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SALICACE.E. (WILLOW FAMILY.) 
at the base and apex; stipules semilunar, toothed; catkins erect; scales 
very hairy , oblanceolate , somewhat acute ; ovary densely silky. (S. sen- 
sitlva, Barralt?) Low meadows and river-banks, common.— A 
large shiub or small tree, 8°-15° high. The young leaves are com¬ 
monly obtuse and pubescent, at length becoming smooth and whitish- 
g aucous beneath. Stipules in the vigorous shoots equalling the peti* 
o e, more often small and inconspicuous. Young catkins long, 
g osh}, b ackish with the conspicuous scales, elongating in fruit to2£'. 
S. eriocephala, Michx. (SiLKy-HEADED Willow.) 
eaves oblong-oval, acute, rounded or tapering at base, sparingly and 
uregu arly toothed ; stipules semilunar, toothed ; catkins densely 
flowered) thickly covered with long shining hairs ; scales of the sterile 
ones round-obovate, obtuse; ovary conspicuously stalked) downy. (S. 
pnno des, Pursh? S. crassa, Barratt .)— Low meadows and swamps. 
osely resembles the last; but the aments are more compact and 
silky, and the scales rounder. 
* vary stalked, silky-gray) shining: catkins ovoid or cylindrical) 
wit i a few small leaf-like bracts at the base : leaves finely and evenly 
serrate) silky-gray or glaucous beneath) drying black: stipules vary- 
vug Jrom linear to semilunar , toothed , very deciduous. — Shrubs. 
• SClIcea, Marshall. (Silky-leaved Willow 7 .) Leaves 
anceo ate, pointed, downy above, grayish underneath with short silky 
tans, sterile catkins small; the fertile narrowly cylindrical) closely 
were , scales obtuse , round-obovate, as long as the stalk of the 
linn f o^oid ovary ; stigma 2-lobed, nearly sessile. (S. grisea, 
aid.) — Sandy river-banks, not rare. — Shrub 4° -10° high. Fertile 
' t ins in flower f', at length long; the ovaries not spreading or 
elongating m fruit, thus appearing sessile. 
S. pctiolaris, Smith. (Petioled Willow.) Leaves lan- 
lencrf^ 1 Panted, smooth above, slightly silky beneath when young, at 
T° 0t , 0n< ^ ^^ aucous * fertile catkins ovoid-cylindrical, loosely 
thp - R-* SCU CS - TtT ^ °hovate, scarcely as loug as the stalk ot 
rosnvi ^ ovary; style short but distinct; stigma 2-cleft. (S- 
whir! ° n* T k’ ^ uscata » Pursh?) — Same situations as the last, 
•n S ^ resera ^^ es i Q some respects; but the mature leaves 
i r "! £ eneath, and dry less black: the scales are not so dark, 
h„t ^ re cIolhed w,th ] °nger white hair. Sterile catkins like the last; 
, e ertI e 8 orter a °d broader, the pods (at length merely downy) 
spreading and showing the stalks. 
Ocary sessile , woolly or silky: catkins bracted at the base: leaves 
_ r j not dr ying black. — Small trees. 
i amen s united to the top , appearing like a single stamen. 
• • P rpurea, L. (Purple Willow.) Leaves oblanceo - 
snarin P ff | ,n ! It, S ° mewhat °PP°site, smooth, minutely and 
g y oo e ; catkins cylindrical; scales round and concave , very 
