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Willow (Salicacece) 



to twenty stamens, in drooping clusters two to three 

 inches long; the pistillate, usually three together, 

 in an oval, scaly, prickly wrap. 



Leaves, three to five inches long, sharp-toothed, promi- 

 nently straight-veined, white-downy beneath. Base, 

 usually blunt. 



Fruit, solitary, oval, pointed, about one half the size of 

 the common chestnut, very sweet, not flattened, 

 enclosed in a very prickly wrap about one and a half 

 inches in diameter ; a prickly-covered nut. October. 



Found, from New Jersey and Southern Pennsylvania 

 south to Florida and west to Indiana and Texas. 



A spreading shrub (or sometimes a small tree) six to 

 twelve feet high. 



32. Family SALICACE^. 



Genus Salix, Tourn. (Willow.) 



Flowers, in long clusters, one flower to each entire-edged 

 bract ; the staminate and pistillate forms on separate 

 plants ; the staminate with two to ten (mostly two) 

 stamens ; the pistillate with style short or wanting, 

 and two short stigmas. 



Leaves, alternate, usually long, narrow, and pointed. 



Fruit, one-celled, many-seeded ; a capsule. 



Fig. 105. Long-leaved Willow. S. longifolia, Muhl. 



Leaves, very narrow-lanceolate, two to four inches long, 

 tapering at each end, remotely sharp-toothed, nearly 

 stemless. 



Found, growing in thick clumps along the coast from 

 Maine to the Potomac ; not common. 



