. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 364 The Mulberries The staminate catkins are cylindric, i to 2 cm. long, on stalks to cm. long, somewhat crowded. The pistillate catkins are oval, 5 to 8 mm. long, on short thin hairy stalks. The fruit ripens in June or July, is oblong, i to 2 cm. long, black when fully ripe, with a deep red juice. The wood is moderately hard, rather close-grained, yellowish brown. Its specific gravity is about It is used l
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 364 The Mulberries The staminate catkins are cylindric, i to 2 cm. long, on stalks to cm. long, somewhat crowded. The pistillate catkins are oval, 5 to 8 mm. long, on short thin hairy stalks. The fruit ripens in June or July, is oblong, i to 2 cm. long, black when fully ripe, with a deep red juice. The wood is moderately hard, rather close-grained, yellowish brown. Its specific gravity is about It is used like the wood of the White mulberry. The juice of the ripe fruit is official in several European pharmacopoeias, and in the form of a s)T^p is popular as a mild laxative and as an adjuvant to nauseous medicines. The tree is very similar to the White mulberry in many respects, and hard to distinguish from it except by the black fruit. 3. TEXAN MULBERRY —Morns microphylla Buckley Morus celtidijolia Sargent, not Humboldt, Bonpland and Kunth This small tree, or shrub, occurs in various situations near our Mexican boun- dary, from western Texas to eastern Arizona and in northern Mexico. Its maxi- mum height is 10 meters, with a trunk diameter of 4 dm. The bark is about 10 nun. thick, furrowed and covered with small close red- dish gray scales, on young stems, thinner and smooth. The twigs are green and whitish hairy, soon becoming nearly smooth, yellow- ish brown, bearing large leaf scars. The buds are ovoid, about 3 mm. long, sharp-pointed and covered by bright brown shining scales. The leaves are thin and firm, ovate, oval or suborbicular, 2 to 6 cm. long, taper-pointed, rounded and slightly heart-shaped at the base, margined by stout teeth, sometimes 3-lobed, hairy when un- folding, becoming less so, deep green and roughened above, pale, rough and often hairy, especially along the strong yellow midrib, beneath; leaf-stalk slender, hairy, from to I cm. long. The flowers open
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