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Show —_— 1410 Crap.i6, Theatram Botanicum. offo deepe a green on the upper fide,and hoary Tris 16, T rise 16. The Theater of Plants, 4. PopulusLybica, ‘TheAlpen trece i. Popelus alba, The white Poplar ire, _ Cuap,18, 5. Populuarotundifolia Americand. ‘Fhe roundleafed indian Poplar tree white underneath, ofareafonable good fent, the whole forme reprefenging the leafe of Coltsfoote:the catkins whichit bringeth forth before the leaves, arelong and of faint red- difhcoloar, whichfall away like unto others LipOe = bearing feldome good feede with them: the Wood hereofis {mooth, foft, and white, very finely waved,wherebyitis muchefteemed and ufed in many workes. Vnder this tree alfo is Uva popu- found fomerimes the like @'ve or berries that are found under othertrets, ured. 2. Populus alba minoribus folits. The {maller leafed white Poplar tree, Thisother white Poplar groweth like the former, Sut che branches are more knotted then the former,and the barke morerough and whites theleavescome forthat the ends of the branches and {prigs,being both fmaller and gel. if Uy lefle divided on the edges,the catkins are {mal- ler and fhorter,and nothing fored, but tending toa brownifh dead colour. 3. Populus nigra, The blacke Poplartree. The blacke Poplar groweth rather higher, and ftraighter then the white, witha grayifh barke,bearing broad and greene leaves, fomewhat like to Ivy leaves,not cut in on the edges likethe white, but whole and dented, ending in a point,and not white underneath, hanging byflender long footcftalkes, which with the ayre arealmoft continually fhaken, like as the Afpen leavesare: the catkins hereof are greater then of the whice,compofed of many round greene berry es,as it were fet together ina long 2. Populus aibaminovibus foliiz. The {maller leafed white Poplar tree clufter: wherein is much dawny mateér contained, which being ripe is blown away with the wind? theeyes or clammybuds hereaf, before they fpread into leaves (and notof the white, as fome have thought, nor yet the Vveor berries that each of them have growing under them ) are gathered to make the Vaghentum Populeons and are of a yellowith greene colour,and fmall,fomewhat fweete but {trong : the woodis {mooth tough and — and will quickely be cloven to makefhingles or cleft pale or the like, On both thefe trees growetha {weete kin “eee of Muske, whichin former times was much nfed tobe put into {weete oyntments, and commended by Galen and others tobethe belt next. unto that of the Codar tree, i 4. Populus Lytica. The Afpentrec, uA ; 4 The Afpeis famewhat like unto the blacke Poplar for the growing, but lcfler chen Either it, or the white, an witha darker colouredbarke : the leaves are alfo blacker, harder and rounder,then thofe of the other, anda little flenderet unevénly dented about the edges, and in fomeplaces {potted with white fpots,hanging by longer and footeftalkes, whichby their continuall fhaking and ftriking one againft another, make a noyfe although the airé be calme : the catkins hereof are longer,and ofa brownifh afh colour,whichcontinue a while and then fallaway withthefeede init ; the wood is white butnothing fotongh. Thistree faith Pliny hath thé beft Muthromes gtowingunderit. : : ice < Populus rotundifolia Ameri¢asa, The roundleafed Indian Poplar tree: Queene Eli« whowas Mr.AZorgan, unto Indies, Welt the The branches onely of this tree were brought from xabeths Apothecary, and by Doétor Lebel cauled tobe drawaetothelife, which he exhibited in his eddverfaria and Dutch Herball, the branches werea little crooked, full of joynts,at three or foure inches diftance,andat each a large perfect round leafe, without any dent on theedges, but whereitis fet on the fhort fooreltalke, being thicke rougher and broader then the leaves of Arbor Jude: at the fetting toofevery which leafe commethfortha finall long catkin like athong compaffed with many {mall graines much refémbling thofe of the Poplar fot which caufe he calledita Poplar,the tafte whereof was very altringent,fomewhat heating and faltifh, The Place and Time. “ ee The foure former forts grow in moilt woods,and by waters fidesin {izndry places of the land, yet the white is not fo frequent as the other, The laft isdeclared of what Country breeding itis: their time 1s likéwife expref{ed thar the catkins come forth before the leaves,and ripen in the end of Summers but it fhould feeme thar the laft hathleaves and catkins altogether. The Names. The whité Poplar is called in Gréeké aeve»,becaule of the whigenefle, in Latine Populus alba: and Farfarus of the Ancients,the blacke is called diyie9s Poprelys nigra but with Yragw it ishis firlt Populus alba, the Afpc is taken by many good Authours tobe ~9/s of Theophraftus, becaufe he joyneth it next untothe two former, 1ib.36€.14. faying itis like unto the white Poplat, which may breede fome doubt whether he meaneth the Afpe or no, which feemethhe doth from Bigs hathno {uchdivided leaves ‘ as the whice hath, Gaza trandateth BRACE it A/pina, whichit whe, clutter $ |