TREES AND SHRUBS 



A deciduous shrub, n-10 ft. ; Branches twiggy, glabrous, shining, olive-green, 

 chestnut, or reddish ; Buds convex, obtuse, silky pubescent, greenish-orange or 

 yellow. 



Native of Britain ; found in Scotland, North England, and North 

 Ireland : many varieties are found, and are sometimes considered as distinct 

 species. 



PURPLE OSIER, SalLv purpurea. 



Marshy places, river-banks, osier beds. March — Maj'. 



Flowers dioecious, lateral on branches of preceding year, appearing before 

 leaves ; Male cntkivs sub-sessile, erect, then spreading or recurved, cylindrical, 

 dense, seldom 1 in. long ; Stamens united into an entire filament, or filament 

 forked, witli a purple-red anther on each bi-anch, scales short, obtuse, green at 

 base, reddish in middle, tipped with purple, brown, or black, hairy or woolly both 

 surfaces ; Females, Ovary sessile, or on pedicel shorter than gland, ovoid, blunt, 

 tomentose, style short or absent, stigmas slender, ovate, purple-red, becoming 

 black ; mixed catkins occur ; Fruit a capsule, ^-^ in. long, broadly ovoid, obtuse, 

 sessile or on pedicel not longer than gland, valves spreading, style short, stigmas 

 entire or cleft. 



Leaves sub-opposite, variable, oblong to linear-lanceolate, or oblong-ovate to 

 obovate-lanceolate, entire at base, upper part eglandular serratulate, glabrous, 

 shining green above, usually somewhat glaucous with bluish bloom beneath, few 

 silky hairs, especially when young, 3-6 ins. long, petioles short, stipules half- 

 ovate or absent. Autumn tints brown to black. 



A deciduous slirub, 5-10 ft. ; Txdgs erect, long, slender, tougii, glabrous, 

 yellow, green, red, or purple ; Buds sub-opposite, long, narrow, fiat, red-violet or 

 shining red to purple-black, one scale, easily detached. 



A doubtful native ; fairly common over England, Ireland, and South 

 Scotland. " American " Weeping Willow is a form of this. 



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