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ish. Aments at the ends of the leafy branches, about 8 lines long. Capsule 

 reddish. Long-stalked Willow. 



6. S. rosmarinifolia Linn. : leaves straight, linear-lanceolate, acute at 

 each end, very entire or with a few glandular teeth, pubescent above, silky 

 beneath ; stipules lanceolate, erect ; aments appearing before the leaves ; 

 scales short, villous ; ovary pedicellate, lanceolate, acuminate, silky ; stigmas 

 subsessile, bifid. 



Wet meadows and mountain swamps. Penn. to Car. March. T^. — Stem 

 2 — 3 feet high; the branches silky-pubescent. . Leaves 1^ Indies long, becoming 

 smooth when old. Whole plant, when dry, turning almost black. 



Rosemary-leaved Willow. 



** Leaves remotely and obtusely serrate. 



7. S. myricoides Muhl. : leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 

 biglandular at base, obtusely serrate, smooth, glaucous beneath ; stipules 

 lunate, ovate, glandular-serrate ; aments villous, leafy at the base ; scales 

 lanceolate, obtuse, villous, black ; ovaries on long pedicels, lanceolate, 

 smooth ; style distinct ; stigmas bifid. 



Swamps and wet grounds. N. Eng. to Virg. April. T^ . — Stem 6 — ^9 feet 

 high, with tough green and purple branches. Aments flowering first above. 

 Anthers yellow. . Gale-leaved Willow. 



8. (S. prinoides Pursh. : leaves oval-oblong, acute, remotely undulate- 

 serrate, glabrous, glaucous beneath ; stipules semicordate, incisely toothed ; 

 aments appearing before the leaves, villous ; ovary pedicellate, ovoid, acu- 

 minate, silky; style long; stigmas bifid. 



On the banks of rivers. Penn. to Virg. March, April. — A shrub 6 — 8 feet 

 high. Pria^c-U.'.e Willow. 



9. S. discolor Wllld. : leaves oblong or obovate-oblong, somewhat obtuse 

 or shortly acuminate, smoothish, remotely serrate, very entire at the point, 

 glaucous beneath ; stipules lunate, serrate, deciduous ; aments appearing 

 with the leaves, diandrous, oblong, tomentose ; scales oblong, acute, hairy, 

 black ; ovary subsessile, tomentose ; stigmas deeply 2-parted. S. prinoides 

 Pursh. 



Swamps and low grounds. N. Eng. to Car. April. — A shrub or small tree, 

 with tough brownish or greenish branches. Aments an inch long, thick and 

 compact. Filaments white. Anthers red, yellow when burst. 



Glaucous Wllloto. 



10. /S". longifolia Muhl. : leaves linear-lanceolate, very long, acute at each 

 end, remotely toothed, green on both sides and at length nearly smooth : 

 stipules small, lanceolate, toothed; aments appearing with the leaves, pe- 

 duncled, tomentose ; scales flat, retuse ; stamens 2, longer than the scales ; 

 stigmas large, 2-parted. S". angustaia Pursh. 



Banks of streams. N. Y. Penn. W. to the Rocky Mountains. May — July- 

 I^ . — Stem 2 — 10 or 12 feet high, with brown branches and white branchlets. 

 sometimes prostrate and rooting. Aments an inch to an inch and a half long 



Long-leaved Willow. 



11. (S. Cutleri Tuckermann: depressed; leaves elliptic and acute, or obo- 

 vate and obtuse, glandular-denticulate, smooth and somewhat shining 

 above, glaucous beneath ; aments appearing with the leaves, compact, ob- 

 long-cylindric ; scales obovate, silky, blackish ; stigmas 2-cleft. ( Torr. N. Y 

 Fl.) S. Uva ursi Pursh. 



