744 SALICIKEiE. (WILLOW FAMILY.) 



7, S. peclicellata, Desf. 5 Young branches pubescent. Cat- 

 kins short-pedimded, the fertile ones elongated, loose ; scales oblong, 

 obtuse, hairy; capsules glcibrous or appressed-hirsutc, long-lanceolate 

 from an ovate-conical base, borne on pedicels 4-6 times as long as 

 uectarium; style short; stigmas bifid. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to 

 obovate, nearly entire, reticulate at under surface, which is woolly, or 

 only hirsute at nerves. Stipules semi-orbiculate — March — -Abeih ; 

 Djurd Berkasha. 



8. S. nigricans, Fries. 5 Blackish Willow. Ban. Branches 

 divergent, twigs cauescent. Catkins sessile, the fertile ones short- 

 peduncled, in fruit loose; scales acute, hairy, blackish at apex; cap- 

 sules ovate at base, awl-shaped, woolly or glabrous, borne on pedicels 

 o-l times as long as nectarium, style long ; stigmas bifid. Leaves ovate 

 to obovate, rarely lanceolate, wavy-toothed, the younger ones pubescent, 

 the older ones "^glabrous at upper surface, and greyish-glaucescent, 

 hairy, or glabrescent at lower; stipules semi-cordate — March and 

 April — Amanus; Beirut. 



2. POP1JL.IIS, Tourn. Poplaii. Aspen. Uaur. 



Scales of catkins crenate or cut. Perigonium a cup -shaped, 

 obliquely truncate disk. Staminate flowers. Stamens 8-30, free, en- 

 closed in perigonium; filaments distinct; anthers 2-celled. Pistillate 

 flowers. Ovary sessile or pedicelled, surrounded by perigonium, 

 1-celled, oD-ovuled. Style short. Stigmas 2, forked or fringed. 

 Capsule 1-celled, 2-valved, co -seeded; seeds minute, imjDlanted on 

 dorsum of valves, erect. Albumen — Trees, usually tall, with 

 scaly buds covered with a resinous varnish, usually ovate to oblong 

 leaves, and catkins appearing before leaves. 



* Young buds xnihescent. Ticigs woolly or hairy. Scales ciliate. Peri- 

 gonium obliquely trtincate, entire. Stamens 4-8. 



1. P. alba, L. 5 Abelc or White Poplar. Ilaur. 10 to 20; 

 branches spreading, the younger white-woolly. Leaves green at upper 

 surface, snowy-woolly at lower, those of lateral branches oVcitG to 

 ovate-oblong, sinuate-dentate to rlobed, of the terminal branches 

 roimd-heart-shaped to ovate, angled-deutatc to lobed. Scales of fertile 

 flowers lanceolate, crenate and ciliate at tip — Spring — Wet places; 

 common. 



** Buds pubescent. TirAgspuberulent. Scales fringed, sparingly ciliate. 

 Perigonium urn-shaped, many-toothed. Stamens 25-30. 



2. P. Eupliralica, Oliv. 5 Euphrates Poplar. 10 to 15; 

 branches spreading, the twigs puberulent. Leaves glabrous, glaucous, 

 those of the yoking 2)l((nt eind of the sterile loicer branches linear to lanceolate, 

 entire, those of fertile branches cuneateto truncate at base, elliptical to 

 oblong-ovate, ovate, rhomboid, deltoid, round-ovate, and transversely 

 ovate, entire, or more or less irregularly dentate; capsules oblong, .01 

 long — Spring — Banks of streams; Jordan Valley, and elsewhere 

 throughout. Perhaps the Iltilberry (A.V.) 2 Sam., v. 23. 



* * * Buds and twigs glahrous, mscid. Scales glabrous. Perigonium 

 entire. Sta7nens 12-30. 



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