THE CORK WOOJ) FAMILY. 109 



THE CORK=WOOD FAMILY. 



Lciliicriacccc. 



CORK=WOOD. {Plate XXXI X.) 

 Lei t tier ill Floridana. 



FAMILY SHAPE HEIGHT RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Cork^uood. Husky. About 20 /ect. Texas to M issouyi Icln iiary, Miiri.h. 



and Florida. 



Bark: greyish, almost smooth. Young tivii^s : deep red, and covered with a 

 close pubescence. Leaves: simple; alternate, with long, pubescent petioles; oblong 

 or elliptic-lanceolate, mostly pt)inted at both ends; entire, olive-green; lustrous 

 above and densely jjubescent underneath; the mid-vein very prominent. Statni- 

 nate ame/its : long, ascending, their conspicuous bracts covered with a silky to 

 mentum and lined with crimson. Pistillate aments : short. Vrnfes: oblong, 

 growing towards the ends of the twigs. A shrub, or small tree. 



Of this monotypic oenus which intergrades between the bayberries and 

 the willows the cork-wood is liie only representative. In salt marshes it 

 grows and imparts to them a fresh and spring-like air when its baby leaves 

 are unfolding. 



The wood produced by the plant is in weight tlie hglitest known, more 

 so even than cork. 



THE WILLOW FAMILY. 



Salicacccr. 

 Large trees, or shrubs with simple, alternate, stipulate leaves, and 

 which bear diiecious flowers growing iti aments. 



SAGE WILLOW. DWARF GREY WILLOW. 



Seilix tristis. 



T7c>t\'-s : greyish, or almost black. Sl/A//les : earlv falling, small, linear-oblong. 

 Leaves: crowded; one to two inches long with very short, ])ubescent petioles; 

 linear-oblong or oblanceolate, jiointed or blunt at the apex and tapering at the 

 base; entire; green and nearly glabrous above; covered underneath with a dense, 

 white tomentum. Flowers: growing in small, sessile aments and appearing belore 

 the leaves. Pistillate flo7vers : ovoid ; staminate ones with two stamens. Capsule 

 with long beak, recurved. Seeds: tuficd. 



