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2. S. CA'NDIDA. Willd. 



Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, very long, obscurely serrulate at the 

 summit, pubescent above, hoary-tomentose beneaih, revolute on the margin ; 

 Slipulfs lanceolate, as long as the petioles ; a7ftt«;5'cylin(iric ; scales obovate, 

 obtuse, very long, hairy; stigntas 2-lobed. A beaatifiil species in shady 

 woods. Stems 4^G feet high. Leaves 8 — 12 inches long, 1 — 2 wide. 

 Catkins dense, white with dense wool. Styles and stigmas daik red, ^ inch 

 in length. April. May. IVhite Willuw. 



3. S. MuHLEBERGIA'NA. Wllld. S. alpina. Walt. 

 Leaves lanceolate, subacute, entire, hoary-pubescent, lugosely veined 



beneath, revolute on the margin; stipules lanceolate, deciduous; aments 

 diandrous ; scales oblong, villous on the margin; ovaries ovoid-lanceolate, 

 silky-viliose, raised on long pedicels; style short; stigmas \nfid. A shrub, 

 3 — 5 feet high, erect or procumbent, in dry woods. Branches greenish- 

 yellow, punctate with black dots. Scales of the aments while, tipped with 

 red. Anthers purple and yellow. April. Muhltabcig's JVilloio. 



4. S. PEDICELLA'RI3. 



Branches smooth ; leaves obovate ,ianceolate, acute, very entire, smooth and 

 of the same color both sides; sti/iulesO; uinenls pedunculate, very smooth ; 

 scales oblong, obtuse, scarcely hairy ; ovaries oblong-ovoid, en pedicels twice 

 as lonir as the scales ; stigmas sessile, bilid. A slirub native of mountains, 

 Vt. aifd N. Y. April. 



5. S. ROSTRA'TA. Rick. 



Crunches erect, straight, pubescent, at length smooth ; tcnvrs broadly or 

 obovate-lauceolate, acute, subentire, at length coriaceous, smooth above, 

 glaucous pubescent beneath ; stipules semicordate, dentate ; aments short, 

 cylindric, dense, the feitile ones becoming very long and loose ; scales oh\ong, 

 n:embranous, liairy at the apex; ovaiies narrow-lanceolate, silky, long- 

 acuiiiinate, on very long pedicels ; styles very short ; stigmas lobed, the lobes 

 bitid or entire. Shrub or small tree b; — lU feet lus^h. Bark of the trunk dark- 

 colored, of the branches yellov\r. Margins of streams, Vt. 



6. S. Uva-Ursi. 



Strm prostrate ; leaves obovate-spathulate, obtuse, entire, sprinkled with 

 glandular dots near the margin beneath, smooth and sl'.ining above ; aments 

 loose, colemporary with the leaves; sca'es obiong, ciiiale ; ovaries ovoid, 

 smooth, pedicellate; style h'l^d; stigmas '2-\ohed. May. 



* * Leaves remotely and obtusely serrate. 



7. S. COMI'FERA. iVaugh. S. longirostris. Jilx. 

 Leaves oblong- lanceolate, acute, smooth above, tomentose beneath ; stipvles 



lunate, subdentate ; amciU.-: \ivi'co^Aous. diandrous; scales lanceolate, obtuse, 

 villous; evaries pedlceliale, hmceolate. silky; si yes long, bifid; stigma 

 2-lobed. A shrub in dry soils, 4 — S feet high, wilii brown twigs. On the 

 endsof these, cone-like e.\crescences are often produced by the punctures of 

 insects. Aments coveied with very hairy scales, appearing before the leaves 

 in April. Cone-gall JVilloic. 



8. S. DI'SCOLOR. 



Leaves oblong, rather obt>ise, smooth, entire at the end, glancous beneath; 

 Jiti^uiw lanceolate, serrate, deciduous ; amt/ifi- cotempnrary v^itii the leaves, 

 oblong, ddwny, diandrous ; sc«/<\s oblong, acute, bl.tck, hairy ; onirics sessile, 

 downy ; st'<rm.as 2-parted. A shrub, in swampy grounds, 6 — 10 feet high, 

 ■with tough, brown tvi'igs, sometimes used in basket making. April. 



Bjg Uuiiow. American Basket JV.llow. 

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