acuminate, base wide, cuneately rounded, rarely truncate or 
slightly cordate, margin serrulate ; often at first pubescent 
but soon becoming glabrors; dark green above, somewhat 
paler beneath ; petiole reaching 24 in. in length, at first 
downy. Male catkins 1-2 in. long ; scales wide obovate, 
about 2 lin. long with a marginal fringe of segments nearly 
as long; anthers usually 11-17. Hemale catkins slender, 
3-4 in, long; pedicels 1-13 lin. long. Capsules ovoid, 
23-34 lin. long. 
Fig. 1, upper portion of petiole and base of leaf; 2 and 3, male flowers; 
4, female flower; 5, female perianth : —ull enlarged. 
