WEEPING WILLOW : CRACK WILLOW 209 



[~~J Scales concolor, caducous ; style short ; [For 



ovary glabrous. (OO) 



see p. 213.] 



Scales glabrous or nearly so. Glands 2, 

 or in the J flower one only. Ovary sessile. 

 Weeping in habit. 



Salix Babylonica, L. Weeping Willow. Tree, well- 

 known from the pendulous branches and weeping habit. 



Catkins appearing with the foliage or just after, on 

 leafy peduncles, the </ 2 4 x 0*6 0*8 cm., rarely seen, but 

 catkins with mixed </ and $ flowers occur; the $ com- 

 pact and usually curved, and thinner. Scales glabrous 

 or glabrescent. Gland broad and rounded. Capsule 

 small, sessile, glabrous, oblong-conic, pale green. Style 

 short : stigmas emarginate. 



Scales pubescent, ciliate, or silky haired. 

 Habit not weeping. 



$ Stamens 2, free. 



-r- Both (J and $ flowers have 2 glands. 

 Ovary pedicellate ; leaves glabrous. 

 Petiole sometimes glandular. 



Salix fragilis, L. Crack Willow (Fig. 58). Tree, often 

 well characterised by the easy snapping of the twigs 

 at the articulation with the branches. 



Catkins shortly stalked, on leafy laterals of the pre- 

 ceding year, numerous, cylindroid, with crowded flowers; 

 the </ usually large, about 2 4'5 x Q'7 1'2 cm., the $ 

 about 2 6 x 0'6 1 cm. Each flower with 2 glands, 

 anterior and posterior. Scales rather long, uniformly 

 yellowish-green, hairy on the upper side and especially silky 

 in the </. Stamens 2, free, hairy at the base ; anthers bright 

 yellow passing to brown. Ovary on a pedicel longer than 

 the gland, conoid-pointed, glabrous; style short, with 

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