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SALICACEAE 



SALIX 



Stameus five lucida 



Stamens two 1 



1 Capsules glabrous 2 



1 Capsules pubescent or silky 4 



2 Dwarf, prostrate or spreading alpine shrub Uva-ursi 



2 Erect shrubs, not alpine 3 



3 Leaves lanceolate cordata 



3 Leaves elliptic or ovate balsamifera 



4 Leaves tomentose beneath Bebbiana 



4 Leaves silky beneath sericea 



4 Leaves glaucous beneath ^ discolor 



Salix lucida Muhl. 



Shining willow. Glossy willow 



Margins of streams and lakes. Common. June. Two forms occur 

 in one of which the leaves are 12 to 18 lines wide, in the other, 6 to 10. 



Salix Uva-ursi Fnrsh 

 Bearberry willow 

 Summit of Mt Mclntyre and Mt Wright. June. 



Salix cordata Muhl. 

 Heart leaved willow 

 Margins of streams and lakes. Scarce. Round lake. May and June. 



Salix balsamifera {Hook.) Barratt 



Balsam willow 



Near the southeast shore of Mirror lake and near the south end of 



Lake Placid. May. The margin of the leaves and the lower surface 



do not agree rigidly with the description ot the balsam willow leaves, 



but in other respects the characters of the species are well shown. 



Salix Bebbiana Sarg. 



S. rostrata Richardson 



Bebb's willow. Beaked willow 



This is the prevailing willow in North Elba and in many other parts 

 of the Adirondacks. It is very variable in its foliage and general 

 appearance and not very particular as to its habitat. It grows in wet or 



