6io DIOECIA DIANDRIA. 



if it be lopped. The bark is rough, and full of 

 chafms. The branches greenifli, or light brown. 

 The leaves arc of an elliptic lanceolate form, at 

 a medium about three inches long, and little 

 m.ore than half an inch wide. The recent ones 

 have their upper furface pubefcent, and their 

 edges obfcurely ferrated : the adult ones are 

 nearly fmooth above, filken and glaucous under- 

 neath, and diftinctly ferrated on the edges with 

 numerous fmall glandular dents. At the infer- 

 tion of the footftalk, at the bafe of the leaf, are 

 ufually placed a pair, and fometimcs more, of 

 fmall black glandular tubercles, which are (lightly 

 hairy. The catkins are cylindrical, flendcr, about 

 an inch and a half long, and fpring from the 

 fame gem as the leaves. The fcales are oval- 

 acute, of a tawny colour, and hairy on the in- 

 fide. The capfules are fmooth, and not crowd- 

 ed, green at firfl, tawny when ripe. The male 

 catkins have a fragrant fmell. 



This is a good tree to plant in avenues, beino- very 

 fpcedy of growth, and affording an agreeable 

 fliade, and beautiful filvery appearance. 



The wood and young branches are pliant, the old 

 ones brittle. 



The bark will tan leather, and dye yarn of a cin- 

 namon colour, and is of a quality fo very aflrin- 

 gent that in a fcruple to a dofe it has been found 

 of great fervice in intermittent fevers. Halkr 

 affirms, from his own experience, that a t^b&H' 



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