Tas. 8625. 
POPULUS LASIOCARPA. 
China. 
SALICACEAR, 
Poputus, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 412. 
Populus lasiocarpa, Oliver in Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 19483; Burkill in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. vol. xxvi. p. 586; J. H. Veitch in Journ. R. Hort. Soc. 
vol. xxviii. p. 65, fig. 27; C. K. Schneider, Handb. d. Laubholzk. vol. i. 
p. 17; Dode in Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat, Autun, vol. xviii. p. 66; Gambocz in 
Math. Termes Kézl. vol. xxx. p. 120; Mottet in Rev. Hort. 1911, p. 565, 
fig. 219; Henry in Elwes ¢ Henry, Trees of Gt. Brit. & Irel. vol. vii. 
p. 1846, t. 408, fig. 9; Bean, Trees and’ Shrubs, vol. ii. p. 215; species 
P. glaucae, Haines, valde affinis, sed foliis basi profunde cordatis, capsulis 
ovoideis facile distinguenda. 
. 
Arbor 12-18 m. alta, ramulis junioribus angulatis crassis plus minusve 
pubescentibus; gemmae magnae, viscidae. Folia ovata, acuta vel 
breviter acuminata, regulariter glanduloso-crenato-serrata, basi profunde 
cordata sinu angusto, 15-25 cm. longa, 10-20 cm. lata, rubro-nervosa, 
supra basin biglandulosa, primo utrinque plus minusve tomentosa, deinde 
supra glabrata, subtus praesertim ad nervos primarios tomentosa; petiolus 
teretiusculus, 5-10 cm. longus, cito glabratus, ruber; stipulae oblongo- 
lanceolatae, caducae. Amenta 10-15 cm. fructifera usque ad 20 cm. 
longa, saltem in specimine culto floribus breviter pedicellatis polygamis 
praedita; rhachis crassiuscula, tomentosa, parce pilosa vel glabrata; 
bracteae scariosae, ovatae vel obovatae, basin versus angustatae, superne 
tenuiter laciniatae, 10-12 mm. longae. Discus florum subpatelliformis, 
5-7 mm. diametro, breviter et inaequaliter 6-10-lobatus, saepe glaberrimus. 
Stamina in floribus masculis ad 23 vel plura, in floribus bisexualibus 
pauciora, interdum tantum 3-6; antherae oblongae, 2°5 mm. longae, 
apiculatae. Ovariwm ovoideo-globosum, lanuginosum, disco longior. 
Stylt rami 2-4, apice late plurilobati. Capsula ovoidea, dense lanuginosa, 
8-12 mm. longa, 2-4-valvata.—P. Fargesii, Franch. in Bull. Mus. Hist. 
Nat. Paris, vol. ii. p. 280.—S. A. SKAN. 
This remarkable Poplar is one of the many plants first 
collected in China by Mr. A. Henry, who found it in the 
districts of Chienshih and Patung, Hupeh, in 1888, and 
noted that it was common on the mountains at 4000 to 
6000 feet. It was afterwards collected at Tchenkeoutin in 
Szechuan by Farges, and in 1900 it was introduced into 
cultivation by Messrs. Veitch and Sons through Mr. E. H. 
Wilson, who being unable to introduce the tree by means 
of seeds, sent home a living plant. It is from this 
individual, which grew in the Coombe Wood nursery 
SEPTEMBER, 1915, 
