WHITE WILLOW 



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normally 5, but may be 4 10 or rarely 12 ; hairy below, 

 anthers large, yellow, passing to brown. Ovary shortly 



Fig. 60. White Willow, Salix alba. 1, male catkin; 2, a male 

 flower; 3, shoot with female catkin; 4, female flower; 5, fruiting 

 catkin; 6, fruit with escaping seeds; 7, seed with its coma. 2, 4, 6 

 and 7, magnified, p. 211 (Sw). 



pedicellate, cylindroid-conic, glabrous, style short, divided; 

 stigmas bifid, yellow. Capsule large (6 7 mm.), ovoid- 

 conic. 



7 17 Scales discolor and persistent: ciliate, 

 hairy. 



Stamens 3. Only 1 gland in the $ , 2 in 

 the $ flower. Leaf ovate or rather broad; 

 petioles glandular. Ovary glabrous. 



Salix triandra, L. Almond Willow (Fig. 61). Shrub 

 or small tree. 



