3G* OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Populu*. 



Var* 2. Leaves and branches hoary. 



[Enville Common, Staffordshire. Dr. Stokes. Birmingham 

 Heath.] 



(5) Anthers with 2 tooth-serrated awns at the lase: leaves 



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3 in a whirl. 



cme'rea. E. Leaves spear-shaped^ entire, smooth : flowers in umbels : 



egg-shaped : cups finely serrated : branches woolly. 



Curt.-Fl. datt. 2>%~Walc.-Clus. i. 43. <2-Loh. oh. 620. 1- 

 Ger. em. J 382. 7 -Park. 1483. S-G<?r. 1198. f. 



Stems woody. Leaves fleshy* Bloss. bluish purple. Style 



crimson. 



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Fine-leaved Heath. Dry heaths and grooves. [Heaths near 

 Yarmouth. Mr. Woodward. In Staffordshire and North of 

 Worcestershire. St.] S.June — Aug. 



POFULUS. Flowers male and female in catkins 



on distinct plant. Calyx scales ragged : bloss. 

 turban-shaped, month entire, slanting. Fe- 

 male summit 4-cleft: caps. 2-celled : seeds 

 many, downy. 



aita. P. Leaves nearly triangular, toothed and angular ; cottony 



underneath. 



Hunt. evel. 208 ; i. /. 201. ed. U.-Sfect. de la Nat. 31. 2. 

 at ii. /. 292-Nat. del'm. 20. 2, at ii. /. 3 1 2-MattL 136- 

 Cam. ep'tt. 65-J. B. i. b. l60. \~Ger. 1301. \-Dod. 835- 

 Qer. em. I486". 1-Park. U10. i-Lob. ebs. 609. l-^« "• 

 193. l-Gars. 46*7. A. a. 



Tree very tall. Leaves without glanJs, either at the base or 

 serratures. Flowers exactly similar to those of P. tremula. Linn. 

 Leaves smooth and blackish green above, with a white thick 

 cotton underneath. Ray. Leaf-stalks flatted, and grooved on 

 each side. Leaves less circular than triangular. 



liquor was much used by the Picts. Penn. tour, ijj2.p. 229. Woollen cloth 

 boiled i|i alum water, and afterwards in a strong decoction of the tops ot 

 heath, comes out a fine orange colour. The stalks and tops will tan lea- 

 ther. In England besoms are made of it, and faggots to burn in ovens, 

 or to fill up drains that are to be covered over. Sheep and goats will 

 sometimes eat the tender shoots, but they are not fond of them. Bees 

 extract a great deal of honey from the flowers, but where heath abounds 

 the honey has a reddish cast.— In the north of Scotland ropes are made of 

 it as strong, as durable, *nd nearly as pliant, as hemp. GarnttVi tqur 9 

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