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the leaves vary from ovate to ovate-cordate acuminate, deltoid acumi- 
nate, and rhombic acuminate in the young leaves, as shown i in the spec nd 
P. 
pate and its variety, candicans (Balm of Gilead) with round branches, 
peer likewise find in our common Cotton-wood when full _ 
adieak 
A o obtain n the assumed species of 
Cuvee, L.,and C. Mississippiensis, Bosc., the latter being sup- 
Posed by Gray torun into the former. These two forms, ren 
to the description of foliage of either species—ro 8 4 lanceo- 
late, serrate, and smooth, entire, ees have collected from the 
is a Ae fa to BES mu- : 
Ere questions yet to be feng i se ite a, 
ote fe renter al ine in siLshile eonlindy” end 
her Le wee ee 
