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DIOECIA OCTANDRIA, 



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This tree is thinly scattered through our forests. On the sea islands I 

 believe it occurs more frequently than on the adjacent main land* Its tim- 

 ber is considered durable and would be valued^ but the tree is itself so scarce 

 that it does not enter into the arrangements of our farming or manufacturing 

 ^^conomy. 



Grows in rich light soils. ^ 



Flowers May? 



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DIOECIA OCTANDRIA. 



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POPULUS. Gen. Pl. 1531. 



3Iasculi, Amentum 



cylindraceiim. 



Calyx 



squama lacera. Corol- 

 la turbinata, obliqua 

 Integra 



Foeminei, 



Amen- 



tum cylindraceura. Ca- 

 lyx et Corolla maris. 

 Stigma 4 — 6 fid urn. 

 Capsula 2-locularis. 

 Semina pliirima^ pilis 

 flexuosis obvallata. 



Sterile Jlorets 

 ment cylindrical. 



lyx 



A' 



Ca- 

 a lacerate scale. 

 Corolla turbinate, ob- 

 lique, entire. 

 Fertile Florets 



ment ^ 



t 



X 



:y li ndrical. 



d Corolla as in 



stei 



Stigma 



4 



6 cleft. Capsule 2- 



Seeds nume- 

 snrrounded witli 



celled 



rous, sii 

 flexuous 



1. Grandidentata. Mich. 



P. foliis subrotundo- 

 ovatis, acutis, inaequa 



liter 



$inuato-dentatis, 



glabris, jimioribus vil- 



Leaves ovate, near 

 round, acute, unc 



quafly and 



sinuately 



toothed 



3 



glabrous 



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