. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Salix Uva-ursi Pursh. Bearberry Willow. Fig. 1477. Salix Uva-ursi Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 610. 1814. Salix Cutleri Tuckerm. Am. Journ. Sci. 45 : 1843. A depressed or prostrate glabrous shrub, the terete brown branches 6'-i2' long, diffuse from a deep central root. Leaves obovate or elliptic, ob- tuse or acute at the apex, narrowed at the base, crenulate-denti
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Salix Uva-ursi Pursh. Bearberry Willow. Fig. 1477. Salix Uva-ursi Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 610. 1814. Salix Cutleri Tuckerm. Am. Journ. Sci. 45 : 1843. A depressed or prostrate glabrous shrub, the terete brown branches 6'-i2' long, diffuse from a deep central root. Leaves obovate or elliptic, ob- tuse or acute at the apex, narrowed at the base, crenulate-denticulate, 4"-io" long, 2"-s" wide, prominently veined, deep green and shining above, pale beneath; petioles i"-2" long; aments on short leafy branches, dense, about ¥ long in flower, the pistillate 1-2' long in fruit; bracts persistent, obo- vate, obtuse, densely silky; stamens usually solitary, rarely 2; filaments glabrous; style short; capsule Ovoid-conic, acute, glabrous, very short-pedicelled. Labrador and Hudson Bay to Alaska, south to the summits of the mountains of New York and New Eng- land. May-June. Salix myrtillifolia Anders., of high boreal regions, differs in having nearly erect branches and larger leaves. 28. Salix herbacea L. Dwarf Willow. Herb- like Willow. Fig. 1478. Salix herbacea L. Sp. PI. 1018. 1753. A depressed matted shrub, with very slender angled twigs 1'-6' long, the youngest foliage somewhat pubes- cent. Mature leaves glabrous, suborbicular, rounded or retuse at the apex, cordate or rounded at the base, thin, crenulate-denticulate all around, finely reticulate-veined, bright green and shining on both sides, s"-io" in diam- eter; petioles very slender, 2"-$" long; aments termi- nating 2-leaved branchlets, 4-10-flowered, 2"-^" long; bracts obovate, obtuse, persistent, glabrous or nearly so; stamens 2; filaments glabrous; style rather longer than the 2-cleft stigmas; capsule narrowly conic, glabr
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