Bergen's botany, key and floraNorthern and central states ed . e, rounded leaves, and monoe-cious flowers in axillary spikes. Staminate flowers with a4-parted perianth, and 4 stamens inflexed in the bud. Pistil-late flowers with a 4-parted perianth, which becomes fleshy inthe multiple fruit, the pulpy part of which consists of the MULBERRY FAMILY 65 thickened calyxes of many flowers; ovary sessile; stigmas 2,linear, spreading; the fleshy perianth inclosing the ovary atmaturity.* 1. M. rubra L. Red Mulberry. A small tree. Leaves cordate-ovate, often 3-5-Iobed on vigorous shoots, taper-pointed a
Bergen's botany, key and floraNorthern and central states ed . e, rounded leaves, and monoe-cious flowers in axillary spikes. Staminate flowers with a4-parted perianth, and 4 stamens inflexed in the bud. Pistil-late flowers with a 4-parted perianth, which becomes fleshy inthe multiple fruit, the pulpy part of which consists of the MULBERRY FAMILY 65 thickened calyxes of many flowers; ovary sessile; stigmas 2,linear, spreading; the fleshy perianth inclosing the ovary atmaturity.* 1. M. rubra L. Red Mulberry. A small tree. Leaves cordate-ovate, often 3-5-Iobed on vigorous shoots, taper-pointed at the apex,serrate, rough above, white, densely woolly beneath. Mature fruitingspikes oblong, drooping, dark red or purple, edible. On rich very durable, bearing exposure to the weather. 2. M. alba L. White Mulberry. A small tree. Leaves ovate,heart-shaped, acute at the apex, rounded and often oblique atthe base, serrate or sometimes and shining on both fruit light red or white. In-troduced and common about olddwellincfs.*. n. MACLURA Nutt. (TOXYLON) A small tree with milky juice. ^ ^ Leaves alternate, petioled, spines Fig. 13. Moms alba axillary. Flowers dioecious Stam- ^^ ^taininate flower, about fourmate iiowers m short axillary ra- times natural size; B, clustercemes; calyx 4-parted; stamens 4, wamdn-f^ flowers. (Afterinflexed in the bud. Pistillate flow- ^ ^ ers in axillary, peduncled, capitate clusters; calyx 4-parted;ovary sessile ; style long; calyxes becoming thickened and fleshyin fruit and aggregated into a large, dense, globular head.* 1. M. pomifera Schneider. Osage Orange. A small tree withridged, yellowish-brown bark. Leaves minutely downy when young,becoming smooth and shining with age, ovate or ovate-oblong, taper-pointed at the apex, obtuse or subcordate at the base, entire, racemes about 1 in. long. Pistillate flower clusters about1 in. in diameter. Fruit yellowish, tubercled, 3—1 in. in ric
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