Puate 1943. 
POPULUS LASIOCARPA, Oliv. 
SALICINEZ. 
P.lasiocarpa, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; arbor, ramulis crassiusculis hornotinis 
gemmisque albido-tomentosis, foliis amplis ovato-cordiformibus acutis 
basi profunde cordatis sinu angusto, e basi ad apicem serratis 
‘Serraturis incurvis calloso-glandulosis obtusis, supra glabris subtus 
costa nervisque secundariis parce tomentellis glabratisve, longiuscule 
Has. China, Prov. Hupeh, District of Chienshih, Dr. A. Henry 
(5423 A.). 
Folia 6-11 poll. longa, 44-7} poll. lata; petiolus 2-3} poll. longus 
teretiusculus deinde glabratus apice lanuginosus. Amenta fructifera 
5-8 poll. longa, rhachi parce albido-tomentosa. Capsule ovoide v. 
oblongo-ovoidese 2—3-valves. 
Dr. Henry says this is a ‘good timber tree,’ common in mountains 
from 4,000 to 6,000 ft. Under number 5423 he sends male catkins, 
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glabrate with but afew sparse silky hairs, with finely laciniate caducous 
racts narrowed into their stipes, the eupule with rotundate or 
deltoid lobes, and 30-40 stamens.—D. OLIVER. ee 
Fig. 1. Bract of ¢ flower. 2. & flowor. 3. Stamen. 4, Bract of 9 flower. 
5. Fruit. Enlarged. 
