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dagascar, The leaves seem calculated to serve as a fine file or rasp, like those of some of the fig kind.It is a most distinct species, and ought to have been named M. /aurifhlia or M. cLtrifblia.” (Smith inRees's Cyclop.) This name is also in the list derived from Mr. Royle.

M. latifblia Willd.fis ajnative of the Isle of Bourbon. Its leaves are ovate, heart-shaped at the base,serrate; the disk 4 in. long, 3 in. broad, scabrous, reticulately veined j the petiole 1 in. long. ( Willde -now Sp. PI.)

M. australis Willd. is a native of the Isle of Bourbon. It has ovate, serrated, rough leaves ; and thestyles bearded, even when persistent in the fruit. (Willd.)

M. c eltidifolia Thunb. is a native of Quito . Its .leaves are ovate-oblong, acuminate, undivided,sharply serrated, 3.nerved; roughish above, glabrous beneath. (Sprang. Syst. V4g. t i. p.492.)

M. c orylifulia Thunb. is a native of Quito . Its leaves are roundish ovate, acuminate, sharplyserrate, 3-nerved, glabrous. (Spy eng., 1 . c.)

M. cdlcar-gdlli Cum. is a native of New South Wales , where it is called the yellow wood vine.This “ is a shrub which extends itself to a great length, and may eventually prove to belong to thegenus Madura.”

M. dtro-purpiirea ; M. parvifdlia ; M. serrdta, syn. M. heterophylla ; M. Lzvigiita viridis ; and M,scandens ; are Nepal kinds, of which very little is known. (See p. 174.)

Genus II.

BROUSSONE'T/A Vent.

The Broussonetia. Din. Syst, Dioe'ciaTetrandria.

Identification. Vent .Tabl, du R£gne Veget., 3, p. 547.; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 743.} Lindl. Nat. Syst.of Bot., p. 178.

Synmymes. Afdrus S6ba Kzempf, Lin. ; Papyrus Encyc. Bot. , 5. p. 5., Lam. III. Gen., t.762.Derivation. Named in honour of P. N. V. Broussonet , a French naturalist, who wrote numerousworks on natural history.

* 1. B. papyri'fera Vent. The paper-bearing Broussonetia, or Paper

Mulberry.

Identification. Vent Tabl. du Rtgne Veg4t., 3. p.547.; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 743.

Synonymes. Mb rus 'papyrlfera Lin. Sp. PL, 1399., Mill. Diet. , No. 6., Du Roi Harbk., 1. p.433.,Thunb . Ft. Jap., 72.

The Sexes. Both the male and female plants are in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, and in thearboretum of Messrs. Loddiges.

Engravings. Kaimpf. Amcen., t. 472.; Hist, du Japon, t. 40. f. 1.; Seba Thesaur., 1. t. 28.; Lam. Ill.Gen., t. 762 .; N. Du Ham., 2. t. 7. ; and the plate in our last Volume.

Variety.

* B.p. 2 cucullata; B. cucullata BonJard., 1833, p. 919.; B. spatulataHort. Brit,-, B. navicularis Lodd. Cat. , ed. 1836.—A sport, found on amale plant by M. Camuset, foreman of the nursery, in the Jardin desPlantes ; which has its leaves curved upwards, like the hood of aCapuchin, or the sides of a boat. It is propagated by grafting, andmay be had in most of the Paris and London nurseries.

Description, $c. A deciduous low tree or large shrub, a native of China and Japan , and of the South Sea Islands; which so closely resembles themulberry, that it.was long considered to belong to that genus, and still retainsits English name of the paper mulberry. It was introduced in 1751, andflowers in April, ripening its fruit in the climate of London , in autumn. Itsleaves are large, hairy, and canescent; and either heart-shaped, or cut intodeep irregular lobes. The fruit is oblong, of a dark scarlet colour when ripe,and of a sweetish, but rather insipid, taste. The tree is perfectly hardy; but,from the extreme brittleness of its wood, it is very liable to be broken by highwinds. The wood is soft, spongy, and of no value, except for fire-wood. Theleaves are too rough and coarse in their texture for silkworms; but they arefound excellent for cattle; and, as the tree will grow rapidly in almost anysoil, and throws out numerous tufts of leaves, it might be valuable in somesituations and climates, as fodder. The principal use, however, to which thebroussonetia appears capable of being applied is for the paper that may be madefrom its bark. The following is an abridgment of Ksempfer’s account of themode of preparing this paper in Japan , as quoted in the Penny Cyclopaedia,vol. v. p. 472.: —“ The branches of the current year, being cut into piecesabout a yard long, are boiled till the bark shrinks from the wood, which isaken out and thrown away; and the bark, being dried, is preserved till wanted.

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