BALSAM POPLAR. BALM OF GILEAD 



i. 



1. Winter twig, x 1. 



2. Leaf, x %. 



3. Staminate flowering branchlet, x %. 



4. Staminate flower, enlarged. 



5. Catkin of pistillate flower, x y 2 . 



6. Pistillate flower, enlarged. 



7. Fruit, x y 2 . 



(From Otis: Mich. Trees) 



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