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  COLLECTIONS 
  TOWARDS 
  

  

  Betula 
  populifolia.—On 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  Grand 
  river 
  of 
  the 
  Arkansas 
  ; 
  

   rare. 
  

  

  CAitriNus 
  Americana. 
  

  

  Ostrya 
  virginica. 
  — 
  Banks 
  of 
  the 
  Arkansas. 
  

  

  Fagus 
  sylvatica. 
  — 
  Not 
  met 
  with 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  St 
  Francis. 
  

  

  1. 
  Castanea 
  pumila. 
  — 
  Chiefly 
  on 
  the 
  summits 
  of 
  hills 
  and 
  moun- 
  

   tains. 
  2. 
  C. 
  nana, 
  foliis 
  oblongis, 
  acutis, 
  mucronato-serratis, 
  glabris: 
  

   nucibus 
  solitariis. 
  — 
  Hah. 
  On 
  the 
  pine-hills 
  of 
  the 
  Arkansas 
  ; 
  a 
  shrubby 
  

   species, 
  allied 
  to 
  C. 
  pumila 
  (C. 
  nana, 
  Muhl. 
  Catal. 
  et 
  Herb.). 
  The 
  

   younger 
  leaves 
  are 
  sometimes 
  slightly 
  pubescent. 
  This 
  species 
  also 
  

   grows 
  abundantly 
  around 
  Tallahassee, 
  in 
  West 
  Florida. 
  It 
  is 
  always 
  

   more 
  dwarf 
  than 
  C. 
  pumila. 
  

  

  1. 
  Querctjs 
  phellos. 
  2. 
  Q. 
  imbricaria. 
  3. 
  Q. 
  aquatiea. 
  4. 
  Q. 
  

   nigra. 
  5. 
  Q. 
  tinctoria. 
  6. 
  Q. 
  coccinea. 
  7. 
  Q. 
  rubra. 
  8. 
  Q. 
  fal- 
  

   cata. 
  9. 
  Q. 
  obtusiloba. 
  10. 
  Q. 
  macrocarpa. 
  11. 
  Q. 
  lyrata. 
  12. 
  

   Q. 
  alba. 
  13. 
  Q. 
  bicolor. 
  14. 
  Q. 
  montana. 
  15. 
  Q. 
  castanea. 
  16. 
  

   Q. 
  chinquapin. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  hills 
  contiguous 
  to 
  the 
  Great 
  Salt 
  river, 
  and 
  

   on 
  the 
  summits 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  of 
  the 
  Pottoe. 
  

  

  Corylus 
  Americana. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Salaiseau 
  and 
  Spadrie 
  

   creeks 
  of 
  the 
  Arkansas 
  ; 
  rare. 
  

  

  Liquidambar 
  styracijlua. 
  — 
  Obs. 
  Masculine 
  ament 
  conic, 
  each 
  

   flower 
  polyandrous 
  ; 
  proper 
  calix 
  5-leaved, 
  the 
  exterior 
  leaflets 
  larger. 
  

   In 
  this 
  country, 
  as 
  in 
  South 
  Carolina, 
  it 
  affords 
  storax 
  by 
  incision. 
  

  

  Platanus 
  occidentalis. 
  In 
  this 
  country 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  large, 
  and 
  appears 
  

   to 
  be 
  on 
  the 
  verge 
  of 
  its 
  southern 
  limit. 
  

  

  1. 
  Juglans 
  nigra. 
  2. 
  J. 
  cinerea. 
  

  

  1. 
  Carya 
  (Gen. 
  Am. 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  220) 
  olivaeformis. 
  2. 
  C. 
  alba. 
  

   3. 
  C. 
  tomeniosa. 
  4. 
  C. 
  amara. 
  5. 
  C. 
  porcina. 
  6. 
  C. 
  aquatiea. 
  

  

  1. 
  Fraxinus 
  quadrangulata. 
  2. 
  F. 
  Caroliniana. 
  3. 
  F. 
  sambuci- 
  

   folia. 
  — 
  Obs. 
  Leaves 
  and 
  petioles 
  before 
  expansion 
  covered 
  with 
  glandu- 
  

   lar 
  scales, 
  emitting 
  the 
  odour 
  of 
  the 
  walnut; 
  branches 
  glabrous, 
  the 
  

   bark 
  of 
  the 
  trunk 
  reticulately 
  rimose. 
  

  

  URTICAE. 
  

  

  1. 
  Urtica 
  urens. 
  2. 
  U. 
  procera. 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  often 
  attains 
  the 
  

   height 
  of 
  eight 
  or 
  ten 
  feet. 
  

  

  