612; 



rosmarintfo' 

 lia. 



fuscata. 



DICLINIA AMENTACE*. Salix. 



Icon. Engl. lot. \35g. 



On the banks of rivers and in willow grounds 5 intro- 

 duced from Europe. 1^ . March, April, v. v. It is 

 cultivated on account of its exceeding tough branches 

 for the use of making baskets. 



15. S. foliis stiictis llneari-lanceolatisutrinque acutis integer- 



rimis margine subglandulosis supra deciduo-pubescen- 

 tibus, subtus sericeis, stipulis exiguis lanceolatis erec- 

 tis, amentis praecocibus ovatis recurvatis, squamis 

 oblongis obtusis ciliatis, germinibus pedicellatis lan- 

 ceolatis villosis, stigmatibus subsessilibus bifidis. — 

 Wiiid. sp. pi. 4. p. 679. 



Icon. Engl. hot. 1365. 



In wet meadows and mountain swamps : Pensylvania to 

 Carolina, Tj • 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 has a great re- 

 semblance in general character to S. recurvata, but the 

 vernatio equitans removes them far from one another. 



16. S. foliis obovato-lanceolatis acutis glabris subserratis sub- 



tus glaucis, junioribus pubescentibus, stipulis exiguis, 

 amentis praecocibus nutantibus, squamis obtusis intus 

 vix pilosis, germinibus brt-vi-pedicellatis ovatis sericeis, 

 stigmatibus sessilibus bilobis. 

 In low overflowed grounds, on the banks of rivers : 

 Kew York to Pensylvania. fj . March, April, v. v. 

 Branches of the preceding year covered with a dark 

 brown or black tomentum. 



*** Foliis remote oltuseque serratis, 



tonifera. 17. S. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis remote serratis acutis supra 



glabris subtus planis tomentosis, annotinis glabris, sti- 

 pulislunatis snbdentatis, amentis praecocibus diandris, 

 squamis lanceolatis obtusis villosis, germinibus pedicel- 

 latis lanceolatis sericeis, stylo bifido, stigmatibus bi- 

 lobis.— /^i//af. sp. pi. 4. p. 705. 



S. longirostris. Mich. ft. amer. 2. p. 226. 



Icon, IVangh. amer. t.Zl.f.yi. 



In shady woods on gravelly dry soil : New York to Ca- 

 rolina, P2 • 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 



