278 VIOLET WILLOW: ALMOND WILLOW 



Salix daphnoides, Vill. Violet Willow. Shrub with 

 deep violet twigs covered with waxy bloom, and brilliant 

 yellow within the cortex. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate to 

 oblong- or linear-lanceolate, about 4 8 x 1 3 cm. (6 15 

 cm.), 3 4 times long as broad ; long- or short-acuminate, 

 with recurved, acutely and minutely glandular-serrate 

 margins. More or less silky when young, then glabrous, 

 tough, flat, green and shining above, glaucous or bluish 

 beneath : midrib yellowish. Petiole rather long (1 2 cm.), 

 broad below, puberulent, fawn-coloured like the midrib, 

 usually eglandular. Stipules half-cordate or ovate, gland- 

 toothed, pointed, adherent to the petiole. The leaves are 

 somewhat like those of S. pentandra. Stomata on the 

 upper surface few and scattered. Autumn leaves yellow. 



[Other shrubs with brilliant yellow pigment in the 

 cortex are, Berberis (p. 282) and Rhamnus (p. 291).] 



A A Twigs not purple or covered with 

 waxy bloom. 



Salix triandra, var. amygdalina. Almond Willow 

 (Fig. 106). Shrub. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to lanceo- 

 late, or oblong-elliptic, 6 10 x 2 3 cm. (5 13 x 1 3 cm.), 

 3 5 times long as broad, suddenly acuminate ; base 

 rounded, margins nearly parallel. Very glabrous, even 

 when young; tough, sub-coriaceous, deep shining green 

 above, paler and duller or nearly white, matt or glaucous 

 beneath, the midrib prominent and fawn-coloured. Finely 

 glandular-serrate. Petiole short (5 10 mm.), glabrous, 

 and grooved above. Stipules on strong shoots large and 

 broad, reniform or half-ovate, oblique, pointed, toothed, 

 persistent. Stomata on the upper surface few or none. 

 Autumn leaves yellow. 



Venation like S. pentandra, midrib distinct, but the 

 tertiaries short and feeble. 



