224 Willow (Salicacece) 



Found, in cold, wet ground from New Jersey westward 

 and northward. 



A shrub two to six feet high, hoary, the new shoots 

 white-woolly, the older shoots red. 



Fig. in. Heart-Leaved Willow. S. cordata, Muhl. 



Leaves, long lance-shape, sharp-toothed or nearly entire, 

 not blackening in drying. Base, pointed to heart- 

 shape. Leaf-stem, one third to one half inch long. 



Found, very widely distributed in wet ground. 

 The most variable of American species. 



Fig. 112. S. balsamifera. Barratt. 



Leaves, with base broadly rounded, and usually somewhat 

 heart-shaped. Leaf-stem, long and slender. 



Found, in wet land from Maine to Iowa, and northward, 

 in clumps. 



Fig 113. S. myrtilldides. L. 



Leaves, one to two inches long, reverse egg-shape to 

 oblong, entire, blunt or slightly pointed, margin 

 rolled under, smooth above and below. 



Found, in cold swamps in New Jersey, and from New 

 England to Iowa, and northward. 



Bear-Berry Willow. S. Uva-iirsi, Pursh. 



Leaves, sometimes elliptical and pointed, sometimes re- 

 verse egg-shape and blunt ; less than one inch long, 

 slightly toothed, strongly veined, smooth and shining 

 above. 



Found, abundantly over the high mountain summits of 

 Northern New England and New York. 



