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Betula lenta, Linn. (B. carpinifolia, Ehrh.). Cherry, Sweet, or Black Birch. Tree, 60-70 ft.: trunk dark reddish brown, young bark aromatic, of agreeable flavor: Lvs. oblong-ovate, usually cordate at the base, sharply and doubly serrate, hairy beneath when young, nearly" glabrous at length, 2-5 in. long: cones ovoid- oblong, 1-1½ in. long; scales about tin. long, lobed only at the apex, the middle lobe slightly longer. From Maine to Ala., west to eastern Ohio. S.S. 9:448. H.T. 124, 125. Em. 232.—Very handsome tree, round- headed and with pendulous branches when older; attractive in spring, with its long staminate catkins. Bark and Lvs. largely used in domestic practice: branches and foliage yield an oil very similar to oil of wintergreen, and employed for all conditions in which the latter proves useful; bark as well as the oil much used for flavoring.
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