Semen nudum ad apicem fructûs.

* Male flowers.

Catkin cylindrical.

Empalement 4-divided. Blossom none.

* Female flowers.

Catkin globular, covered all over by flowers.

Empalement beneath and remaining, 3-sometimes 4-toothed. Blossom none. Shaft thread-shaped. Fruit cylindrically club-shaped, and two-lipped at the point.

Seed naked at the point of the fruit.

Broussonetia papyrifera. Vent. Tab. Veg. et Willd. Sp. Pl.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.