Description of Native Shrubs 



178. Dwarf Chestnut. Chinquapin. (Castanea pumila.) 

 Leaf : s'-s', 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°-i5° high ; shrub or low tree. 



181. Hoary Willow. Sag^e 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. 

 (PI. 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 ; 

 i°-lK° high. (PI. X.) 



184. Silky Willow. Gray Willow. (Salix sericea.) 

 Leaf : 2-3', simple, alternate, finely and evenly serrate, lance- 

 shaped, narrow, grayish-silky beneath when young, black when 

 dry ; 6°-8° high. 



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