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dish. Leaves, long, inversely lance-shaped, pointed at base, 

 petioled, 2 to 4 inches long, the margins sliglitly turned back, 

 dark green and softly downy above, often grayish-woolly un- 

 derneath. 



Flowers in catkins, appearing much earlier than the leaves, 

 the pistillate about i inch long, without perianth, but attended 

 by I bract; staminate of 2 stamens on long filaments. Cap- 

 sule much longer than its pedicel. 



Shrub 2 to 8 feet high, growing in dry soil throughout the Atlan- 

 tic States. This species frequently bears leafy cones on the ends 

 of branches, produced probably by insects. 



132. Glossy Willow. Shining "Willow 



S. lucida is a tall shrub, 8 to 15 feet, or sometimes a small 

 tree, 20 feet high, with ovate, lance-shaped, sharply and finely 

 toothed leaves, long and tapering at the apex, green, glossy 

 on both sides, 3 to 5 inches long, on stout, short petioles. 

 Stipules rather prominent, heart-shaped, glandular. 



Flowers, in catkins, leafy-bracted. The staminate are feath- 

 ery, with 5 stamens in each flower ; pistillate denser, harder, 

 longer, 2 to 3 inches long, often remaining far into the spring. 

 Twigs smooth, polished, yellowish or dark green. Time, April 

 and May. 



One of our prettiest willow shrubs, of regular, bushy form, 

 found in swamps and along the borders of streams, from New 

 Jersey northward. 



133. Dwarf Gray Willow. Sage Willow 



6'. tiistis is the smallest of the genus, a tufted species, i or 

 2 feet high. Leaves very narrow, i to 2 inches long, whitish 

 below, green and smooth above, with revolute margins, on 

 short petioles. Stipules inconspicuous. Sessile catkins ap- 

 pear before the leaves, few-flowered, small, \ inch long or 

 less. Staminate flowers consist of 2 stamens on smooth fila- 



