Selicaceae. Willow Family. 
Trees or shrubs with altornate often Conspicuously stipulate leaves, 
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emt \dioecious| Flowers Geers in e«rly spring, 
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often preceding the leave 
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borne in catkins which are shed entiree Proper perianth none, each flow 
» Sometines seated seeve upon a cup=shap 
glandular disc. Stamens l-several, 
subtended by a scale-like bract 
Pistil solitary, forming a small cap 
at maturity, dehiscing longitudinally, Seeds numerous, comose, 
Leaves of mature plants ovate or nearly rotund; buds with 
several scales, Comionly very resinous; scales of 
catkins fringed 
Po nt wr nail dint cache eat one 
iA Populus 
O Leaves oblong to lanceolate; buds with a Single scale, 
4 rd not markedly resinous; scales of catkins not 
| \fringed 2, Salix 
1. Populus. Le Poplar. 
Short-lived trees often large with pale or vhitish bark becoming 
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furr oved at maturity. Buds resinous, with several scales, Leaves 
commonly ovate, sometimes varying on vhe sane tree to lanceolate etiolat 
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Catkins subtended by a Cup-snaned disc, Bracts fringed, sometines conspic 
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peltate, Stamens numerous, Ovary 1, sessile, subglobose or ovoid, Stigma 
equalling the number of placentae and valves, lobed, Capsule ovoid or 
lanceolate, 2-4-valved, 
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