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Dicecia . 
Hexandria. 
Myristica. Gen. char . — (1) Calyx one-leaved, 
three cleft ; cor. none. (2) Cal. one leaved, three- 
cleft ; cor. none ; germen oval ; fruit a drupe. Three 
species of this genus have been described ; but by far 
the most important is the Nutmeg Tree, Myristica 
Moschata , which produces the precious and delicate 
spice, and which is a native, of many of the islands in 
the East Indies : but its cultivation was chiefly confin- 
ed by the Dutch to the island of Banda, for the pur- 
pose of retaining a monopoly of the trade ; and, with 
the same view, all the plants within their power in the 
©ther islands were destroyed. 
Ogtandria. 
Popurus. Gen. char. — ( 1 ) Cal. scale of the catkin 
ragged; cor. turbinated, entire. (2) Cal. scale of the 
catkin ragged ; cor. turbinated, oblique, entire ; stig- 
mas four ; caps, superior, two celled, two valved ; seeds 
downy. 
Pop. Alba, Great White Poplar ; with heart-shaped, 
roundish, lobed, toothed leaves, hoary underneath ; 
«atkins ovate. In moist woods. 
Pop. Tremula, Trembling Poplar, or Aspen ; with 
roundish toothed leaves, smooth on both sides 5 foot- 
stalks compressed; branches rough. In moist woods; 
and becomes a tall tree. 
