TREES AND SHRUBS 



A deciduous shrub, 1-2 ft. ; Stem procumbent and rooting, sending up erect, 

 rigid branches ; 2\vigs downy, yellow at first, reddish-brown later. 

 Native of Scotland ; rare. 



ROUND-EARED SALLOW, Sallx cmrita. 



Damp copses, moist thickets, and moist places on heaths. April, JNIay. 



Floivers dioecious, appearing before leaves ; 3Iale catkius ^— f in. long, sessile, 

 ovoid, dense, silky; Stamenfs 2, free, pubescent below, scales velvety both surfaces ; 

 Females |— f in. long, cylindrical, shortly stalked, peduncle villous, stigmas sessile ; 

 Fruit a capsule, ^-4- in. long, oval to oblong, conic, tomentose or pubescent, 

 pedicel 3-5 times as long as gland, style short, stigmas short, emarginate, 

 divaricate. 



Leaves alternate, variable, obovate, oblong-obovate to sub-rotund, crenate 

 or nearly entire, wavy, slightly revolute, cuneiform below, acute, obliquely 

 cuspidate or obtuse, v.^rinkled, grey-green and downy above, tomentose beneath, 

 reticulate, 1-2 ins. long, ^Ij in. broad ; stipules large, half cordate, persistent. 

 Autumn tint yellow. 



A deciduous shrub, 2-4 ft. ; Twigs slender, caducous, pubescent at tips, 

 brown, passing to greenish-grey ; Buds red-brown. 



Common in Britain. Attacked by Goat Willow Rust {Mclampsorafarinosa). 



WEEPING WILLOW, Salix babuhnica. 



Kiver-side lawns. Maj^ This graceful tree shows to best advantage on the 

 river-bank or beside some glassy pool, where its pendent boughs may be seen 

 " stooping as if to drink." 



Flowers unisexual, appearing with leaves or just after, on lateral leafy 



peduncles ; Male catkins rarely seen, 1-li in. long, l-l in. diam. ; Stamens 2, 



scales ovate-lanceolate, glabrous ; Females greenish-yellow, slender, compact, 



shortly curved ; Ovary sessile, ovate, glabrous, style short, stigmas forked, gland 



broad, rounded ; catkins with males and females mixed occm- ; Fruit a capsule, 



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