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DICLINIA AMENTACEJG. Salix. 
V. s. in Herb, Banks. The smallest of all the knowE 
species 5 the stems not above an inch high. 
halsamifera. 
692 . POPULUS. Gen.pl. 1531. 
1 . P. foliis ovatis acumlnatis adpresso-serratis subtus albi- 
dis reticulato-venosis, gemmis resinosis. JFiUd. sp, 
pi. 4. p. 805. 
Icon. Mich. arh. 3. p. 306. t. 13. f. 1 . Duham. arl. ed. 
nov. 2 . t. 50- Pall. Ji. ross. 1 . /. 41. Wangh. amer. 
t. 23. f. 59 . Trew efiret. t. 46. hona. 
In Canada, particularly plenty about Hudson’s Bay. T 2 . 
March, v.v. From seventy to eighty feet high ; 
the young buds are covered Avith a very odoriferous 
balsam, from which it is called Balsam Poplar j the 
natives call it Tacamahac, 
candicans. 
2. P. foliis cordatis ovatis acuminatis obtuse inaequaliter ser- 
ratis subtus albidis subtriplinervibus reticulato-venosis, 
petiolis hirsutis, gemmis resinosis, ramis teretibus. — 
Willd. sp. pi. 4. p. 8 O 6 . 
P. latifolia. Moench. method. p, 338. 
P. canadensis. Moench. weissenst. 81. 
Icon. Gates!}, car. 1. t. 34. 
In New England. Tj . March, v. v. From forty to 
fifty feet high ; the buds are strongly covered with a 
balsamic fluid. 
trepida. 
3. P. foliis suborbiculatis abrupte acuminatis dentatis basi 
supra biglandulosis glabris, junioribus sericeis. — Willd, 
sp. pi. 4. p. 803. 
P. tremuloides. Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. 243. 
Icon. Mich, arh, 3. p. 285. t. 8,f. 1. Duham, arh, ed. 
nov. 2. t. 53. 
In extensive swamps : Canada to Pensylvania. . 
April. V. V. From twenty to thirty feet high. Ge- 
nerally known by the name of American Aspen Tree. 
monilifera. 
4. P. foliis subcordato-deltoidibus glabris basi glandulosis, 
serraturis cartilagineis hamatis pilosiusculis, nervis pa- 
tulis, petiolis superne compressis, ramis adultis tereti- 
bus. — Willd. sp. pi. 4. p. 805. 
P. glandulosa. Mcench. method, p. 339 . 
P. caroliniensis. Moench. weissenst. 81, 
Icon. Mich. arh. p. 295 . 1. 10./. 2. 
Jn North America. Ip. April, v. v. in Hortis. From 
sixty to seventy feet high. Michaux says that it has 
