. Selected western flora : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta . Botany; Botany; Botany. 26 SELECTED WESTERN FLORA 1. SALIX. Willow. Sterile flowers generally of 2 more or less distinct stamens, with 1 or 2 small glands at the base; fertile flowers a single pistil with 2 stigmas "or one 2-lobed stigma and a gland at the base. Trees or shrubs with long, supple branches, long, pointed and entire leaves, and catkins usually appearing before the leaves. i^SSriSfc-i. Fig. 15. — Catkins of a Willow. A staminate flower is shown at s, and a pistillate flower at p. The stami- nate" and pistillate
. Selected western flora : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta . Botany; Botany; Botany. 26 SELECTED WESTERN FLORA 1. SALIX. Willow. Sterile flowers generally of 2 more or less distinct stamens, with 1 or 2 small glands at the base; fertile flowers a single pistil with 2 stigmas "or one 2-lobed stigma and a gland at the base. Trees or shrubs with long, supple branches, long, pointed and entire leaves, and catkins usually appearing before the leaves. i^SSriSfc-i. Fig. 15. — Catkins of a Willow. A staminate flower is shown at s, and a pistillate flower at p. The stami- nate" and pistillate are on different plants. Fig. 10. — Sallx amygdaloides. II Fig. it. — Salix longi- folia. 1. S. amygdaloides, Anders. Peach-leaved Willow. Leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, pale beneath, petioles slender, stipules deciduous; fertile catkins loose in fruit. A large, rough-barked tree'. Sandy shores, 2. S. longifdlia, Muhl. Sand Bar Willow. Leaves long and narrow, tapering at each end, more or less hairy when young, smooth and green when older; stipules small, deciduous; catkins slender, usually clustered at the ends of the branches. A shrub spreading extensively from the roots, forming dense thickets. Sandy shores or alluvial flats, 3. S. Candida, Flilggo. Sage Willow. Leaves oblong to lanceolate, somewhat rigid, downy above when young and densely tomentose beneath, the margin almost entire and turned under; catkins cylindrical, densely flowered; style and stamens red; capsule densely white-woolly. A low shrub with hoary leaves, the young shoots white- woolly, becoming red when older. Cold bogs, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hales, B. J. (Benjamin Jones), 1868-1945. Toronto : Macmillan Company of Canada
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