Si/nonymes. M. virginica Pluk. Alin. p. 253. ; *1/. pennsylvftnica Nois. Arh. Fruit.
Éngravings. Wangenh. Amer., t. 15. f. 35. ; the plate in Arb. Bnt., 1st edit., vol. vii.; andour
Jig' >384.
Spec. Char.y 4c- Sexes polygamous or dioscioQs. Spikes of female flowers
cylindrical. Catkins of male flowers of the length of those of Rótula álha
L . Leaves heart-shaped, ovate, acuminate, 3-iobed oi* palmate ; serrated
with equal teeth, rough, somewhat villous ; under surface very tomentose,
and, in consequence, soft. (iVi//d.) A deciduous tree. Canada to Floritla.
lleight 40 ft. to 70 It. Introduced in 1629. Flowers greenish yellow;
July. Fruit long, red, and pleasantly tasted ; rij'e in September.
Variety.
¥ iff. r. 2 scàbra. M. scàbra Willd., Null. ; M . canadénsis Poir.
Lam. Dict. 4. p. 380. — Leaves rough on both surfaces. Horticultural
Society’s Gardens.
Very distinct from any of the preceding species, in the spreading umbelliferous
appearance of the branches, ancl the flat, heart-shaped, very rough-
surfaced leaves, which are almost always entire, but which, nevertheless, are
occasionally found as much lobed and cut as those of any other of the genus.
As a tree ornamental from its very singular form, it deserves a place iu every
pleasure-ground ; and it is particularlv adapted for giving interest to thc
scenery of a suburban garden.
G enus Í I .
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BROUSSONE'Tf/i Vent. T h e B r o u s s o n e t i a . Lin. Syst. Dioe'cia
Tetrandria.
Identfication. Vent. Tabl. du Règne Végét., 3. p. 547. ; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 743.
Synonymes. Mèras Sèba Kæmpf., Lin. ; Papÿrus Encyc. Bot. 5. p. 6., Lam. III. Gen. t. 762.
Derivalion. Named in honour of P. N. V. Broussonet, a French naturalist, who wrote numerous
works on natural history.
Gen. Char. Flowers unisexual, dioecious.—Male flowers in pendulous cylindrical
catkins ; each flower in the axil of a bractea. Calyx shortly tubular, then
4-parteti. Stamens 4, elastic.—Female flowers va peduncled, axillary, upright,
globular heads. Calyx tubular, its tip with .3—4 teeth. Style lateral.
Stigma taper. Fruit club-shaped, consisting of the integument in which the
ovary was enclosed, and now become very juicy; and of a 1-seeded oval
utricle, with a crustaceous integument, and enclosed within the juicy integument.
{G. Don.)
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate. deciduous ; lobed variously or entire,
hairy, large. Floiuei-s greenish, axillary.—Tree, deciduous; native of
Japan and the Pacific Isles ; culture as in the mulberry.
as 1. B. p a p y r i ' f e k a Vent. The Paper-bearing Broussonetia, or Prtpcr
Midbeiry.
Identfication. Vent. Tabl. du Règne Végét., 3. p. 547. ; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 743.
Synonyme. Mhrus papyrifera Lin. Sp. Pl. 1399.
The Sexes. Both the male and female plants are in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, and in the
arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges.
Engravings. N. Du Ham., 2. t. 7. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vii. ; and our fig. 13P5.
Spec. Char., 4c- See Gen. Char. A deciduous low tree or large shrub.
China, Japan, and the South Sea Islands. Height 10 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced
in 1751. Flowers greenish white ; May. Fruit oblong, dark scarlet,
and sweet, but rather in.sipid ; ripe in August.
Varieties.P
.p . 2 cucidlàta. B. cucullata Bon .lard. 1833 p. 919. ; B. spatulata
Hort. Bril. ; B. naviculàris Lodd. Cnt.ed. 1836. — A sport, found on
te
13S6 B. papyrifera.
a male plant in the Jardin des Plantes, which has its leaves curved
upwards, like the hood of a Capuchin, or the sides of a boat,
áfc B. p . 3 frúctu álbo.—Fruit white.
A very singular tree, from the great variation in the form of its leaves, and
also from its flowers and fruit. In general aspect it has the appearance of a
mulberry, but it is less hardy than the species ofthat genus.
G enus I I I .
MACLU'R/i Nutt. T h e M a c l u r a . Lin. Syst. Dioe'cia Tetrândria.
Identification. Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Plants, 2. p. 2„
Synonyme. Tóxylon Bqfinesque in 1817, Gard. Mat
DcrmUion. Named by Nuttall, in honour of WiU
eminent natural philosopher.
. ; Lindl. Nat. Syst. of Bot., p. 178.
vol. viii. p.247.
trn Maclure, Esq., of the United States; i
Gen. Char. Flowers unisexual, dioecious.— Male flowers in a racemose panicle.
Crt/rt/Æ- 4-parted. Stamens 4, or 3. — Female flowers closely aggregate upon
an axis, and forming a globular liead that is 'borne upon a short axillary peduncle.
Calyx oblong, urceolar, apparently with 4 lobes at the tip. Style
thread-shaped, downy, protruded nearly an inch beyond the calyx. Fruit
an achenium about | in. long, compressed, with the tip blunt. {G. Don.)
Zertffi simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; ovate, entire. Flowers
small, yellow. — Tree, deciduous ; native of North America ; with a fruit as
large as an orange, and when ripe of the same colour ; propagated by layers,
cuttings of the roots, or grafting on the common mulberry.
Î 1. M. AÜRANTI ACA Nutt. The Ov&age-Wkefruitcd Maclura, or
Osage Orange.
Identification. Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. PL, 2. p. 234.
Synonymes. Bow-wood, Yellow Wood, N. Amer.
ih e Sexes. Both male and female pl.mts are in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, and in the
Hackney arboretum.
Engravings. Appendix to Lambert’s Monog. on the Genus Pinus, 2. p. 32. ; and our fig. 1386. in
whicli a IS the female flower, and b the male ; the fruit is figured of the nat. size in our 1st edit.
Spec. Char. See Gen. Char. A deciduous widely spreading tree, with spiny
branches. In the Arkansas, and on the banks of the Red River, on deep
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