Salix 



SALICACEJr: 



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Piirdie ! Wilson; Troy, 2000 ft., Harris ! Fl. Jam. 8748. Cuba, Porto 

 Rico, Texas, ^Mexico, S. America to Chile. 



Tree to 40 ft. high. Leaves linear, acuminate, serrulate, glabrous, to 

 13 cm. 1., to 8 mm. br. ; stipules deciduous. Catkin b-1 cm. 1., terminal 

 on leafy branches, appearing with the leaves ; bracts woolly, deciduous. 

 Stamens 4-7. Capsules about 4 mm. 1., glabrous, ovate, stalked ; stalk 

 much longer than the gland. 



Mr. W. Harris states : " The Salix trees at Troy were certainly planted, 

 and I have never seen this species in a wild state. Mr. Muirhead, a very 

 old resident near Troy, told me that a friend of his brought the original 

 cuttings from some part of South America."] 



Family IV. MYKICACE^. 



Trees or shrubs, generally aromatic. Leaves alternate, 

 penniveined ; stipules wanting. Flowers unisexual, sessile under 

 the scale-like bracts, in short cylindrical spikes. Perianth 



Fig. b.Myrica mia'ncarpa Beiith. 



A, Shoot with male spikes. F, Twig with fruit. 



B, Young male spike. O, Fruit. 



C, Male flower. II, Fruit witli seed cut leuu'thwise ; o, 



D, Portion of female sjiike. outer soft layer ; i, inner hard layer 



E, A female flower with bract cut off. of pericarp. 



