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SAL1CACE2B. (WILLOW FAMILY.) 
* Ovary stalked , downy , hairy , or woolly. 
Catkins ovoid or short-cylindrical , small: leaves entire or obscurely 
wavy-toothed , Aairy or woolly , witA prominent veins and more or less 
revolute margins. — Shrubs. 
3* S. Candida, Willd. (Hoary Willow.) Leaves narrow¬ 
ly lanceolate, taper-pointed, or the lowest obtuse, the upper surface 
and young branches covered with a thin web-like wool more white and 
dense beneath ; stipules small , lanceolate , toothed , about the length of the 
petioles; catkins oblong-cylindrical closely flowered; ovary densely 
woolly ; style distinct; stigmas 2-cleft ; scales oblong, obtuse. (S. in- 
cana, Michx ., not of Schrank.) — New York and New Jersey to Wis¬ 
consin, in bogs. —Stems 2°-5° high, with reddish twigs, smooth and 
shining at maturity. The whole shrub of a very white aspect in ex¬ 
posed situations, but greener in shade. 
2. S. tristis, Ait. (Dwarf Gray Willow.) Leaves almost 
sessile , wedge-lanceolate , pointed, or the lower obtuse, grayish-woolly 
on both sides, the upper side becoming nearly smooth at maturity; 
stipules minute , hairy, very early deciduous; catkins globular when 
young , loosely-flowered; ovary with a long tapering beak , clothed with 
silvery hairs; style short; stigmas 2-lobed. — New England to Penn, 
and westward. — Shrub 1°-1£° high, much branched : leaves thick, 
1 d' l° n g- Stipules seldom seen, often reduced to a mere gland, though 
not unfrequently present. A variety occurs with very small and rigid 
contorted leaves. 
3. S. lllkmilis, Marshall. (Low Bosh Willow.) Leaves peti- 
oled , lanceolate or obovate-lanceolate, acute or obtuse with an abrupt 
point, slightly downy above, more thickly so, or sometimes grayish- 
woolly, beneath; stipules small , semi-ovate and entire , or larger and 
lunar with 2-4 teeth , shorter than the petioles; catkins often recurved; 
ovary hairy; style distinct; stigmas 2-cleft. (S. Muhlenbergi&na, 
Barratt. S. conifera, Muhl.) — Borders of fields and road-sides, com¬ 
mon.— Shrub 3P-8°high, varying much in size and appearance. 
The small forms are at times scarcely distinguishable from No. 2, but 
the leaves are longer, less firm in texture, and generally stipulate; 
the larger forms, with leaves 3* — 5Mong and I* — ]/broad, resemble 
those of the two next species, but retain more or less down on the 
under surface at maturity. — The species of this and the following 
section often bear cone-like excrescences on the ends of the branches, 
formed of closely imbricated leaves, probably occasioned by the punc¬ 
ture of insects. 
■*“ ■*" Catkins cylindrical , large , clothed with long glossy hairs: leaves 
more or less serrate , smooth and shining above , glaucous beneath and 
at length smooth - Shrubs or small trees. 
4. S. discolor, Muhl. (Glaucous Willow.) Leaves lance¬ 
olate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, irregularly toothed on the sides, entire 
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