WHITE POPLAR: GORSE 



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Populus alba, L. White Poplar (Fig. 85). 



Scales of the catkin deeply incised, laciniate. 



l~~j Catkins dense; scales densely ciliate, 

 capsule ovoid, glabrous. 



Fig. 84. Ulex. a h U. europcBus-. a, flower (a = bracteole, /3 = calyx) ; 

 b, fruit (7 = corolla, 5 = pod) ; c c 2 , standard, wing, and keel ; d, pistil in 

 longitudinal section, and magnified stigma ; e, andrcecium opened out ; 

 /, seed ; </, longitudinal and transverse sections of seed ; h, branch. 

 i k, U.nanus: i i 2 = c c 2 ; i 3 , bracteole; k, branch ; I, U. parviftorus, 

 branch ; w, U. icelwitschianus. branch. (After Schneider.) 



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