258 WOODY PLANTS OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



times very entire, oftener furnished with one or two conspicuous teeth near the 

 base. Aments preceding the leaves ; the male scarce an inch long ; female 

 an inch, cylindrical-oblong, obtuse. Scales lanceolate, very villous. Ovaries 

 lanceolate, villous. Style elongate. Stigmas four, cylindrical. — Willdenow, 

 Sp. pi., IV, 705. 



This willow occurs very abundantly within, and on the bor- 

 ders of both dry and moist woods, in most parts of the State. 

 It is a shrub from two or three to nine or ten feet high. Flow- 

 ers about the 15 — 20 of April, ripens its capsules in May. 



Group Second. The Two Colored Willows. Discolores. Borrer. 



Aments oval or cylindrical, preceding the leaves, smooth, silky 

 or woolly, destitute of floral leaves at the base. Scales turning 

 black ; stamens two, free or united, expanding first at the end 

 of the ament. Ovaries stalked, somewhat j>ubcscent. Leaves 

 somewhat coriaceous, deciduous, serrate or denticulate, smooth 

 and shining above, glaucous and pubescent beneath. Trees or 

 shrubs. — B ar r a tt . 



Sp. 3. The Two Colored Willow. Bog Willow. S. dis- 

 color. Muhlenberg. 



Leaf figured in Annals of Botany, II, Plate 5, fig. 1. 



Leaves oblong, rather obtuse, smooth, remotely serrate, very entire at the 

 apex, glaucous beneath; stipules lanceolate, serrate, deciduous ; aments open- 

 ing nearly with the leaves, diandrous, oblong, downy, scales oblong, acute, 

 black, hairy; ovaries subsessile, lanceolate, downy ; style rather short ; stig- 

 mas two-parted. — Willd., IV, 665. Pursh, II, 613. 



" Stem shrubby, rarely arborescent ; branches dark-colored. Leaves oblong, 

 an inch or an inch and a half in length, rather acute, somewhat narrower at 

 base, remotely serrate, very entire at the apex, smooth on both surfaces, glau- 

 cous beneath. Younger footstalks downy, adult, smooth. Stipules small, 

 lanceolate, serrate, deciduous. Male aments scarce an inch in length, oblong. 

 Filaments white. Anthers red, turning yellow. Female aments an inch long. 

 Scales oblong, acute, villous. Ovaries oblong-lanceolate, hairy. Style mid- 

 dling. Stigma four-cleft."— Willd., IV, 665. 



I have many specimens of leaves and flowers, which Dr. 

 Barratt pronounces to belong to this willow. They do not, 

 however, agree with the description of Pursh or the better de- 

 scription of Willdenow. The leaves are not " rather obtuse," 



