Class XXII. Order XIII. 



both sides, unequally sinuate, with large teeth, the 

 younger ones villous. Micli.f. 



Sljll. POPULUS f REP ID A. Mulll. 



This tree is occasionally met with in our woods, but is much 

 less common than the preceding species. It is easily distin- 

 guished from the various cultivated poplars by the large, une- 

 qual indentations on the margin of the leaves. The leaves, as 

 Michaux observes, are covered when young with a white down, 

 which disappears as they grow older. In many instances they 

 are furnished with a pair of glands at base. The aments, 

 which are two or three inches long, appear in May. Wood much 

 like the last. Cambridge, Milton. 



MONADELPHU. 



276. JUNIPERUS. 



JUNIPERUS VlRGINIANA. lied Cedar. 



Leaves ternate, adnate at base ; the younger 

 ones imbricate, the older ones spreading. 



The Red Cedar is a common tenant of rocky and barren 

 hills, in a dry and gravelly soil. Its foliage is hard, firm, and 

 evergreen. The leaves vary in length, but are mostly short, 

 resembling small, acute scales, closely sessile at base, and ly- 

 ing over each other. They surround the stem in threes, the 

 younger ones frequently opposite. The scales of the ament 

 give rise to a small roundish berry, covered when ripe with a 

 blue powder. The wood of the Red Cedar is light and very 

 durable. It constitutes an excellent material for posts, to 

 which use it is commonly appropriated with us. The leaves 

 resemble Savin in their medicinal properties, and are particu- 

 larly used as a topical stimulant 



