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WILLOW. SNAP-WILLOW.)—Roadsides, fields, and meadows, locally nat. in the 
E U.S. Nat. of Eu. 
6. S. alba L. Tree becoming 30 m. tall, the twigs greenish (yellow or bus 
dish En with glabrous leaves in S. alba vitellina; olive n or blui 
S. alba coerulea): leaf-blades pale, or white beneath, lanceolate or ciliptie, 
5-12 em. long, permanently oo in the typical tree: capsule ovoid, 3—5 
mm. long.—( WHITE iens il m-banks, meadows, and roadsides, loeally 
nat. in tem mp. N. A. Nat u. 
7. S. babylonica L. Tree becoming 20 m. tall, the twigs greenish: leaf- 
blades narrowly Te DN to linear-lanceolate, 5- 12 em. long, pud s at 
n Rods ing E ous, E beneath, finely serrate: capsule oid-conic, 
2—3 long arely ler.——(WEEPING-WILLOW. DROOPING: "vuiow.) 
Rd ans edd and about dwellings, locally nat. N. A. Nat 
of Eu. 
8. S. interior Rowlee. Shrub or small tree, the Pu A dis or reddish: leaf- 
blades linear, varying to broadest below the middle above it, remote ly 
ly s j 
e mm. 
long, ues p least in maturity. ([S. dc Muhl.]—(SANDBAR- 
WILLOW.  RIVER-BANK  WILLOW.)—Alluvial soil, river-banks, and islands, 
various a. "Tenn. to La., Man., Que., and Del. 
S. cordata Muhl. Shrub sometimes 5 m. tall, the twigs EL more or 
less grayish-pubescent: Beo EE elliptic- aoe or narrowly elliptic 
(linear-lancceolate in ordata angustata), 5-11 cm. m or larger on 
ae acuminate, serr M peser sis eous when DE green, pale or 
somewhat glar cous beneath: capsule ovoid-conie, 5-7 ong, 
beaked, abrupt ly n d or somewhat rounded at the o 'short- Belen 
[S. missouriensis Bebb.]— x xA -LEAVED WILLOW.)—Wet soil and P 
Dine. Ala. to Okla., Calif., B. C., Ont., and N. B. 
S. Chapmanii Small Shrub or small tree, the twigs purple, sometimes 
n. pubescent: leaf-blades d ae Or aye eae -lanceolate or ovate-lanceo- 
late, 5-8 em. long or larger, on twigs, acute rate, very glaucous beneath: 
capsule conic, 7-9 mm. long, stout- beaked, a at the turgid base.—River- 
banks and wet mod. Coastal Plain, N Fla. and S Ga. 
11. S. petiolaris J. E. Smith. Shrub often 4 m. tall, the twigs a esa 
leaf-blades lanceolate, narrowly elliptic, or linear- elliptic 4-7 em. long, 
acuminate at both ends, finely serrate, sparingly sericeous when young: p 
sule slender-conie, or ovoid- ellipsoid below the beak, 5-8 ong, or rarely 
smaller, pubescent.— (RoSEMARY-WILLOW.)—Swamps and low grounds, various 
provinces, Tenn. to Mass. iu N. B. 
19. S. sericea Marsh. Shrub sometimes becoming 4 m. tall, the twigs purple 
or purplish, finely m É blades pap often "narrowly so, nar- 
rowl elliptic, or broadly lin 5-10 em. long, or acuminate, finely 
eaves ade usly sericeous especially when young: ca ee ule short-conic, ovoid- 
con void-oblong, 3—4 ong, pubese scent.— (SILK pa LLOW.)—Wet 
hillsides, EI and stream- ‘banks, various provinces, N. C. to Mich. and 
13. S. discolor Muhl. Shrub or small tree, the twigs purple or grayish n 
slightly pubescent when young: leaf- blades ee elliptic-lanceolate, 
ovate-lanceolate, or obovate, 5-10 em. long, or larger on shoots, glabrous, i 
