148 AMENTACE^. ISaliz. 



§ 3[ Grise.^, Amenta cylindracea suhbrevia prcecocia, Stam. 2. Germina sessilia v. stipitata fjriseo- 

 sericea. Folia lanceolata serrata, subtus griseo-sericea siccitate nigricantia. Fructices ramis fragili- 

 bus coriice intense amara. Barratt^ mst, t 



12. S.petiolaris (Sm.); foliis lanceolaiis serratis junioribus griseis subtus pilis brevi- 

 bus sericeisj ovariis stipitatis ovato-lanceolatis valde sericeis, stigmatis subsessilis lobis 

 bipartitis, squamis villosis stipite vix longioribus. E, Bot t, 1147. Salict, Wob, p, 45. 

 t. S3. Ph. Am. 2. p. 616, 



Hab. Lake Winipeg. Dr Richardson, 



13. S. rosmarinifolia (L.); foliis lineari-lanceolatis sericeis (junioribus praecipue) 

 integerrimis v. paucidentatis dentibus niinutis glandulosis, amentis brevibus oblongis 

 curvatis laxis, germinibus stipitatis sericeis lanceolato-acuminatis, stylo longitudine stig 

 matis bipartiti linearis, squamis brevibus villosis. E, Bot. t 1365. SalicL Wob. p, 173. t. 

 87. Ph. Jm. 2. p. 612. 



Hab. Saskatchawan, Dr Richardson. 



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§ 4. ViMTXALES. Amenta cylindrical prcecocia. Germina subsessilia sericea. Folia linearia v. lanceo- 

 lata glabra v. ptibesceniia. Fructices v. Arbusculce, ramis longis flexilibus, 



14. S. vimmalis. L.—E. BoL t. 1898. Salict. Wob. p. 265. t. 133. Ph. Am. 2. p, 608. 



Hab. Canada. Dr Holmes. Mrs Sheppard. 



15. S. purpurea. L — E, Bot. t. 1388. Salict. Wob. p. \. t. 1, Rich. App. p. 37? 



Hab. Cumberland House Fort. Dr Richardson. 



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§ 5. Fkagiles. Amenta cylindrical laxa, acuminata^ cocetanea. Squamce viridi-JlavcB^ pubescentes v. glabrce. 

 Slam. 2-5. Germina glabra. Folia lanceolato-falcata serrata, dentictdata v. integerrima. Barratt^ 

 mst, 



16. S. fragilis. L.—E. Bot L 1807. Salict. Wob. p. 53. t. 27. Rich, App. p. 37. 



Hab, Woody country. Dr Richardson. Labrador. Dr Morrison. 



17. S. 7MCZC?a (Willd.) ; foliis adultis ovato-oblongis tenui-acuminatis basi rotundatis 

 subcoriaceis nitidis glabris stipulisque semiovatis glanduloso-serratis, amentis cylindraceis 

 erectis pedunculatis, stam. 3-5, bracteis oblongis membranaceis, germinibus ovatis acu- 

 minatis stipitatis glabris, stylo breviusculo, stigmatis lobis bifidis. Ph. Am. 2. p. 615. 

 Muhl in A?in. of Bot. 2, t, 5. /. 7. Salict, JVob, p. 63. t. 32.-/3. foliis lanceolatis. 



Hab. Throughout Canada {Mrs Sheppard, Cleghom), from Lake Huron {Dr Todd) to the Saskat- 

 chawan and Jasper's Lake in the Rocky Mountains {Druinmond), and to the Columbia River {Douglas, 

 Scolder, Dr Gai^dner), and as far north as Fort Franklin on the Mackenzie River. Dr Richardson. — This 

 is perhaps one of the most generally diffused of all the Willows in British N. America, and is nearly allied 

 to our European S. pentandra. 



18. S. nigra (Willd.) ; foliis lanceolatis utrinque acutis serrulatis concoloribus glabris 

 junioribus parce ad nervos praecipue puberulis, stipulis exiguis deciduis, amentis elongatis 



