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M O R U S. 
The MULBERRY-TREE, 
Clafs 21. Order 4. Monoecia Tetrandria. 
* r PHE Male Flowers are difpofed in Katkins. 
-*■ i he Empalement is four parted; the leaves ovate and 
concave. 
The Corolla none. 
The Filaments are four, awl-fhaped, ereft, longer than the 
calyx, and one within each leaf of the flower cup. The 
Anthem are Ample. 
♦The Female Flowers are colle&ed, either in the fame, or a 
different plant from the male. 
The Empalement 1 s four leaved : the leaves are roundiih, obtufe, 
permanent; the two oppofite exterior incumbent. 
The Corolla none. 
The Germen is heart- ikaped. The Style? are two, awl-fhaped, 
long, reflexed, and rough. The Stigmas are Ample. 
The Seed-vejjel none. The Empalements becoming flefliy fuc-* 
culent berries, jointly forming an oblong rough fruit. 
The Seeds, one in each berry, ovate acute. 
We have but one Species, native with us> viz. 
Morus r libra . Large - leaved Virginian Mul- 
berry Tree . 
This grows common in many parts of North-* 
America, to the height of twenty or thirty feet, and 
with a trunk from twelve to eighteen inches or more 
in diameter; dividing into many branches, which 
are garnifhed with large, rough, heart-fhaped, ob- 
long, pointed leaves; fawed on their edges, and 
fometimes with others largely and deeply divided in- 
to two, three, or more pointed lobes. The leaves 
of male trees are generally larged. The fruit is 
large, of a dark purplifh colour when ripe, very fuc- 
culent 
