TREES AND SHRUBS 



long, |-f in. broad ; petiole short ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, serrated, or 

 obsolete. Autumn tint yellow. 



A deciduous shrub, much branched, closely procumbent, or sometimes rising, 

 \\-'l ins., young shoots with silky pubescence. 



Native of Britain ; restricted to higher parts of mid-Scotland, and Sligo in 

 Ireland. 



DARK-LEAVED SALLOW, SalLv nigrkam. 



River-banks. April — .Time. 



Floxvers dioecious, appearing before or after leaves ; Male catkins i-l in. 

 long, ovate-cylindrical, erect, sub-sessile ; Stamens 2, free, 3 times as long as 

 scales, scales linear-oblong, acute or obtuse, pilose, red below, brown tips ; 

 Females lax, slender, style long ; Fruit a capsule, narrowly conical, glabrous or 

 tomentose, pedicel and style slender, stigma bifid, spreading. 



Leaves alternate, very variable, ovate-elliptical to obovate, entire or crenate- 

 serratulate, acute or shortly acuminate, attenuate, rounded or cordate below, 

 pubescent when young, afterwards glabrous above, glabrous or glaucous beneath, 

 reticulate, blackening when dried, thin, 1|— 4 ins. long, ^-2 ins. broad ; petiole 

 velvety pubescent ; stipules half-cordate or obsolete. Autumn tint yellow. 



A deciduous s/irub, or small t?-ce, 10 ft. ; Tzvigs velvety, purple-black or olive 

 when young, afterwards smooth, shining, purple-black ; Buds- convex, velvety. 



Native of Britain. Closely allied to jS. p//i//icif'o/ia, perhaps only a form of it. 

 Also called Black Willow. 



BAY WILLOW, S'a/i.r pentandra. 



Banks of rivers and streams, damp open woods, especially in hilly districts. 

 May, .lune. A valuable tree, with broad shining foliage resembling that of the 

 Portugal I^aurel ; Avell suited for planting in masses by lake or pond. 



Floioers dioecious, appearing with foliage, fragrant ; Male catki/is 1 j-2 ins. 



long, ?, ;,' in. diam.. cylindrical, dense, erect, shortly pedunculate ; Stamens usually 



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