Description of Native Shrubs 
192. Silver-fruited Willow. (Salix argyrocarpa.) 
LEAF: 1'~2’, simple, alternate, irregularly round-toothed, lance- 
shaped, base tapering, beneath long-shining-hairy when young ; 
“whole plant when young with a glossy satiny lustre.” Alpine 
ravines of White Mountains ; 1°-2° high. 
193. Balsam Willow. (Salix balsamifera.) 
LEAF: I'-2', simple, alternate, somewhat ovate, base com- 
monly cordate and broadly rounded ; leaf-stem about 4’ long. 
Maine, and west. 
fi" 194. Common Juniper. (Juniperus communis.) 
Lear: ¥%'-3', prickly, stiff, 3-whorled, spreading, whitened 
above, green below. FLOWER: staminate and pistillate usually 
on different plants, in very short or ovoid catkins; no calyx nor 
corolla ; fruit berry-like, blackish, 4%’ or more in diameter; ‘‘ ev- 
ergreen,” usually in low broad clumps (2°-3°), sometimes in py- 
ramidal form (6°-8°). New Jersey, north and west. (PI. X.) 
195. Alpine Juniper. (Juniperus communis, var. alpina.) 
Much like 194, but with leaves much shorter and less spreading ; 
plant prostrate. Maine, and shores of Great Lakes. 
196. Prostrate Juniper. (Juniperus Sabina, var. procumbens.) 
Much like 194, but leaves chiefly opposite, and of two forms: 
sharp-pointed, as in 194, and flat, scale-like and appressed to 
stem, as in arborvite ; fruit as in red cedar, but larger and droop- 
ing; plant prostrate or creeping. Maine, and west along Great 
Lakes. 
197. American Yew. Ground Hemlock. (Taxus cana- 
densis. ) 
LEAF: %'-24’, narrow, flat, stiff, evergreen, green both sides, 
2-ranked on branch (as in hemlock, but larger). FLOWER: stam- 
inate in small globular catkins; pistillate, single; no calyx nor 
corolla; April, May; fruit red, like a pea. New Jersey, west 
and north; straggling bush, often in large clumps; 2° -3° high. 
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