Description of Native Shrubs 
178. Dwarf Chestnut. Chinquapin. (Castanea pumila.) 
LEAF: 3-5’, simple, alternate, elliptical, sharply serrate, whit- 
ish-downy beneath. FLOWER: staminate (8-20 stamens, calyx 
about 6-lobed) in slender, pendent catkins, 2’-3' long ; pistillate 
about 3-clustered, forming ovoid prickly mass; flowering after 
leaves ; nut single, hardly half as large as common chestnut. 
New Jersey, south and west ; shrub or low tree. 
179. Long-leaved Willow. (Salix longifolia.) 
LEAF: 2-4’, simple, alternate, very sparingly serrate, very nar- 
row, base and apex tapering ; near water; 2°-20° high. (PI. X.) 
180. Glaucous Willow. (Salix discolor.) 
LEAF: 2-5’, simple, alternate, serrate except near base and 
apex, long-obovate or oblong, apex pointed, with a bloom beneath 
when mature ; 7°-15° high; shrub or low tree. 
181. Hoary Willow. Sage Willow. (Salix candida.) 
LEAF: 2'-4', simple, alternate, entire, or slightly serrate at 
apex, narrow, apex tapering, very white-downy beneath ; older 
shoots red; newer whitened; 2°-6° high. New Jersey, west and 
south. 
182. Prairie Willow. (Salix humilis.) 
LEAF: 2-4’, simple, alternate, entire (edge sometimes rolled 
under), long-obovate, apex sharp, or obovate, apex blunt, downy 
beneath ; leaf-stem distinct ; open ground, poor soil; 3°-8° high. 
(Pl. X.) 
183. Dwarf Gray Willow. (Salix tristis.) 
LEAF: 1-2’, simple, alternate, entire, narrow, broader at 
top, apex pointed, whitish-woolly beneath, and also above when 
young, thick, almost stemless ; stipules very small, falling early ; 
1°-1'%4° high. (Pl. X.) 
184. Silky Willow. Gray Willow. (Salix sericea.) 
LEAF: 2-3, simple, alternate, finely and evenly serrate, lance- 
shaped, narrow, graytsh-sil/ky beneath when young, black when 
dry ; 6°-8° high. 
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