PAPER MULBERRY. 
MONOECIA TETRANDHIA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Male. Calyx divided into four parts. 
Corolla none. 
Female. Calyx pf four roundish, obtuse divisions, 
Corolla none, 
The calyx, after the fecundation of the flower, be- 
comes a little fleshy succulent berry, contain- 
ing a single seed. Several of these berries 
uniting form the fruit. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Morus papyrifera. M. foliis palmatis, fructibus hispidis. 
Linn. Spec. Plant. 3 d ed. p. 1399. 
no. 3 . 
Leaves palmated, fruit hairy. 
Morus sativa, foliis urticae niortuae cor- 
tice papyrifera. Kcempf. Amoen. 47 1, 
pi 4/2. 
Morus papyrifera sativa japonica. Seb. 
Thes. 1 . p 44 pi. 28. f. 3. 
Paper Mulberry. . Nouv. Diet, d' Hist. Nat. 3. p. 498. 
pi. A 27. f. 3. 
Lamarck has taken this tree from its original situ- 
ation in the Linnaean system, and formed it into 
