WILLOW I-AMII.Y. 



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Bog Willow 



32. Salix myrtilloides L. 



j/i.i myrtilloides L. Sp. PI. 1019. 175;, 



An erect slender glabrous shrub, i-3 high, the 



t-igs light brown, terete. Leaves oblong, elliptic 

 or somewhat obovate, obtuse or acute at the apex, 

 ;ntire, mostly narrowed at the base, I '-2^' long, 

 j"-S" wide, short-petioled, bright green above, 



ale or glaucous beneath, their margins slightly 



evolute; atnents expanding with the leaves, Icafy- 

 jracted at the base, rather dense, i' or less long, 

 jr the pistillate longer in fruit; scales persistent, 

 sbtuse, slightly villous; stamens 2; filaments gla- 

 irous; style shorter than or equalling the stigmas; 

 capsule oblong-conic, obtuse, glabrous, 2^" long, 

 2-3 times as long as the filiform pedicel which 

 lightly exceeds the scale. 



In bogs, New Brunswick and Quebec to British 

 Columbia, south to New Jersey and Iowa. Also in 

 northern Europe. April-May. 



Salix myrtilloides pedicellaris Anders. Mmi. Sal. 96. 1867. 

 Leaves narrower, oblong-linear or oblanceolate ; pedicels sometimes longer. 



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Range of tl-. 



Salix Uva-ursi Pursh. Bearberry Willow. (Fig. 1205.) 



Sali.r C-.-a-nrsi Pursh. Fl. Am. Sept. 



Cntltri Tuckenn. Am. Jnurn. Sci. 45: 36. 



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A depressed or prostrate glabrous shrub, the 

 terete brown branches 6'-i2' long, diffuse from a 

 deep central root. Leaves obovate or elliptic, ob- 

 tuse or acute at the apex, narrowed at the base, 

 crenulate-denticulate or entire, 4"-io" long, 2"- 

 5" wide, prominently veined, deep green and 

 shining above, pale beneath; petioles i"-2 // long; 

 aments leafy-bracted at the base, dense, about #' 

 long in flower, the pistillate i'-a' long in fruit; 

 scales persistent, obovate, obtuse, densely silky; 

 stamens usually solitary, rarely 2; filaments gla- 

 brous; style short; capsule ovoid-conic, acute, 

 glabrous, very short-pedicelled. 



Labrador and Hudson Bay. south tothr sumnr 

 the mountains of New York and New England 

 May -June. 



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Salix herbacea L. Dwarf Willow. 

 (Fig. 1206.) 



Sa/i.i- herbacea L. Sp. PI. 1018. 1753- 



A depressed matted shrub, with very slender angled 

 twigs i '-6' long, the youngest foliage somewhat 

 pubescent. Mature leaves glabrous, suborbicular, 

 rounded or retuse at the apex, cordate or rounded at 

 the base, thin, crenulate-denticulate all around, finely 

 reticulate-veined, bright green and shining on both 

 sides, 5"-io" in diameter; petioles very slender, 2"- 

 4" long; aments terminating 2-leaved branchlets, 4- 

 lo-flowered, 2 // -4 // long; scales obovate, obtuse, per- 

 sistent, glabrous or nearly so; stamens 2; filaments 

 glabrous; style rather longer than the 2-cleft stigmas; 

 capsule narrowly conic, glabrous, nearly sessile. 



Labrador and Quebec, through arctic America, 

 the White Mountains of New Hampshire and Ml. Katah- 

 din, Maine. Also in Europe and Asia. Summer. 



