THE PUSSY 



3 Mature pi-.tillate flower 



WILLOW (Salix discolor) 



On staminate trees the catkins turn yellow by the ripening of the pollen in the anthers. On pistillate trees the catkins 

 are made up of pistils, each on a silky, entire scale. In late spring these matured pistils form beaked, 2-valved pods. The seeds 

 are minute, and each has a silkv float 



