652 Order 122.— SALIC ACELE. 



1 S. trf stis Ait. Sage "Willow. Lvs. linear-lanceolate or oblanceolate, cimeate 

 at base, entire or remotely undulate-toothed, margin subrevolute, apex acute or 

 obtusish; stip. minute, narrow-lanceolate, caducous; amenis very small; scales or 

 bicular-oblong, hairy at the margin ; ova. with grayish, silky pubesceuco ; sty. 

 short.— Sandy or dry fields, borders of woods, pastures, N. Eng. to Wis. and Car. 

 A small, downy shrub, with a profusion of naked aments. Leaves at length nu- 

 merous, often crowded and rosulate at the ends of the branches, 1 — 2' long, taper- 

 ing from above the- middle to a very short petiole, the margin often rovolute, 

 under surface glaucous, often pubescent. Varies with the twigs and the dimin- 

 ished lvs. grayish whito. 



2 S. Muhlenberghiana Earratt. Lvs. oblanceolate, remotely serrate, glabrou* 

 above, pubescent and not rugous beneath ; young- brandies smooth ; stip. lunate? 

 subdentats ; aments precocious, diandrous ; scales lanceolate, obtuse, villous ; ova. 

 pedicellate, lanceolate, silky ; sty. long, bifid ; stig. 2-lobed. — A shrub in dry 

 soils, N., Mid. and "W. States, 4 — 3f high, with brown twigs. On the ends of 

 those, cone-like excrescences are ofteu produced by the punctures of insects, 

 Aments, covered with very hairy scales, appearing before the leaves in April. 

 (S. humilis Marshall? S- conifera Muhl.) 



3 S. Candida "Willd. Wihte "Willow. Lvs. lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 

 very long, obscurely serrulate at the summit, pubescent above, hoary-tomentous. 

 beneath, revolute on the margin ; stip. lanceolate, as long as the pstioles ; aments- 

 eylindric; scales obovate, obtuse, very long, hairy; stig. 2-lobed. — A beautifui 

 species in shady woods, Mid. and "W. Statos. Stem3 4 — Gf high. Leaves 8 — 12* 

 by 1 — 2'. Catkins dense, whito with dense wooL Stylc3 and stigmas dark red„ 

 •J' in length. Apr., May. 



4 S. discolor Muhl. Branches puboscent when youne;, brownish or greenish ;. 

 lvs. oblong or obovate-oblong, acuto or rather acuminate, remotely serrulate- 

 toothed, pubescent when young, glaucous beneath; stip. lunate, entire, or with 

 vbiuse teeth; aments oblong-cylindrie, siUcy, erect; scales very hairy, oblanceolate, 

 acute ; ovaries on short pedicels, densely silky.— Shrub or small tree, 1 to 15f 

 high, in wet places, N. Eng. to 111. and Car. Lvs. 2 to 5' long, finally glabrous, 

 the stipules usually conspicuously toothed at base. Aments 1' to IS" in flower, 

 the fertile at length 2' or move. Sterile dense, silky whito. 



5 Seriocephala Mx. "Woolly-headed Swamp Willow. Branchlets very pu- 

 bescent, brown or purplish ;. lvs. lanceolate-elliptic or oblong, cuneate at base, 

 entiro or remotely serrulate above, under surface glaucous or ferruginous, both 

 surfaces pubescent when young, at length the upper surface green and nearly 

 smooth ; stip. semicordatc, with sharp serraiures, aments oval-oblong, densely vt'f* 

 ious; scales obovate, obtuse. — A small tree, putting forth its large and exceedingly 

 woolly catkins in Apr. Grows in swamps, N. Eng. 



6 S. sensitiva Barratt. Frost or Tender Willow. Lvs. evate-lanceolate r 

 acuminate, cuneato and entiro at base, finely serrate at the apex, and more dis- 

 tantly and strongly serrate towards the base, glabrous and rather thin • stip. sub- 

 falcate, serrate ; £ aments rather lax ; scales rather lax, lightly clothed with grayish 

 black hai7's. — A small tree about 15f high, found in various parts of N. Eng., &c. 

 The aments and twigs aro frequently destroyed by frost at flowering t;me r being 

 thinly protected with hairs. Lvs. smooth, £ to 5' by 1^ to 2'.. Aments 1^' 

 long. 



7 S. serfcea Marsh. Gray Willow. Lvs. lanceolate, (serrulate, acuminate, 

 smooth above, silky beneath; stip. ovate-oblong, denticulate, deflected, deciduous; 

 scales oblong, hairy, black at the tip, rather longer than th<i pedicel of the oblong, 

 silky ovary ; stig. sessile, Must. — A shrub 6 to 8f high, in inundated meadows, 

 N. ling, to Wis. and Va. Branches purplish, long and slender, very tough, ex- 

 cept at the base, where they are very brittle. Lv3. 2 to 4' by \ to 1'. $ Amenta- 

 very abundant, £' long. (S. grisea Willd.) 



8 S. petiolaris Smith. Long-stalked Green Osier. Lvs. lanceolate, serrate,, 

 acuminate, smooth, glaucous beneath, silky at base, mostly inequilateral; stip. lu- 

 nate, dentate ; aments appearing beforo the leaver ; scales lax, obovate, obtuse, 

 hairy, black, sliorter than the pedicel of the vvoid-acuminaie, silky ovary ; stigma 

 2-lobed, short-styled. — Low grounds, banks of streams, Conn, to 111. and S. Cat. 



