Trees; a handbook of forest-botany for the woodlands and the laboratory . slightestmovement of the air. See p. 264. ## Venation pinnate-looped and reticu-late, not pseudo-palmate; prominentbelow and the leaf rugose. Teetfysmall, crenate-serrate. Shoots nodose. -r Shoots pubescent, but not velvety ortomentose; foods glabrous. 8 Leaves usually at least 6 cm. long,more or less ovate, and glabrousabove. Salix Caprea, L. Goat Willow, Sallow (Fig. 91).Shrub with grey or silvery shoots and foliage. Leavesbroad, elliptic to rounded ovate, or oblong; or more or lessrounded oblong to oblong-obovate or o
Trees; a handbook of forest-botany for the woodlands and the laboratory . slightestmovement of the air. See p. 264. ## Venation pinnate-looped and reticu-late, not pseudo-palmate; prominentbelow and the leaf rugose. Teetfysmall, crenate-serrate. Shoots nodose. -r Shoots pubescent, but not velvety ortomentose; foods glabrous. 8 Leaves usually at least 6 cm. long,more or less ovate, and glabrousabove. Salix Caprea, L. Goat Willow, Sallow (Fig. 91).Shrub with grey or silvery shoots and foliage. Leavesbroad, elliptic to rounded ovate, or oblong; or more or lessrounded oblong to oblong-obovate or oblong-lanceolate, 6 9 cm. (3—7 x 2—5 cm., or even up to 10—14 x b—10 cm.) long. Obtuse or acute, or acuminate with slightlyoblique point, and may be slightly cordate or attenuatebelow. Margin crenate, or almost entire, more or lessundulate and recurved. Young leaves silky-velvety, be- 256 SALLOW coming glabrous or glabrescent, darker green, and rugoseabove; white or bluish hoary or tomentose beneath, withcrisp not silky down, and prominent reticulate Fig. 91. Sallow, Salix Caprea, p. 255 (Ett). Petiole short, 1—2 cm., more or less tomentose. Stipulesusually large, oblique reniform dentate, deciduous. Budsat length smooth. Autumn leaves yellow to brown. Venation like that of S. nigricans, 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 abo
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