mOECIA.— DIAKDRIA. 369 



M&e, ciliate ; germens pedicellate, lanceolate, vil 

 Ions ; stigmas subsessile, bifid. 



1IAB. 3 adows and mountain swamp*. Shrub 3 

 ft. high ; branch, pube.?. ; leav. li in. long. 

 . S. repens : stem procumbent ; leaves acute, nearly 

 entire, somewhat downy, glaucous, mostly verv 

 silky beneath ; germens on a long pedicel, lanceo- 

 late, very silky ; styles short ; stigmas bifid. 



HAB. High mountains. Shrub small, usually pro- 

 cumb. — Variable. 



* * Leaves remotely and obtusely serrate. 



. S. conifera : leaves oblong-lanceolate, remotely scr 

 rate, acute, smooth above, tomentose beneath ; 

 stipules lunate, subdentate ; scales lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse, villous ; germens pedicellate, lanceolate, 

 silky ; style bifid ; stigmas 2-lobed. 

 HAB*. Low thickets. April. Shrub 4 — B ft. high; 

 frequently with excresences on the branches. 



0. S. myricoides : leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, ob- 

 tusely serrate, smooth, glaucous beneath ; stipules 

 ovate, acute, serr.de; amenta villous, leafy at the 

 base ; scales lanceolate, villous, (black ;) germens 

 on long pedicels, lanceolate, smooth ; style bind ; 

 stigmas bifid. 



ffAB. Woods. A small shrub; branch, green; 

 young ones purp., smooth. 



1. S. prinuides : leaves oval-oblong, acute, remotely 

 undulate-serrate, smooth, glaucous beneath ; sti- 

 pules semicordato, incisely dentate ; germens pe 

 dice! late, ovate, acuminate, silky; style long; 

 stigmas bilid. 



HAB. Wet thickets, April. A shrub 8— 

 high ; aments early, villous. 



8« t&hcvLor : leaves oblong, rather obtuse, smooth, 

 remotely Semite; glaucous beneath ; stipules deci- 

 duous, lanceolate, serrate ; scales oblong, ncute 

 black,) hairy ; germens snbsessile, lanceolate, to- 

 inentose, style of middling length ; stigmas £-p*rted 



HAD. Lew grounds. April. A small tree ; h n 

 dark brown ; ami Mttf ruther late. 



;. S. angustula : leaves lanceolate, acute, very long, 

 gradually narrowed towards the base, serru' if e 

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