WHITE POPLAR : GORSE 



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Populus alba, L. White Poplar (Fig. 85). 



Scales of the catkin deeply incised, laciniate. 



f~l Catkins dense; scales densely ciliate ; 

 capsule ovoid, glabrous. 



Fig. 84. Ulex. a h U. europceus: a, flower (a bracteole, ft = calyx) ; 

 6, fruit (7 = corolla, 5 = pod) ; c c 2 , standard, wing, and keel; d, pistil in 

 longitudinal section, and magnified stigma ; e, andrcecium opened out ; 

 /, seed ; g, longitudinal and transverse sections of seed ; h, branch. 

 i k, U.nanus: i i 2 =c c 2 ; i 3 , bracteole; fc, branch ; I, U. parviflorus, 

 branch ; m, U. welioitschianus. branch. (After Schneider.) 



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