710 
DIOEC1A OCTANDRIA. 
This tree is thinly scattered through our forests. On the sea islands I 
believe it occurs more frequently than on the adjacent main land. Its tim- 
ber is considered durable and would be valued, but the tree is itself so scarce 
that it does not enter into the arrangements of our farming or manufacturing 
economy. 
Grows in rich light soils. 
Flowers May? 
DIOECIA OCTANDRIA 
POPULUS. 
Masculi. Amentum 
cylindraceum. Calyx 
squama Iacera. Corol- 
la turbinata, obliqua, 
integra. 
Foeminei. Amen- 
tum cylindraceum. Ca- 
lyx et Corolla maris. 
Stigma 4 — 6 fidum. 
Capsula 2-locularis. 
Semina plurima, pilis 
flexuosis obvallata. 
1. Grandidentata. W 
P. foliis subrotundo- 
ovatis, acutis, inaequa- 
liter sinuato-dentatis, 
glabris, junioribus vil- 
Gen. Pe. 1531. 
Sterile Jlorets. A- 
ment cylindrical. Ca- 
lyx a lacerate scale. 
Corolla turbinate, ob- 
lique, entire. 
Fertile Florets. A- 
ment cylindrical. Ca- 
lyx and Corolla as in 
die sterile. Stigma 4 
— 6 cleft. Capsule 2- 
celled. Seeds nume- 
rous, surrounded with 
flexuous hairs. 
Leaves ovate, near- 
ly round, acute, une- 
qually and sinuately 
toothed, glabrous, the 
