612 DICLINIA AMENTAGER, Salix. 
- .. Icon. Engl. bot. 1359. ; 
* - On the banks of rivers and in willow grounds; intro- 
<- duced from Europe. h. March, April. v.v. It is 
cultivated on account of its exceeding tough branches 
_ for the use of making baskets. 
rosmarinifo- 15, S. foliis strictis lineari-lanceolatis utrinque acutis integer- 
lia. rimis margine subglandulosis supra decidno-pubescenc 
tibus, subtus sericeis, stipulis exiguis lanceolatis erec- 
tis, amentis pracocibus ovatis recurvatis, squamis 
oblongis obtusis ciliatis, germinibus pedicellatis lan- 
ceolatis villosis, stigmatibus subsessilibus bifidis,— 
Wiild. sp. pl.4. p. 679. 
Icon. Engl. bot. 1365. ee 
. In wet meadows and mountain swamps: Pensylvania to 
Carolina. h. March, April. v.v. Not above three 
feet high. This species, though mentioned as a British 
plant in the Flora Britannica, is decidedly of Ameri- 
can origin; as both sexes have been introduced from 
that country by G. Anderson, Esq. It hasa great re- 
semblance in general character to S. recurvata, but the 
| vernatio equitans removes them far from one another. 
fuscata. 16. S. foliis obovato-lanceolatis acutis glabris subserratis sub- 
: . tus glaucis, junioribus pubescentibus, stipulis exiguis, 
amentis precocibus nutantibus, squamis obtusis intus 
vix pilosis, zerminibus brevi-pedicellatis ovatis sericeis, 
, Stigmatibus sessilibus bilobis. 
In low overflowed grounds, on the banks of rivers: 
New York to Pensylvania. h. March, April. v.v. 
Branches of the preceding year covered with a dark 
brown or black tomentum, 
- *** Foliis remote obtuseque serratis. — 
s. @onifera. 17. S. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis remote serratis acutis supra 
í glabris subtus planis tomentosis, annotinis glabris, sti- 
pulis lunatis subdentatis, amentis przecocibus diandris, 
squamis lanceolatis obtusis villosis, germinibus pedicel- 
atis lanceolatis sericeis, stylo bifido, stigmatibus bi- 
lobis.—JFilld. sp. pl. 4. p.705. — 
S. longirostris, Mich. fl. amer. 2. p. 226. - | +i 
Icon. Wangh. amer. t.31. f. 72. — E 
In shady woods on gravelly dry soil: New York to Ca- 
rolina. h, April. v.v. The cone-like excrescence - 
at the end of the branches, occasioned by an insect, 
is not unfrequently found on other species belonging 
