Salix, Le i 
Shrubs or less often trees +ith usually oblong or lanceolate shorte 
petioled leaves, prominently stipulate, especially those on vigorous shoots, 
Flowers dioecious, in compact often conspicuous catkins which appear before 
Snrccccsersh, with Yecsetenceusp or after the foliage Yeevetimue>, cach 
flower subtended by a small ovate or obovate usually entire bract, and 
accompanied by 1 or sometimes 2 small glands at the base; calyx and corolla 
wanting. Stamens 1-10 in each flower, usually 2 or 5, 
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the filaments distinct 
or sometimes partly united. Pistil one in each flower, glabrous or hairy 
(sometimes becoming glabrous at maturity); style wanting or Conspicuous, 
entire or bifid at the apex. t'ruit a small two-valved capsule. Seeds comose, 
q] To study satisfactorily the Species of this genus it is usually necessary © 
to associate fully develo-7ed flowers with she fully developed foliage, Itis | 
profitable to mark trees vhen in catkin and revisit them in midsummer for 
mature foliage, Undeveloped foliage is often of a different shape and often : 
more hairy than the mature; at the same time foliage of suckers and vigorous 
shoots may much exceed the dimensions of the ordinary foliage, 
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