

68 Salicaceae 



contracted below to the crisped apex, thin 

 transparent, and veined, callosities merely 

 thickenings of the basal margins of the lip. 

 Throughout the region in springy places 

 and wet alpine meadows; flowering toward 

 the end of July. 



SALICACE^ 

 Willow Family 



Trees or shrubs with light wood, brittle 

 twigs, and simple alternate leaves; flowers 

 borne in catkins ; the staminate and pistillate 

 on separate plants, the seed provided with a 

 covering of long, white, silky, hairs. 



Populus bal- A lar S e tree with nearl y smooth 

 samifera L. g r &y bark, reaching a maximum 

 Balsam height of 80 feet ; branches stout, 



Poplar. ascending, the larger buds very 



resinous. Leaves smooth, broadly ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, entire, dark green and 

 shining above, pale beneath, acute or acumi- 

 nate at the apex, rounded or acute at the 



