Description of Native Shrubs 



192. Silver-fruited Willow. (Salix argyrocarpa.) 

 LEAF : i'-2', simple, alternate, irregularly round- toothed, lance- 

 shaped, base tapering, beneath long-shining-hairy when young ; 

 44 whole plant when young with a glossy satiny lustre." Alpine 

 ravines of White Mountains ; i-2 high. 



193. Balsam Willow. (Salix balsamifera.) 

 LEAF : i'-2', simple, alternate, somewhat ovate, base com- 

 monly cordate and broadly rounded ; leaf-stem about ^' long. 

 Maine, and west. 



194. Common Juniper. (Juniperus communis.) 

 LEAF : K'~/^' prickly, stiff, 3-whorled, spreading, whitened 

 above^ green below. FLOWER : staminate and pistillate usually 

 on different plants, in very short or ovoid catkins ; no calyx nor 

 corolla ; fruit berry-like, blackish, #' or more in diameter; "ev- 

 ergreen," usually in low broad clumps (2-3), sometimes in py- 

 ramidal form (6-8). New Jersey, north and west. (PI. X.) 



195. Alpine Juniper. (Juniperus communis, var. alpina.) 

 Much like 194, but with leaves much shorter and less spreading ; 

 plant prostrate. Maine, and shores of Great Lakes. 



196. Prostrate Juniper. (Juniperus Sabina, var. procumbens.) 

 Much like 194, but leaves chiefly opposite, and of two forms : 

 sharp-pointed, as in 194, and flat, scale-like and appressed to 

 stem, as in arborvitse ; fruit as in red cedar, but larger and droop- 

 ing ; plant prostrate or creeping. Maine, and west along Great 

 Lakes. 



197. American Yew. Ground Hemlock. (Taxus cana- 

 densis.) 



LEAF: %'-%', narrow, flat, stiff, evergreen, green both sides, 

 2-ranked on branch (as in hemlock, but larger). FLOWER : stam- 

 inate in small globular catkins ; pistillate, single ; no calyx nor 

 corolla ; April, May ; fruit red, like a pea. New Jersey, west 

 and north ; straggling bush, often in large clumps ; 2 -3 high. 

 (PI. X.) 



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