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SALICACEAE (WILLOW FAMILY) 



653. S. balsamifera. 



late, with a broadly rounded base, 4.5-12 cm. long, 2-4.5 cm. wide, short-acumi- 

 nate, glandular-serrate, subcoriaceous, glabrous throughout, dark green and 



shining above, glaucous beneath, the young drying black ; 



stipules large, ear-shaped, dentate ; aments dense, thick- 



cylindrical, very silky, the staminate 3.5-5 cm. long, the 



pistillate becoming 4-7 cm. long ; capsules attenuate-rostrate, 



9-11 mm. long, greenish, drying brown, Shrub or shrubby 



tree (1-5 m. high), forming extensive thickets on sandy or 



alluvial shores of rivers and lakes, 



e. Que. to Alb., s. to N. B., Me., 



and the Great Lakes. FIG. 652. 



Var. ANGUSTIFOLIA Bebb. Leaves 



narrower (8 cm. long, 2 cm. wide), 



pointed at both ends. Same range. 



Var. BREVIF6LIA Bebb. Leaves 



obovate or oblong, 2.5-3.5 cm. long, 



strongly veined. Mich. 



2. Stipules obsolete or minute. 



14. S. balsamifera Barratt. 

 Leaves short-oval to oblong-lance- 

 602. s. glaucophylla. olate) broadly rounde d and usually 



subcordate at base, at first very thin, subpellucid and 



of a reddish color, balsamic-fragrant, at length firm but 



thin, dark green above, paler or glaucous and promi- 



nently reticulate-veined beneath, slightly glandular-ser- 



rulate ; petioles long and slender ; fertile aments becoming very lax in fruit, the 



long slender pedicels 6-8 times the length of the gland ; style short. Low 



woods and thickets, Nfd. and Lab. to Mackenzie and B. C., s. to n. N. E., N. Y., 



Mich., and Minn. A much-branched shrub, rarely a tree 7 m. high, with 



shining reddish-castaneous or olive twigs. FIG. 653. 



6. Leaves clothed, even when fully grown, irith a long silky tomentum on both 

 sides, which is finally deciduous capsule subsessile. 



15. S. syrticola Fernald. Leaves ovate or very broadly lanceolate, cuspi- 

 date-acuminate, dull green both sides, very closely serrate with fine projecting 

 gland-tipped teeth ; stipules conspicuous, ovate-cordate, glandular-serrate, ex- 

 ceeding the short stout petioles, which are dilated at base and embrace the 

 obtuse silky buds ; aments leafy-peduncled, the fer- 

 tile not rarely becoming 1 dm. long, 

 densely flowered. (S. adenophylla 

 Am. auth., not Hook.) Shores of 

 the Great Lakes. A large strag- 

 gling shrub, with stout tomentose 

 twigs and crowded leaves. FIG. 654. 



= = Leaves oblong-linear to elliptic- 

 obovate, entire. ; sterile aments 

 sparingly pubescent or glabrate, 

 1-2 cm. long, the fertile in fruit 

 1-3 cm. long ; stigmas sessile or 

 nearly so. ' 



s. pedicciUi u 



6M. S.syrticoU. 



16. S. pedicelliris Pursh. Leaves 



1.5-7 cm. long, obtuse or somewhat pointed, acutish at base, 

 smooth on both sides, somewhat coriaceous when mature, revolute, reticulated, 

 pale or glaucous beneath ; fertile aments thick-cylindric, loosely few-flowered, 

 borne on long leafy peduncles ; capsules reddish-green ; pedicels slender, twice 

 the length of the nearly smooth greenish-yellow scale. (S. myrtilloides Man. 

 ed. 6, not L.) Cold bogs and wet meadows, e. Que. to B. C., N. J., Pa., and 

 n. la. FIG. 656. 



