THE DICOTYLEDONES 



1753 



Fig. 1 63 1. — Salix caprea. Goat Willow. Left, male catkin. Right, female catkins. 



are simple and deciduous. The stipules are small or foliaceous and often 

 persistent. 



The flowers (Fig. 1632) are either monoecious or dioecious and are 

 densely arranged in erect or pendulous catkins which very frequently 

 develop early in the year before the leaves appear. The flower (Fig. 1633) is 



C? 



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Fig. 1632. — Floral dia- 

 grams of Salix. A, 

 Female flower. B, Male 

 flower of iS'. triandra. 



Fig. 1633. — Salix reticulata. A, Female flower 

 with bract and basal nectaries. B, Male 

 flower with bract and nectaries. {After 

 Goebel.) 



