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10-12 to the cm. Not #10 (well known in appearance)
Of "' 11-14 none at all poss. except perhaps #'12 but
shape & fl, shortness of petiole v pedicel & our plant
make this unlikely.
Largest lf now 3.5 x 1 cm, dark green valining abov,
very pale belovs with appressed silky hairs on both sides
or upper side almost glabrous (lvs on fruiting twigs
seen glabrous both sides). Lf very like ill of S. alba (G)
Capsule 4mm long, style about .5 mm long shaped
much as in ill of S. alba (G) but does not unlike ill
of S. nigra (G).
Fruiting aments 4-5 cm long, their twigs with 2-4
lvs at base belovs. Last yrs twigs yellowish, becoming
brownish towards tip.
Petioles not more than 2mm. Stipules none.
Best guess now is S. alba L var vitellina Koch G 322
inc (as S. vitellina L) in S. alba L BIVI 575.
See ill (esp good lf lvs) Hough 88-89[6-30-38 No] #12. Big
tree about drive has very yellow twigs from trunk.
Tree north side of drive nearer house no yellow twigs
but lo seem exactly the same as do all willow type
tree found so far.
6-5-38 Salix
No flv fr. North side of drive near road. Last yrs twig
olive-green not yellower as abov. has bright green
both sides (the lower side hardly less so than the upper)
Lowest lvs (on new twigs) oval v rounded at apex,
later lvs come to look exactly like ill S. nigra (G)
with stipules like ill (G). Petioles 2-3mm, hairy
abov. Lf slightly hairy on mid-rib abov & beneath