. The commonly occuring wild plants of Canada, and more especially of the province of Ontario : a flora for the use of beginners. Botany; Botany; Plants. Fiff. 63. 56. Willow. The flowers of most kinds of Willow appear in spring or early summer, before the leaves. They grow from the axils in long close clusters called catkins or aments. Collect a few of these from the same ^^o;s3^f«-f tree or shruh. You will find them to be exactly alike. If the first one you examine is covered with yellow stamens (Fig. 63), all the rest will likewise consist of sta- mens, and you will search in vain for any a
. The commonly occuring wild plants of Canada, and more especially of the province of Ontario : a flora for the use of beginners. Botany; Botany; Plants. Fiff. 63. 56. Willow. The flowers of most kinds of Willow appear in spring or early summer, before the leaves. They grow from the axils in long close clusters called catkins or aments. Collect a few of these from the same ^^o;s3^f«-f tree or shruh. You will find them to be exactly alike. If the first one you examine is covered with yellow stamens (Fig. 63), all the rest will likewise consist of sta- mens, and you will search in vain for any appearance of a pistil. If, on the other hand, one of your catkins is evidently destitute of stamens, and consists of oblong pis- tils (Fig. G4), then all the others will in like manner be found to be without stamens. Unlike our Cu- cumber plant, the stami nate and pistillate flowers of the Willow are borne Fig. 64. on different plants. These flowers are therefore said to be diacious. As a general thing, staminate and pistil- late catkins will be found upon trees not far apart. Procure one of each kind, and examine first the stami- nate one. You will probably find the stamens in pairs. Follow any pair or filaments down to their insertion, and observe that they spring from the axil of a minute bract (Fig. G5). These bracts are the scales of the catkin. There is no appearance of either calyx or corolla, and the flowers are therefore said to be achlamy- deouSy that is, without a covering. Now look Fig. 65 at the fertile catkin. Each pistil will, Hke. 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 Spotton, H. B. (Henry Byron), 1844-1933. Toronto : W. J. Gage
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