APPENDIX 361 



*# Catkins rarely less than 2530 x 12 

 25 cm. Leaves not black, but brown 

 on drying. 



-f- Catkins 30 50 x 18 25cm. Leaves 

 rugose with prominent venation and 

 pubescent beneath. Stamens smooth 

 or glabrescent. A few small scale- 

 leaves at the base of the catkins, 

 which are arranged one over the 

 other on the long shoots. Appear- 

 ing before the leaves; sessile, long, 

 but not over 6 8 : 1. 



Salix Caprea, p. 221. 



-r -T- Catkins 2025 x 12 15 cm., gland 

 short and broad. Leaves not rugose, 

 glaucous or bluish beneath, and the 

 venation not very prominent. Shoots 

 glabrous. Catkin distinctly stalked, 

 large, with leaves at. the base, several 

 one over the other on the long shoots. 

 Stamens smooth, free. Scales bicolor. 

 Only one, posterior gland. 



Salix phylicifolia, p. 220. 



