leaves am- 
ple thin trilobed, base cordate, rough on both 
sides, pale beneath, serrate, large teeth inter- 
jected in the sinusses, fruits terete black acid — 
in Louisiana called the black Indian Mulberry, 
communicated to me by Dr. Mease. Leaves 5 
to 8 inches long and wide, lobes acute not acu- 
minate, lateral lobes oblong, terminal oval or 
narrowest at base. 
592. Morus tomentosa Raf. fl. lud. 379. 
Leaves broadly cordate acuminate dentate, 
