. The microscopy of vegetable foods, with special reference to the detection of adulteration and the diagnosis of mixtures . Fig. 372. {Sorbus Aiicuparia). FiG. 373. Rowan. Epidermis of leaf withLeaf, natural size. (Moeller.) stoma and hair. (Moeller.) MULBERRY LEAVES. The white and black mulberr> trees {Moms alba L. and Morns nigra L.,order Moracece), natives of Asia, are grown for their leaves in SouthernEurope and other silk-producing regions, and elsewhere for their fruitor shade. The leaves of the wliite mulberry are light green, ovate heart-shaped,unequal at the base, long-p
. The microscopy of vegetable foods, with special reference to the detection of adulteration and the diagnosis of mixtures . Fig. 372. {Sorbus Aiicuparia). FiG. 373. Rowan. Epidermis of leaf withLeaf, natural size. (Moeller.) stoma and hair. (Moeller.) MULBERRY LEAVES. The white and black mulberr> trees {Moms alba L. and Morns nigra L.,order Moracece), natives of Asia, are grown for their leaves in SouthernEurope and other silk-producing regions, and elsewhere for their fruitor shade. The leaves of the wliite mulberry are light green, ovate heart-shaped,unequal at the base, long-petioled, nearly smootli on the upper side (); those of the black species are dark green, heart-shaped with taper-ing point, regular at the base, short-petioled, with rough hairs on theupper side. Soft hairs occur sparingly on the under surface of both species MULBERRY LEAVES. 465 Epidermis (Figs. 375 and 376). On the upper side the cells arcpolygonal, while those of the under side are unusually small and have sin-. FlG. 374. ^InVoeTvy {Momsalba). Leaf, natural size. (Moeller.) uous walls. present only on the under side. Large epidermalcells containing cystoliths occur on both sides, the cells about themforming rosettes. The hairs are unicellular, very long, thin-walled,
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