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** Leaves not very narrow. Dwarf or creep- 

 ing, rare northern species. 



t Leaves glabrous or glabrescent, with venation 

 distinct, 



Catkins 12 20 x 6 8 mm. Branches spread 

 or prostrate and velvety at the tips. Gland 

 long and thin. Catkins and leaves slightly 

 hairy, the former appearing with the foliage. 

 Style as long as the ovary ; ovary sessile, 

 hairy ; stigmas bifid. Scales discolor. Gland 

 one, posterior. 



Salix Myrsinites, p. 207. 



Catkins 15 30 x 5 8 mm. Branches shining 

 and grouped into a crown. Gland undivided, 

 long and thin. Stigma on a short bifid style. 

 Ovary very hairy and sub-sessile. Scales 

 discolor. One posterior gland. 



Salix arbuscula, p. 208. 



ft Leaves silky and the venation more or less 

 hidden. 



Catkins 2030 x 10 mm. Gland short. 

 Catkins and leaves slightly hairy, the former 

 appearing with the leaves. Style as long as 

 the ovary, hairy ; stigmas bifid. Scales dis- 

 color. One posterior gland. 



Salix Lapponum, p. 208. 



S Catkins large, 20 50x15 mm., or more. 

 Leaves and catkins with a golden shimmer. 

 Catkins sessile, appearing before the leaves, 

 in tufts of 24 at the ends of the shoots; 

 with at most a few basal leaves. Branches 

 not pruinose. Ovary sessile, glabrous; style 

 medium, with two slender bifid divaricate 

 stigmas. Scales discolor. One posterior 

 gland. 



Salix lanata, p. 208. 

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