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8-parted, 3 to 5 of the segments interior. 
Stamina 6 to 8, (rarely 5.) Fem.—NVutt. 
1. G. spines stout, cross-branched ; folioles linear- triacanthos. 
oblong ; legumens- very long, compressed.— 
Willd. and Pursh. 
G. meliloba, Walt. 
G. spinosa, Marshall. 
Icon. Duham, arb. 1. t. 195. (Pursh.) Mich. 
f. Arbr. forest. vol. 3. p. 164. 
Sweet Locust. Honey Locust. Three-thorned Locust. 
A large and handsome tree, found abundantly along roads 
in the Neck and elsewhere, in the vicinity of this city, but al- 
ways, perhaps, originally planted in such places. k. July. 
ORDER VII. OCTANDRIA. 
380. POPULUS. Gen. pl. 1531. (Amentacee.) 
Masc. ment cylindric.—Calix consisting 
of lacerated scales. Corolla turbinate, ob- 
ligue, and entire. Fem. Flower as in the 
male. Stigma 4 or 6-lobed. Capsule 2 or 
3-valved. Seeds beset with long wool.— 
Nutt. 
1. P. leaves subrotund-ovate, acute, unequally grandiden- 
scolloped, with large teeth, glabrous, the younger “™ 
ones villous ; petioles compressed above.— Willd. 
and Pursh. 
~ P. Canadensis, Mich. 
3 Large Aspen. Poplar 
Occasionally met with in the neighbouring woods. hb. April. 
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