SALICINE^ 



5, may be 4-12, hairy below, anthers large, yellow, glands 2, scales oblong, 

 yellowish-green, ciliate, caducous ; Females \-'2\ ins. long, \-\ in. diam. ; Ovary 

 sub-sessile or shortly pedicellate, cylindroid-conic, glabrous, style short, divided, 

 stigma bifid, yellow, glands 2 6 ; Fruit a capsule, ovoid-conic, pedicelled, 

 glabrous, yellowish-green, J ] in. long, style short. 



Leaves alternate, very variable, 1-4 ins. long, 1-2 ins. broad, elliptic-ovate to 

 obovate-lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate, finely glandular-serrate, acuminate, 

 thick, glabrous, dark shining green, paler and reticulate beneath, viscid wlien 

 young, fragrant with I.aurel-like odour, midrib yellow ; petiole short, glandular 

 at summit ; stipules ovate-oblong, glandular, caducous, or obsolete. Autumn 

 tint yellow. 



A deciduous sliruh, G-8 ft. ; or small tree, 8-20 ft., erect ; 7\vigs glabrous, 

 polished, greenish-brown ; Buds erect, ovoid, polished brown, base greenish. 



Native of North Wales, the Midlands, and North England ; planted in 

 South Scotland ; rare in Ireland ; the latest flowering. Known as Five-stamened 

 Willow {Gr. pente, five ; aner, andros, a male). 



TEA-LEAVED WILLOW, Salir pinjimfolia. 



Woods, thickets, waste places near mountain streams. April, May. 



Flowers dioecious, appearing with the leaves ; Male catkins sessile or sub- 

 sessile, ovoid to cylindrical, '-1 in. long, i-f in. broad ; Stamens 2, free, glabrous, 

 anthers yellow, changing to rosy, scales linear-oblong, acute, black, hairy ; 

 Females %-l\ in. long, ^-^ in. broad ; Ovary ovoid-conic, tomentose, style long, 

 stigmas thick, bifid, pedicel shorter than gland ; Fruit a capsule, shortly 

 pedicellate, l~\ in. long, glabrous, silky or cottony, valves re volute, catkins 

 1-2 ins. long. 



Leax!cs alternate, very variable, elliptic-lanceolate to ovate or obovate, acute 



or acuminate, entire or crenate, often downy when young, glabrous when old. 



not wrinkled, shining green above, bluish-glaucous beneath, venation prominent 



on upper surface, not turning black when dried, 1-2;^ ins. long, j-lf in. broad; 



petiole short, villous ; stipules sinall, lanceolate, or absent. 



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