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LONG-LEAVED WILLOW. 
base, and as well as the hairy, broad, cuneate, serrated 
scales, are of a bright golden-yellow. 
The female plant, at the time of flowering, appears 
to have smaller leaves than the male, and those on the 
branches which bear the catkin, are green on both sur- 
faces for a considerable time; they are also but little 
acuminated: 5 or 6 leaves with their appropriate sti- 
pules grow out on the same branch, which terminates 
in a female spike. The scales of the catkin or spike 
are oblong or lance-oblong, and less hairy than in the 
staminiferous catkin. The germ is lanceolate, pedi- 
cellate and smooth, acuminated and terminated by a 
short bifid style, with 2 pubescent bifid stigmas. The 
capsule is likewise smooth, and contains seeds with a 
very long pappus, as abundant almost as on a seed of 
cotton. 
The wood is whitish and close-grained, and might 
probably be employed for the same purposes as that of 
the White Poplar, but the nearly uninhabited state of the 
country in Or agon, prevents the possibility of making 
any useful experiments. As an ornamental and hardy 
tree, however, it stands pre-eminent among all its fra- 
ternity, and well deserves to be introduced into pleasure 
grounds, where it would be perfectly hardy as far north 
as New York, or in any part of Great Britain. 
Plate XVII. 
A twig and leaf of the natural size. a. The female catkin. 
b. The male catkin, c. The male flower and scale of the catkin. 
d. The open capsule. 
