SALICINEi^ 



DOWNY MOUNTAIN WILLOW, SalLv Lappomm. 



Scotch mountains. June, July. 



Flowers dioecious, fragrant, appearing before or with foHage ; 31ale catkins 

 lateral, dense-flowered, sessile or sub-sessile, tomentose, 1-1|- in. long, \ in. diam. ; 

 Stamens 2, free, glabrous, anthers yellow, becoming violet and brown ; scales 

 spathulate. hairy, deciduous ; gland linear-oblong ; Females stalked, few basal 

 leaves ; Ovarii sessile, woolly, style long, stigma divided ; Fruit a capsule, 

 sub-sessile, conical, cottony, \ in. long, style long, stigma filiform, cleft, catkins 

 1|— 3 ins. long. 



Leaves alternate, 1-3 ins. long, \-\ in. broad, very variable, elliptical to 

 lanceolate, margins recurved, entire or sinuate, rugose, silky when young, white 

 cottony beneath when old, nearly glabrous and bright green above, reticulation 

 prominent beneath, veins straight, stipules minute or obsolete. Autumn tint 

 yellow. 



A deciduous shrub, 2-3 ft., or low and scrubby ; Branches stout, brown ; 

 Buds woolly. 



Native of Scotland ; rare. 



WHORTLE-LEAVED WILLOW, Salix Miirsimtes. 



Scotch and Irisla mountains. .Tune, July. 



Flowers dioecious ; Catkins terminal, on stout leafy peduncles, appearing with 

 the leaves or after ; Males loosely cylindrical, \-\ in. long, \ in. diam. ; Stamens 

 2, free, glabrous, anthers globose, purple, turning black, scales spathulate, 

 pilose, blackish-purple, disk large ; Females, Ovaiy shortly pedicellate, 

 elongated, reddish or claret-coloured, pubescent, style split, purple-red, stigmas 

 divided ; Fruit a capsule, nearly sessile, hairy or pubescent, \ in. long, catkins 

 1^-2 ins., stigma thick. 



Leaves alternate, very variable, lanceolate to ovate, attenuate below, acute 



or obtuse, entire or finely serrated, glandular, firm, rigid, shining green, veins 



prominent, reticulate, long silky liairs when young, glabrous when old, ^~\ in. 



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