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WILLOWS 



bright yolk-yellow twigs silky at the tips being the 

 characteristic feature. Leaves lanceolate, whitish, silky- 

 pubescent. 



A A Twigs not bright yellow, but 

 more or less olive to brou'n. 





Fig. 135. Salix alba, White Willow. 1, male catkin; 2, a male 

 flower ; 3, shoot with female catkin ; 4, female flower ; 5, fruiting 

 catkin ; 6, fruit with escaping seeds ; 7, seed with its coma. 2^ 4, 6 

 and 7, magnified (Sw). 



^ Twigs and buds velvety, 

 olive-green to purplish; 

 leaves very narrow, linear, 

 and silky beneath. Capsule 

 downy. Stamens 2. 



Salix viminalis, L. Osier (Fig. 133). Large shrub 10 

 20 feet high, but best known as our commonest basket- 

 willow. Twigs and branches more or less olive. Leaves 

 very narrow, linear-lanceolate, and very white-silky beneath. 



