ORD. Il. AMENTACEZ. 
ae 
Prom mentum (ab aupas vinculum, a bond jor. thong) i in English. 
Catkin; a term used by Linnzeus to denote a species of calyx 
which is confined to certain trees and shrubs. 
SALIX FRAGILIS. CRACK WILLOW. 
SYNONYMA, Salix. ..Pharm, Edinb. Salix folio longo latoque 
- splendente, fragilis. Rati Synop. p.448. Salix Fragilis.. Bauh. 
Pin. p. 474. Hall. Stirp. Helo. n..1638.. Huds. Flor. Ang. p. 
A26.. Wither. Bot. Arr. p. 1102. Relh. Flor; Cant. p, 365. 
Flor. Lap. t. 8. f.6. Hunter's oan s ‘¥ yloa, p. QA5. 
Class Dioecia. Ord. Diandria. ars Gen. Plant 1098. 
Ess. Gen. Ch. Masc. Amenti squamz. Cor. 0. Glandula baseos 
nectarifera. 
Fem. Amenti squamz. Cor. 0. Stylus 2-fidus. 
Caps. 1-locularis, 2-valvis. Sem. papposa. 
Sp. Ch. S. foliis serratis glabris ovato-lanceolatis, petiolis dentato- 
| glandulosis. 
