DI0EC1A.— OCTANDRIA. 



j84. GLEDITSCHIA. Honey-locust. Lcguminostc 



G . triacanthos : branches spiny ; spines thick, triple 

 and compound ; leaflets oval and oblong; legumet 

 many-seeded. 



11AB. About plantations. June. A middle- size*' 

 tree; spines very long ; legumes falcate, long. 



3. inermis : branches unarmed. 



HAB. With the preceding. 



OCTANDMA. 



505. POPULUS. Poplar. Salicintr. 



J. P. candicans : leaves cordate, ovate, acuminate, ob 

 tusely and unequally serrate, white beneath., 

 somewhat triply nerved, reliculately veined ; pe- 

 tiole hairy ; buds resinous ; branches round. 

 HAH. Woods. April. A small tree ; teav. large; 

 buds odorous. 

 ,\ P. tremuloides : leaves roundish, abruptly acumi 

 nate, dentate-serrate, pubescent on the margin. 

 HAB. Woods. April. A middle-sized tree ; bark 

 smooth; leav. thin, rather small 

 3. P. hudsonica : leaves rhomboid, wilh a very long 

 acuminatum, dentate-serrate, smooth ; young 

 branches hairy. 

 HAB. Banks of rivers. April. A large tree 

 branch, spreading ; leav. 3—4 in. long. 

 1. P. grandidtntaia: leaves roundish-ovate, acule, will: 

 large unequal sinuate teclh ; younger ones villous. 

 HAB. Woods. April. A middle-sized tree ; youTi£ 

 leav. downy. 



jicndula : branches pendulous. 

 HAB. Mountains. Rare. 



>. P. hctcrophylla : leaves rour. dish-ovate, with tin 

 •inns small, cordate, Bubauriculate, uncii 

 toothed ; young ones ton. 



DIOSP1 ROS. Pereimu 



\). virginianc i ovate»oblong, acuminate n 



reliculately veined; petioles pubeteent ; bud 

 smooth. 

 HAB. Woods. June. A email tree ; Jl. pale oronge ; 

 fir. roundith) ing. 



