Trees; a handbook of forest-botany for the woodlands and the laboratory . but usually moreprominent beneath and sunk above, and the leaf ellipticalor rounded ovate and broader. There are no stomataabove. [8. Caprea, var. cinerea, has usually narrower lanceolate-obovate leaves, tapering below, and about 5—12 x 2—5cm.; but they vary to oblong or oblong-obovate to obovate; EARED WILLOW 257 or elliptic- to oblong-lanceolate; acute or shortly acumi-nate, and more tomentose shoots, buds and leaves, thelatter especially grey-tomentose or reddish on old leavesbeneath. Venation as in 8. Caprea and even
Trees; a handbook of forest-botany for the woodlands and the laboratory . but usually moreprominent beneath and sunk above, and the leaf ellipticalor rounded ovate and broader. There are no stomataabove. [8. Caprea, var. cinerea, has usually narrower lanceolate-obovate leaves, tapering below, and about 5—12 x 2—5cm.; but they vary to oblong or oblong-obovate to obovate; EARED WILLOW 257 or elliptic- to oblong-lanceolate; acute or shortly acumi-nate, and more tomentose shoots, buds and leaves, thelatter especially grey-tomentose or reddish on old leavesbeneath. Venation as in 8. Caprea and even more promi-nent, and rugose. The margins are usually undulate andserratulate and the lamina pubescent above. Petiole pu-bescent, dilated below, and about 1 cm. long. Stipuleslarge, half-reniform, toothed, and long persistent on strongshoots. No upper stomata.] 8 8 Leaves usually small, about 2—5cm. long, obovate, greyish pubes-cent above. Stipules large. Salix aurita, L. Eared Willow (Fig. 92). Shrub withvillous shoots and grey foliage. Leaves softer and smaller. Fig. 92. Eared Willow, Salix aurita, p. ii. 17 258 EARED WILLOW : ALDER than in S. Caprea, 3—4 cm. long (2—7 x 1—3 cm.); andobovate or oblong-obovate, but may be oblong to sub-rotund ; cuneiform below, acute, obliquely cuspidate orobtuse. Edges slightly revolute, wavy, toothed, crenate ornearly entire. Dull grey green and downy above, andmuch wrinkled; grey or bluish tomentose, and stronglyyellowish reticulate beneath. Petiole 4—8 mm. long, sub-tomentose. Stipules large, half-cordate, often toothed,and persistent. Buds smooth. Autumn leaves yellow. Venation like that of S. Caprea, but leaves moreobovate. There are no stomata above. tt Leaves not tomentose or velvety hoarybeneath ; glabrescent or glabrous. © Venation strict-pinnate, t/ie secondariesrunning straight to the teeth of the bi-serrate margin. Leaves broad, more orless glandular viscid, and buds resinousor viscid. n Leaf deep green, broa
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