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2(110. S. BALSA.MIFERA, Barratt. ( 1 'ear-leaved Willow.) 

 S. pyrifolia,) Anders. 

 Peat bogs and mountain sides. Rare. Mer Bleue, by the Gas 



Spring. King's Mountain, west slope (J.F.) Patterson's Creek, 

 (./. M. Macoun } ) Young leaves thin, of a rich reddish colour, 

 afterwards pale green above and glaucous beneath, loug-pctioled, 

 rigid. Capsules glabrous. 



2012. S. CANDIDA, Willd (Hoary Willow. Red-flowered Willow.) 

 A beautiful bush with silvery leaves found in peat bogs. Leaves 

 lanceolate to linear lanceolate, margins revolute, downy above and 

 densely so below Styles and anthers crimson. Young shoots and 

 capsules densely tomentose 



2015. S. CORDATA. Muhl. (Heart-leaved Willow.) 



A very variable species. Leaves on young vigorous shoots, rounded 

 or cordate at base, on flowering shoots tapering ; green both sides, 

 soon becoming smooth. Stipules reniform or ovate, serrate, usually 

 large. Sterile catkins, with a few bracts at base, fertile leafy- 

 peduucled. rather slender. 2-3 inches long. Capsules long-pedieelled 

 smooth. (B). Vicinity of Ottawa (./. Macoun) The Little Chaudiere 

 and along the Gatineau (./. F) 



var. ANGUSTATA, Gray. (Narrow-leaved Willow ) 



" This variety includes those forms with long narrow leaves, which, 

 were it not for the fruit, would be considered quite distinct from 

 S. cordata. (J. MtuJbun.) Islands above Chaudiere, (B. Billings I 

 20111. S. DISCOLOR, Muhl. (Glaucous Willow ) 



Our most abundant and earliest willow. A large bush, leaves 

 smooth, glaucous beneath. Flowers large and showy, appearing 

 before the leaves. (B.) 



var. eriooephala, Anders. 



Catkin.- more densely-flowered and more silky. St. Louis Dam. 

 Ironsides. Billings Bridge. 



2024. S. BUMILIS, Marshall. Prairie Willow. 



A low shrub, varying much in the size and shape of the haves. 

 Leaves oblanceolate, distinctly petioled, downy above, beneath 

 glaucous, rough-veined and softly tomentose, the margin revolute, 



