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I5ICLINIA AMENT ACE^. Sallx. 
V. s. in Herb. Banks. The smallest of all the known 
species j the stems not above an inch high. 
Imlsamlfera, 
692 . POPULUS. Gen. pL 1531. 
1 . P. foliis ovatis acuminatis ad presso- serratis subtus albi- 
dis reticulato-venosis, gemmis resinosis. Willd. sp, 
pl. 4. p. 805, 
Icon. Mich. ari. 3.p. 306. t. 13. f. 1 . Duham. ari. ed, 
nov. 2 . t, 50. Pali. fi. ross. J. /.41. Wangh. amer, 
t. 28.fi. 5Q . . Trew ehret. t. 40. lona. 
In Canada, particularly plenty about Hudson’s Bay. T 2 . 
March, v. v. From seventy to eighty feet high ; 
the young buds are covered wdth a very odoriferous 
balsam, from which it is called Balsam Poplar | 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. pl. 4. p. 800. 
P. latifolia. Moench. method, p, 338. 
P. canadensis. Moench. weissenst. 81. 
Icon. Catesl. car. 1 , t. 34. 
In New England. T 2 . March, v. v. From forty to 
fifty feet high 5 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. pl. 4. p. 803. 
P. tremuloides. Mich. fi. amer. 2 . p. 243. 
Icon. Mich. ari, 3. p. 285. i. 8. fi. 1. Duham, ari, ed. 
nov. 2. t. 53. 
In extensive swamps: Canada to Pensylvania. Tj . 
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 p&r 
tulis, petiolis superne compressis, ramis adultis tereti- 
bus. — Willd. sp. pl,4. p.S05. 
P. glandulosa. Mcsnch. method, p. 339 . 
P. caroliniensis. Moench, weissenst. 81. 
Icon. Mich. ari. p.2Q5. 1. 10./. 2. 
In North America. I 2 • April, v. v. in Hortis. From 
sixty to seventy feet high, Michaux says that it has 
