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** Leaves not very narrow. Dwarf or creep- 

 ing, rare northern species. 



t Leaves glabrous or glabrescent, with venation 



distinct. 

 CatHns 12 20x6 8 mm. Branches spread 

 or prostrate and velvet^/ at the tips. Gland 

 long and thin. Catl'ins and leaves slightlt/ 

 hairy., the former appearing with the foliage. 

 Style as long as the ovary; ovary sessile, 

 hairy ; stigmas bifid. Scales discolor. Gland 

 one, posterior. 



Salix Myrsinites, p. 207. 



Catki7is\b 30x5 8 mm. Branches shining 

 and grouped into a croicn. Gland undivided, 

 long and thin. Stigma on a short hifid style. 

 Ovary very hairy and siib-sessile. Scales 

 discolor. One posterior gland. 



Salix arhuscula, p. 208. 



t+ Leaves silky and the venation more or less 

 hidden. 



Catkins 20 30 x 10 mm. Gland short. 

 Catkins and leaves slightly hairy, the former 

 appearing with the leaves. Style as long as 

 the ovary, hairy; stigmas bifid. Scales dis- 

 color. One posterior gland. 



Salix Lapponinn, p. 208. 



Catkins large, 20 50x15 mm., or more. 

 Leaves and catkins with a golden shimmer. 

 Catkins sessile, appearing before the leaves, 

 in tufts of 2 4 at the ends of the shoots; 

 with at most a few basal leaves. Branches 

 not pruinose. Ovary sessile, glabrous; style 

 medium, tviih tivo slender bifid divaricate 

 stigmas. Scales discolor. One posterior 

 gland. 



Salix lanata, p. 208. 



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