WHITE POPLAR: GORSE 



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Populus alba, L. White Poplar (Fig. 85). 



Scales of the catkin deeply incised,] laciniate. 



I~l Catkins dense; scales densely ciliate ; 

 capsule ovoid, glabrous. 



Fig. 8i. Ulex. a h U. europceus: a, flower (a = bracteole, (3 = calyx) ; 

 b, fruit (7 = corolla, 5 = pod) ; c c 2 , standard, wing, and keel ; d, pistil in 

 longitudinal section, and magnified stigma ; e, andrcecium opened out ; 

 f, seed ; g, longitudinal and transverse sections of seed ; h, branch. 

 i k, U. nanus: i i 2 = c c"; i 3 , bracteole; k, branch ; I, U. parviflorus, 

 branch ; m, U. icelwitschianus, branch. (After Schneider.) 



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