6i6 DIOECIA OCTANDRIA. 



OCTANDRIA. 



POPULUS. Gen.pL 1123- 

 MASC. Amenti CaL lamina lacera. Cor. turbina- 



ta, obliqua, integra. 

 FEM. Amenti CaL & Cor. maris. Siigma 4-fidumo 

 Cdps. 2-locularis. Sem. multa, pappofa. 



all^a * I. POPULUS 'foliis fubrotiindis dentato-angulatis 

 fnbtus tomentofis. Sp. pi. 1463. {Cer.itn. 14S6. 

 /. i^f 14H7./. 5.) 



White Poplar. AngUs, 



It occurs fometimes in the lowlands near gentle- 

 men's houfes, and in plantations, but is a doubt- 

 ful native. ^ . IV. 



The bark is fmooth and white. The leaves are 

 roundilh in the young trees, in the adult ones 

 lingular, divided into three, five or feven lobes, 

 of a firm texture, a dark green or blackifh co- 

 lour above, white and cottony underneath ; the 

 footftalks are cottony, and both thefe and the 

 ferratures of the leaves are deftitute of glands. 

 The catkins are cylindrical. 



It is a tree of fo quick a growth that in fome fitu- 

 ations it will attain to full maturity in ?o years. 



|n low moid grounds it is efteemed a good tree to 

 form avenues. 



treijpila 2c POPULUS foliis fubrotundis^ dentato-angulatis, 



utrinque 



