74: POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
Butchers broom. Is common in woods in the south of 
England ; especially in a gravelly soil. It is a handsome 
plant, and in winter a bright scarlet berry, which makes it 
very ornamental. It retains its freshness longer than the 
common holly, when placed in the house at Christmas, and 
is still more beautiful. It has thick white roots, and sends 
up a plurality of stem, which are half shrubby. It is readily 
increased by suckers, and grows one or two feet high; has 
a rigid branched stem, with many ovate, sharp-pointed, dark 
green leaves, on the upper surface of which is situated the 
flower.* It is extremely minute and green. The situation 
of the flower and berry, in the centre of the leaf, renders 
this plant very peculiar, and shows the wonderful variety in 
nature. 
Diacia. OCTANDRIA. 
MoNOCHLAMYDEH. SALICACEA. 
POPULUS. (Poptar.) 
Generic Character. Barren catkin oblong, loosely imbri- 
cated, cylindrical. Flower composed of a wedge-shaped flat 
scale, jagged at the edges, and from eight to thirty stamens, 
one petal, dilated and cup-shaped. Fertile catkin, as above. 
* In a foreign species the flowers grow at the edge of the leaf. 
