464 SALICACE^. ( WILLOW FAMILY.) 



■K- •«- Pedicels twice the length oftJte gland ; stj/le elongated. 



12. S. Candida, Willd. (Sage W. Hoary W.) Leaves lanceolate oi 

 liuear-lauoeolate, 2-4' long, taper-pointed or the lowest obtuse, rather rigid, 

 downy above, becoming glabrate, beneath covered with a dense white tomentiim, 

 the revolute margin subeutire ; stipules lanceolate, about as long as the petioles ; 

 aments cylindrical, densely flowered, 2' long in fruit ; anthers red ; the dark 

 gland elongated ; capsule densely white-woolly ; style dark red ; stigmas short 

 spreading, notched. — Cold bogs, N. Eng. and N. J. to Iowa, and northward, 

 — A hoary shrub 2-5° high ; young shoots white-Avoolly, the older red. Twc 

 beautiful hybrids, with u. 10 and n. 14, have been found near Flint, Mich 

 (Dr. Clarke). 



13. S. phylicifolia, L. Leaves lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic, 



somewhat equally pointed or obtuse at both ends, remotely and minutely repand- 



toothed, 2-3' long, veri/ smooth on both sides, dark green and shining above, 



glaucous beneath, at length coriaceous ; stipules obsolete ; aments sessile with 



a few small bracts at base, 1' long, rather densely flowered, oblong-cylindric, 



the fertile somewhat stipitate, becoming 2' long in fruit; scales dark, silky- 



villous; capsule conic-rostrate from an ovoid base; stigmas bifid or entire, 



yellow drying black. (S. chlorophylla, of Man. ; S. chloroplwlla, var. denu- 



data, Anders.) — Moist ravines on alpine summits of the White Mountains, 



and of Mt. Mansfield, Vt. — A divaricately much branched shrub 1 - 10° high; 



twigs glabrous, sometimes covered with a glaucous bloom. (Eu.) 



S. viMiNALis, L., the Osier Willow of Europe, is occasionally planted, 

 but soon dies out. Some of its hybrids, as S. Smithiaxa, Willd., etc., stand 

 our climate better, l)ut cannot be regarded as adventive. 



•(- -f- -i- Capsules sessile ; filaments and ojlen the reddish anthers united so as to 



appear as one. 



•S. PURPUREA, L. (Purple W.) Leaves oblanceolate or tongue-shaped, 

 slightly serrulate, very smooth, glaucescent, subo])])osite ; stipules obsolete ; 

 aments densely flowered, narrow-cylindrical, the sterile at least closely sessile, 

 with only very small bracts at base; scale small, round, crisp-villous, tipped 

 with dark purple ; capsules grayish-tomentose, ovate-conical, ol)tase. — Low 

 grounds ; commonly cultivated for basket-rods. (Adv. from Eu.) 



* * Capsules glabrous 

 ■*- Tall shrubs, 4 - 10° high ; leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 2-4' long, acute 

 or a'^.uminate (on vigorous shoots rounded, truncate or cordate at base), serrate ; 

 sterile aments very silk//, with a few bracts at base, V long or more, the fertile 

 leafy-peduncled, in fruit 2' long or more; capsules tapering, pointed. 

 •w. Leaves soon smooth; capsules long-pedicelled ; style medium. 



14. S. COrdata, Muhl. (Heart-leaved W.) Leaves ohlong-lanceolatf. 

 yr narrower, on the flowering branches often tapering at base, sharply serrats, 

 finely denticulate or subentire, green both sides or scarcely paler beneath, the 

 young often silky or downy, especially on the midrib, not turning black in 

 drying ; stipules reniform or ovate, serrate, usually large and conspicuous , 

 aments rather slender; capsules greenish or rufescent, 2-3" long. (S. rigida, 

 ]\fuhl.) — Yar. angustXta, Anders. Leaves narrower, gradually acuminate, 

 finely serrate.— In wet places and alcmg streams, etc.; our most widely dis- 

 tributed and variable species. — S. myricoides, Muhl. (S. cordata, var. myri 



