. A manual of the medical botany of North America [microform]. Botany, Medical; Botany; Botanique médicale; Botanique. 244 URTICACE^. MORUS.—MiiLHRnRY. Morus rubra Linn(''.—Jlcd Mulherrii. Description.—YlowevH mouax-iouH or dioecious. Staminate flowers in drooping axillary spikes ; ealyx 4-parted ; stamens 4. Pistillate flowers in dense, ovate, erect spik(>s ; calyx of 4 sepals ; ovary 2-cellc'd, one of the cells disappearing during the develoi)ment of the fruit; styles 2, liliforin. When ripc! each ovary is an achoniuni covered by the succulent calyx, the whole fertile spike becoming a dar
. A manual of the medical botany of North America [microform]. Botany, Medical; Botany; Botanique médicale; Botanique. 244 URTICACE^. MORUS.—MiiLHRnRY. Morus rubra Linn(''.—Jlcd Mulherrii. Description.—YlowevH mouax-iouH or dioecious. Staminate flowers in drooping axillary spikes ; ealyx 4-parted ; stamens 4. Pistillate flowers in dense, ovate, erect spik(>s ; calyx of 4 sepals ; ovary 2-cellc'd, one of the cells disappearing during the develoi)ment of the fruit; styles 2, liliforin. When ripc! each ovary is an achoniuni covered by the succulent calyx, the whole fertile spike becoming a dark-purple, juicy fruit resembling a black- berry. A small tree 20 to 30 feet high. Leaves alternate, ovate, cordate, pointed, serrate, rough above, downy beneath ; those of the young shoots sometimes 2- to 3-lobed. The flowers appear in May ; the berries are ripe in July ; they are about an inch long, and have an agreeable sweetish and acidulous taste. Ilabiiat.—Li rich woods from New England to Illinois and soutlnvanl. Part. /«v/.—The fruit- not official. Constituents.—G1 u c o s e, free acid, and nuicilaginous matter. IM'parations.—Commonly used in the form of a s^-rup or exjiressed juice. jMcdica/ Proprrlies and Uses.—-Mulberries are slight- ly laxative, and their mildly acid properties render them cooling and refreshing. They are chiefly employed in the preparation of refrigerant (liinks in acute febrile and inflammatory affections. URTIOA.—Nettle. Charnctcr of thr. Genus.— Flowers niouceciousor difjeci- ous, in axilLu-y clusters or si) Stamhiate flowers; stamens 4, inserted around the rudiment of a pistil. Pistillate flowers ; sepals 4, in pairs, the outer pair smaller, spreading, the inner, in fruit, en- closing the achenium. Annual or perennial herbs, with stinging hairs. Leaves opposite, stip- ulate. Flowers Fio. 153.—LTrUca Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally
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