6l% DICLINIA AMENTACE^. Sal'iX. 



Icon. £«0^/. lot. 135Q. 



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

 duced from Europe. Tj , March, April, v. v. It is 

 cultivated on account of its exceeding tough branches 

 for the use of making baskets, 

 rosmarinifo- 15. S. foliis strictis lineari-lanceolatisutrinque acutis integer- 

 lia. rimis margine subglandulosis supra deciduo-pubescen- 



tibus, subtus sericeis, stipulis exiguis lanceoiatis erec- 

 tis, amentis praecocibus ovatis recurvatis, squamis 

 oblongis obtusis ciliatis, germinibus pedicellatis lan- 

 ceoiatis villosis, stigmatibus subsessilibus bifidis. — 

 IViild. sp. pi. 4. p. 679. 



Icon, E?igl. hot. 1365. 



In wet meadows and mountain swamps : Pensylvania to 

 Carolina. T2 . 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 

 vernutio equitans removes them far from one another. 

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



tus glaucis, junioribus pubescentibus, stipulis exiguis, 

 amentis praecocibus nutantibus, squamis obtusis intus 

 vix pilosis, germinibus brevi-pedicellatis ovatis sericeis, 

 stigmatibus sessilibus bilobis, ■> 



In low overflowed grounds, on the banks of rivers : 

 New York to Pensylvania, Tj . March, April, v. v. 

 Branches of the preceding year covered with a dark, 

 brown or black tomentum. 



*** Foliis remote oltuseque serratis. 



eonifera. 1 7. S. foliis oblongo- lanceoiatis remote serratis acutis supra 



glabris subtus planis tonientosis, annotinis glabris, sti- 

 pulis lunatis subdentatis, amentis praecocibus diandris, 

 squamis lanceoiatis obtusis villosis, germinibus pedicel- 

 latis lanceoiatis sericeis, stylo bifido, stigmatibus bi- 

 lobis. — IF Hid. sp. pi. 4. p. /05. 



S. longirostris, Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. 226. 



Icon. fVangh. amer. t. 31. f.7'^- 



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

 rolina. T2 . 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 



