THE ALDER. 



Genus Alnus. Tournf. 



Nat. Ord. BdulacecB. Linn. Syst. Moncecia 



Tdrandria. 



Alnus glutinosa. G.ert. 

 THE ALDER. 



Alnus glutinosa, Gjjrt. ii. p. .54. 



Smith's Eng. Flor. iv. p. 131. 



Hooker's Flor. Scot. 271. 



Loudon's Arb. Brit. part. m. ch. civ. p. 1(378. 



The specific characters of this species, as contained in 

 our best botanical authors, are, leaves roundish cuneiform. 



