﻿WILLOW 
  FAMILY 
  

  

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  1. 
  S. 
  nigra 
  Marsh. 
  BLACK 
  WILLOW. 
  A 
  small 
  tree 
  with 
  very 
  

   brittle 
  branches. 
  Leaves 
  elliptical 
  or 
  narrowly 
  lanceolate, 
  acute 
  at 
  

   each 
  end, 
  serrate, 
  short-petioled, 
  downy 
  when 
  young 
  and 
  becoming 
  

   smooth 
  with 
  age, 
  2-3 
  in. 
  long 
  ; 
  stipules 
  persistent 
  or 
  deciduous. 
  

   Staminate 
  catkins 
  1-2 
  in. 
  long; 
  the 
  pistillate 
  2-4 
  in. 
  long. 
  Stamens 
  

   3-7, 
  distinct 
  ; 
  filaments 
  soft-hairy 
  below. 
  Capsule 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  

   of 
  the 
  pedicel, 
  ovate, 
  taper-pointed, 
  pointed 
  by 
  the 
  prominent 
  style. 
  

   Along 
  streams 
  and 
  borders 
  of 
  marshes.* 
  

  

  2. 
  S. 
  lucida 
  Muhl. 
  SHINING 
  WILLOW. 
  A 
  large 
  shrub 
  or 
  some- 
  

   times 
  a 
  bushy 
  tree 
  20 
  ft. 
  high, 
  with 
  smooth 
  bark, 
  yellowish-brown 
  

   and 
  shining 
  on 
  the 
  twigs. 
  Leaves 
  varying 
  from 
  ovate 
  to 
  lanceolate, 
  

   usually 
  with 
  very 
  slender 
  

  

  tapering 
  points, 
  sharply 
  

   and 
  finely 
  serrate, 
  firm, 
  

   green, 
  and 
  glossy 
  on 
  both 
  

   sides, 
  3-5 
  in. 
  long; 
  stip- 
  

   ules 
  small, 
  oblong, 
  usually 
  

   persistent. 
  Catkins 
  borne 
  

   on 
  short 
  leafy 
  branches, 
  

   the 
  staminate 
  ones 
  stout, 
  

   1-1^ 
  in. 
  long, 
  the 
  pistil- 
  

   late 
  ones 
  slender, 
  1^-2 
  

   in. 
  long, 
  lengthening 
  in 
  

   fruit 
  to 
  3-4 
  in. 
  Stamens 
  

   usually 
  5. 
  Capsule 
  nar- 
  

   rowly 
  ovoid 
  or 
  cylindrical, 
  

   pointed, 
  smooth, 
  and 
  shin- 
  

   ing. 
  Banks 
  of 
  streams, 
  

   lakes, 
  and 
  swamps. 
  One 
  

   of 
  the 
  most 
  beautiful 
  wil- 
  

   lows 
  from 
  the 
  showiness 
  

   of 
  the 
  staminate 
  catkins 
  

   and 
  the 
  large 
  glossy 
  leaves. 
  

  

  3. 
  S. 
  alba 
  L. 
  WHITE 
  

   WILLOW, 
  YELLOW 
  WIL- 
  

   LOW. 
  A 
  spreading 
  tree 
  

   50-80 
  ft. 
  high, 
  with 
  rough 
  

  

  gray 
  bark, 
  yellowish-green 
  on 
  the 
  twigs. 
  Leaves 
  lanceolate, 
  narrowed 
  

   at 
  the 
  base, 
  with 
  long 
  tapering 
  points, 
  gray 
  or 
  silky-downy 
  on 
  both 
  

   sides 
  when 
  young, 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  (especially 
  in 
  Var. 
  vitellina) 
  

   becoming 
  smooth 
  when 
  old, 
  2-4 
  in. 
  long 
  ; 
  stipules 
  ovate-lanceolate, 
  

   deciduous. 
  Catkins 
  on 
  short 
  leafy 
  branches, 
  the 
  pistillate 
  ones 
  slen- 
  

   der, 
  cylindrical, 
  l-3 
  in. 
  long. 
  Stamens 
  usually 
  2. 
  Capsule 
  ovoid, 
  

   pointed. 
  Cultivated 
  from 
  Europe 
  (especially 
  Var. 
  vitellina), 
  aud 
  

  

  B 
  

  

  D 
  

  

  FIG. 
  10. 
  White 
  willow 
  (Salix 
  alba) 
  

  

  A, 
  staminate 
  catkin, 
  natural 
  size; 
  B, 
  pistillate 
  

   catkin, 
  natural 
  size 
  ; 
  C, 
  a 
  stamiuate 
  flower, 
  

   magnified; 
  D, 
  a 
  pistillate 
  flower, 
  magni- 
  

   fied. 
  (After 
  Cossoii 
  and 
  De 
  Saint-Pierre) 
  

  

  