WILLOWS 



267 



Buds pubescent. Shoots densely velvety passing to smooth 



dull yellowish. 



<^^ Shoots aiid buds smooth, 

 more or less brovrn; leaves 

 lanceolate glabrous. Cap- 

 sule glabrous. Staniens 3. 



Fig. 136. Salix fraiiilis, Crack Willow. 1, male, and 2, female 

 flowering shoot ; 3, male, and 4, female flower, enlarged ; 5, vertical 

 section of latter ; 6, ripe caiDsule ; 7, seed (Wo). 



Salix triandra, L. Almond Willow (Fig. 134). A tree 

 up to 20 feet high, but oftener seen as an Osier. Leaves 



