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balsamifera. 
candicans, 
trepida, 
monilifera, 
DICLINIA AMENTACE®. Salix. 
v. $, in Herb. Banks. The smallest of all the known 
species; the stems not above an inch high. 
692. POPULUS. Gen. pl. 1531. 
1. P. foliis ovatis acuminatis adpresso-serratis subtus albi- 
dis reticulato-venosis, gemmis resinosis. Milld. sp. 
pl. 4. p. 805. 
Icon. Mich, arb. 3. p. 306. t. 13. f. 1. Duham. arb, ed. 
nov. 2. t, 50. Pall. fl.ross. 1. t. 41.  Wangh. amer. 
t. 28.f.59. Trew ehret. t. 46. Lona, 
In Canada, particularly plenty about Hudson's Bay. b. 
March. v.v. From seventy to eighty feet high; 
the young buds are covered with a very odoriferous 
balsam, from which it is called Balsam Poplar ; the 
natives call it Tacamahac. 
2. P. foliis cordatis ovatis acuminatis obtuse inaequaliter ser- 
ratis subtus albidis subtriplinervibus reticulato-venosis, 
ilt birsutis, gemmis resinosis, ramis teretibus.— 
illd. QU pl. 4. p. 806. $ * 
latifolia. Moench. method.p.338. ^ `- 
E canadensis. Moench. weissenst. 81. — 
“Icon. Catesb. car. 1. t. 34. que ede 
In New England. h. March. v.v. From forty to 
fifty feet high; the buds are strongly covered with a 
balsamic fluid. 
3. P. foliis suborbiculatis abrupte acuminatis dentatis basi 
supra biglandulosis glabris, junioribus sericeis.— Willd. 
sp. pl. 4. p. 803. 
P. tremuloides. Mich. ft. amer. 2. p. 243 
Icon. Mich, arl. 3. p. 285, t. 8. f. 1. Duham. arb, ed. 
p.e 2. t. 53. pee s 
extensive swamps: to vania. $ 
April. v.v. From twenty to thirty feet high. Ge- 
 nerally known by the name of American Aspen Tree. 
4. P. foliis subcordato-deltoidibus glabris basi glandulosis, 
 serraturis cartilagineis hamatis pilosiusculis, nervis pa- 
M e vb ramis adultis tereti- 
. pl.4.p 
= pve Trench. UM X 339. 
P. caroliniensis. Mænch. ca E ae 
Icon. Mich. arb. p.205.t.10.f.2, — — 
In North America. h. April v.v, dd. From 
sixty to seventy feet hight -Michaux says that it hae 
