78. AMENTIFEEiE. 
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U. montana (Stokes in With.). — [r. hollandUa (Mill.)i is a large ami 
rough-leaved form with coflcy growths on the branches, and V. montana 
nititia (Sy.) has 1. shining and giabrons]. Branches large spreading. 
L. broad. Fr. Hoplike.— Woods and hedges. T. III. IV. 
Wyeh Elm. E. S. I. 
Older LXXVIII. AMENTIFER.^:. 
Fl. monoecious or dioecious, rarely perfect. Barren ti. of all 
our jilants in catkins ; sometimes with a membranous pe- 
rianth. Fertile fl. clustered, solitary or in catkins. Ovary with 
one or several cells. Stigmas 1 or more. Fruit as many as 
the ovaries, bony or membranous (or drupaceous in Myrica). 
Albumen usually wanting. Embryo straight or curved, plain. 
Radicle mostly superior. — Young leaves with stipules. 
Subord. I. SALICIKEJ-:. Dioecious. Fl. all in catkins. 
Fr. naked, 2-valved, 1-celled, many-seeded. Seeds erect, 
hairy. 
1. Salix. Catkins consisting of imbricate entire scales. 
Stam. 1—5. Fr. a 1-celled pod with 1 — 2 glands at its 
base. Perianth 0. 
2. PoPULUs. Catkins with slashed scales. Stam. 4 — 30 
from a little oblique cupshaped perianth. Fr. almost 
2-celled, with a cupshaj^ed perianth. 
Subord. II. MYEICE.E. Dioecious. Fl. in catkins. Fr. 
drupaceous surrounded by scales become fleshy and adhe- 
rent to the ovary. 
3. Myeica. Catkins with concave scales. Stam. 4 — !S. 
Stigmas subulaT;e. Drupe 1-celled, 1 -seeded. Perianth 0. 
Subord. III. 7ii,'7'f"ZAYii'^'. Monoecious. Fl. all in catkins. 
Ovary 2-celled, each v/ith 1 ovule. Fr. naked, indehiscent, 
1-celled, 1-seeded. Seeds pendulous, not hairy. 
4. Betula. Scales of the barren catkins ternate, the middk- 
one bearing the stamens. Perianth 0. Scales of the fertile 
catkin 3-lobed,3-llowered, membranous, deciduous. Styles 
2, filiform. Fr. with a membranous margin. 
5. Alnus. Scales of the barren catkins 3-lobed, 3-fiowered. 
Perianth 4-parted. Scales of the fertile catkin ovate, 2- 
tlowered, coriaceous, persistent. Styles 2. Ovary com- 
pressed, 4 minute scales at its base. Fr. not winged. 
1 U. hoUandica(.'yi\\\-), U. major (Sm.) is probably a form of U. glabraxniiin^, 
to which hybrid Dr Moss refers with certainty U. montatm var. nitida Fries excl. 
syn. I.inril., Syme.— A. J. W. 
