6io DIOECIA DIANDRIA. 



if it be lopped. The bark is rough, and ful}of 

 chafms. The branches greenifh, or light brown. 

 The leaves are of an elliptic lanceolate form, at 

 a medium about three inches long, and little 

 more than half an inch wide. The recent ones 

 have their upper furface pubefcent, and their 

 edges obfcurely ferrated : the adult ones are 

 nearly fniooth above, filken and glaucous under- 

 neath, and diftinclly ferrated on the edges with 

 "numerous Tmall glandular dents. At the infer- 

 "tion of the footftalk, at the bafe of the leaf, are 

 ufually placed a pair, and fomctimes more, of 

 fmall black glandular tubercles, which are flightly 

 hairy. The cadcins are cylindrical, flendcr, about 

 an inch and a half long, and fpring from the 

 fame gem as the leaves. The fcales are oval- 

 acute, of a tawny colour, and hairy on the in- 

 fide. The capfules are fmooth, and not crowd- 

 ed, green at firft, tawny when ripe. Tiie male 

 catkins have a fragrant fmell. 



This is a good tree to plant in avenues, being very 

 fpeedy of growth, and affording an agreeable 

 {hade, and beautiful filvery appearance. 



The wood and young branches arc pliant, the old 

 ones brittle. 



The bark will tan leather, and dye yarn of a cin- 

 namon colour, and is of a quality fo very aftrin- 

 gent that in a fcruple to a dofe it has been found 

 of great fervice in intermittent fevers. Halkr 

 affirms, from his own experience, that a bath 



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