. Botany for high schools and colleges. Botany. 486 BOTANY. Order Salicaceee.—The Willow Family. Dioecious trees and sbrubs with naked flowers—, the perianth wanting. The species, of which there are 180, are principally found in the North Temperate and Arctic Zones; beyond the tropics they are rare, and none occur in Figs. 884-9.—Illustbations op Saux Fig. 386. Fig. 387. Fig. 384.—Male catkin and separate flower. Fig. 388. Magnified. Fig. 385.—Female catkin. Fig. 386.—Female flower. Fig. 387.—Cross-section of ovary. Magnified. Fig. 888.—Eipe fmit and seed. Magnified. Fig. 389.—Em
. Botany for high schools and colleges. Botany. 486 BOTANY. Order Salicaceee.—The Willow Family. Dioecious trees and sbrubs with naked flowers—, the perianth wanting. The species, of which there are 180, are principally found in the North Temperate and Arctic Zones; beyond the tropics they are rare, and none occur in Figs. 884-9.—Illustbations op Saux Fig. 386. Fig. 387. Fig. 384.—Male catkin and separate flower. Fig. 388. Magnified. Fig. 385.—Female catkin. Fig. 386.—Female flower. Fig. 387.—Cross-section of ovary. Magnified. Fig. 888.—Eipe fmit and seed. Magnified. Fig. 389.—Embryo. Magnified. Australia and the South Pacific Islands. They contain a bitter astrin- gent principle useful in medicine as a febrifuge. Two genera only are known. Salix verminalis, S. purpurea, S. caproea, and other species of the Old World, are cultivated for 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 Bessey, Charles E. (Charles Edwin), 1845-1915. New York : H. Holt
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