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oblong, obtuse, but terminating in a curved point, easily distin- 

 guished by their greatly wrinkled appearance. Male catkins 

 small and closely sessile ; female catkins on short stalks, -with 

 small leafy bracts ; capsules stalked, downy. Warberry Hill. 

 Hedges by the Paignton road. Copse by the brook at Chud- 

 leigh. (E. B. t. 1487.) Sh. TV. v. 



11. S. caprea (great round-leaved tSalloiv.) In dryish woods 

 and hedges. A tall shrub or moderate- sized bushy tree, varying 

 from 15 to 30 feet in height. Leaves often large, ovate or ob- 

 long, pointed, distinctly serrate, downy beneath, rounded or 

 broadly heart-shaped at the base. Catkins sessile; the males 

 large and handsome, of an oval form, with bright yellow anthers ; 

 the female catkins broad and short, with leafy bracts ; capsule 

 swelling below, and tapering towards the top, downy-white. 

 Common in woods and hedges. (E. B. t. 1488.) The variety 

 S. sphacelatd 9 in a hedge by the Meadfoot road. (E. B. t. 2333.) 

 Beiitharn thinks, that probably S. acuminata (E. B. t. 1434) be- 

 longs also to this. T. iv. Y. 



12. S. nigricans (darTc-leaved Sallow.) By sides of streams 

 and in osier-grounds. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, crenate, but 

 very variable in size and shape ; young shoots very hairy towards 

 the summit ; the leaves always turn black by being pressed and 

 dried. Catkins about an inch in length, yellow; capsules 

 stalked, conical, and pointed at the top. Near Berry Pomeroy 

 Castle. (E. B. t. 1213.) Sh. IY.-YI. 



POPULUS. POPLAR. 



1. P. alba (great ivhite Poplar, or Abele.) By the sides of 

 streams and in moist open woods. A large, handsome tree, 

 with smooth greyish bark and wide spreading branches ; the 

 young shoots and under sides of the leaves covered with a thick 

 white down. Leaves roundish heart-shaped, irregularly toothed, 

 those of the young shoots 5-lobed, somewhat palmate. Male 

 catkins long, cylindrical, and drooping, anthers violet-blue ; fe- 

 male catkins shorter, ovate. Frequent in woods and plantations. 

 (E. B. t. 1618.) P. canescens (the grey Poplar) is a variety with 

 smaller leaves, which are undivided, and not so white beneath. 

 T. in. iv. 



2. P. tremula (trembling P., or Aspen.) In woods, etc. A 

 smaller and much more slender tree than the last. Leaves nearly 

 round, toothed, pale beneath, but not downy ; leaf-stalks laterally 

 compressed, allowing the leaf to wave and quiver with the slight- 

 est breath of wind. Catkins pendulous, much smaller than 



