Myricaceae — Coniferae. 135 



Sa'lix ni'gricans (19). Dark-leaved Sallow. 4 — 5. Leaves ovato-oblong 

 (1300) turning black on drying, catkins ovato-cylindrical ^ — i in., stamens 2, 

 style long. A procumbent shrub 6 — 10 ft. [G. {Ribble-side). 



Sa'lix phylicifo'lia (24). Tea-leaved Willow. 4 — 5. Leaves ovato-oblong 

 (1299) glabrous shining above glaucous beneath, branches reddish shining, 

 catkins sessile, stamens 2, style distinct. A handsome bush. 



[G. {Ribble-side, Langcliffe.) 



SA'LIX VIMINA'LIS (So). Osier. 4—6. Leaves linear-lanceolate 

 (1289) acuminate undulate silky beneath margin revolute, catkins sessile 



golden-yellow opening long before the leaves, stamens 2, style slender. 



A small tree 30 ft. with long straight branches. Wet places. 



SA'LIX PURPU'REA (70). Purple Osier. 4—5. Leaves thin and 



(1285) very smooth linear-lanceolate serrate 3 — 6 in., catkins i — i^ in. 



appearing before the leaves, scales tipped with purple, stamens 2, 



filaments united hairy at the base. A shrub 6 — 10 ft. high with tough 



slender twigs and purple bark. River banks. 



Sa'lix herba'cea (25). Least -Willow. 6 — 7. Leaves oblong or orbicular 

 (1309) obtuse shining \ — \ in., catkins i in. flowering after the leaves on 2- 

 leaved peduncles. A very small shrub with underground stem sending 

 up short flowering twigs. [G. {Ingleboro\ Penyghent^ Whemside.) 



ORDER 71. — Myricaceae. 



Dioecious, flowers in axillary catkins, aclilamydeous. Staminate flowers 

 with 6 — 8 stamens sometimes monadelphous. Pistillate flowers with a sessile 

 I -celled ovary and 2 styles. Fruit a drupe covered with waxy secretion. 

 Leafy shrubs with alternate entire leaves covered by a waxy pubescence. 



MYR'ICA GA'LE (79). Sweet Gale, Bog Myrtle. 6—7. Stem 2—3 ft. 

 (1270) high shrubby, leaves obovate-lanceolate serrate resinous and fragrant, 

 catkins reddish-brown sessile erect, fruit minute. Bogs and moors. 



ORDER 72. — Coniferae. 



Monoecious or dioecious, achlamydeous. Staminate flowers of i or more 

 anthers seated on the scales of the deciduous catkins. Pistillate flowers of 

 I or more sessile naked ovules concealed by the scales of the cones. Style o. 

 Stigma o. Trees abounding in resin with alternate entire linear or subulate 

 leaves solitary or fascicled. 



Fruit a cone with several seeds, 523 



Fruit a berry with one seed, ...... Taxus L 



523 Cone dry, many-seeded, Pinus IL 



523 Cone fleshy, few-seeded, .... Juniperus IH. 



