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Clafs Dtoecia. In the male flower you 
will find eight Jlamina; therefore the 
Order is O&andria. The calyx of the 
amentum is a lacerated fcale, and the 
corolla turbinated, oblique and entire. 
In the female, the jllgma is quadrifid; 
the capfule bilocular, and the feeds nu- 
merous and downy : fuch is the generic 
character. The fpecies is determined 
by the leaves being of a rhomboidal 
lhape, dark green and on yellow foot- 
ftalks. 
The Poplar, and probably this fpecies, is 
among the trees that Virgil fuppofed to 
grow fpontaneoufly, without feed. 
Wamque alia, nullls hominum cogentibus, ipfe 
Spontefua veniunt, campofque etfumina late 
Curva tenent', ut mollejiler^ kntte geniftez, 
PopuluSy et glauca canentia fronde falifta. 
What this/fcr was, is doubtful. Com- 
mentators alfo differ in opinion concerning 
the lenta Genift#. It has generally been 
tranflated Broom, named Spartium by Lin 
nseus, whofe Genifla is our Furze or Whin. 
Virgil in the fame book of his Georgics, 
mentions the Genifla as affording leaves for 
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