WILLOW, MEZEREON 



251 



Leaves aggregated at the ends o/t-^°'"(^^) 



the few shoots,lanceolate ; branches 



loose. 



8 Small, loosely branched, besom- 

 like bush, u'ith smooth yellowish 

 txoigs and corky branches. Leaves 

 glabrous. Mowers small, pink, 

 appearing before the leaves; 

 berries red. 



Fig. 127. Salix aurita, Eared Willow (S\v). 



Daphne Mezereiim, L. Mezereon (Fig. 126). About 

 1 — 3 feet high ; twigs smooth, yellow or tawny, passing to 

 brown-grey branches with corky easily tearing periderm. 

 Tissues slightly malodorous on bruising. Branches supple 

 and very tough. 



