744 SALICINEvE. (WILLOW FAMILY.) 



7. S. pediccllata, Desf. 5 Young brauches pubescent. Cat- 

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

 obtuse, hairy; capsules glcibroiis or appressed-hirsute, long-lanceolate 

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

 nectarium; style sliort ; stigmas bifid. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to 

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

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

 Djurd Berkasha. 



S. S. nigricans, Fries. ^ Blackish Willow. Ban. Brauches 

 divero-ent, twigs canescent. 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 

 C-7 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 ; ]kirut. 



2. POPIJL.US, Tourn. Poplah. Aspen. Uaur. 



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

 obli<iuely 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, co-ovuled. Style short. Stigmas 2, forked or fringed. 

 Capsule 1-celled, 3-valved, go -seeded; seeds minute, implanted 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 lulls piibescent. Twigs woolly or hairy. Scales ciliate. Peri- 

 gonium obliquely truncate, entire. Stamens 4-8. 



1. P. alba, L. 5 Abele or White Poplar. Haur. 10 to 20; 

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

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

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

 round-Tieart-shafed to ovate, angled-dentate to lobed. Scales of fertile 

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

 common. 



** Buds pubescent. Ticigs 2iuberulent. Scales fringed, sparingly ciliate. 

 Perigonixim urn-shapted, many-toothed. Stamens 25-30. 



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

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

 those of the young plant and of the sterile loioer brandies linear to lanceolate, 

 entire, those of fertile branches cuneate to 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 Mulberry (A.V.) 2 Sam., v. 23. 



* * * Buds and ticigs glah'ous, viscid. Scales glabrous. Perigonium 

 entire. Stamens 12-30. 



