Ï2 AN ESSAY -ON THE OOPAS, OR 



asspitit g that it wouid cause their hair to fall 

 out. 



The stem of the Antshar baving arrived at 

 the beforementioiied height, sends off a few stout 

 branch s_, whicli spreadiiig nearlj horizontally 

 v^ith pveral irregular curves, divide ioto soialley 

 branches and form a hemispberical, but Qot very 

 regular cro wn, The external branches are short, 

 have several unequal bends, and are covered 

 witb a brown bark. 



The leaves are alternate^ oblong, heart shaped^ 

 somewhat narrower towards the base, entire, 

 Tvith a wavingor undulatedmargin^ whichsome- 

 ilméi has a few irregular sinuosities. The longi- 

 tudinal nervedivides the leaf somewhat obliqiie- 

 ]y_, and the iaferior division is generally the 

 largcT. Thepoint is irregular, some are rounded 

 at the end, others run oSfalraost abruptly to a short 

 point. The upper surface is shining and nearly 

 smooth : some widely dispersed short villi are 

 observed on it ; the inferior surface is lightly 

 rough, reticulated, and marked with oblique- 

 paraHel veins. The pefioJe is short. The 

 llowers are produced towards the extremity of 

 the ouior branches, in \\ few scattered catkins— • 

 iho comiTion pcdnncle of the niales is slender 

 and long, that oï the females is shorter. 



