WILLOW. MEZEKEON 251 



-r Leaves aggregated at the ends 



the few shoots, lanceolate ; branches see p ' 

 loose. 



8 Small, loosely branched, besom- 

 like bush, with smooth yellowish 

 twigs and corky branches. Leaves 

 glabrous. Flowers small, pink, 

 appearing before the leaves; 

 berries red. 



Fig. 127. Salix aurita, Eared Willow (Sw). 



Daphne Mezereum, L. Mezereon (Fig. 126). About 

 1 3 feet high ; twigs smooth, yellow or tawny, passing to 

 brown-grey branches with corky easily tearing periderm. 

 Tissues slightly malodorous on bruising. Branches supple 

 and very tough. 



