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two-lobed.—Low grounds, banks of streams, Conn., N. Y.,Car—aA small tree 
with long, slender, smocth, purplish or yellowish-green, tough and elastic 
branches, which may be useful in basket-making, 
11. S. myricéipes. Muhl. Gale-leaved Willew. 
Lvs. oblong-lanceolate, acute, with 2 glands at base, obtusely serrate, 
smooth, glaucous beneath; stzp.sovate, acute, glandular-serrate ; aments villous, 
black; ova. on long pedicels, glabrous; sty. bifid; stig. bifid Swamps, N. Eng. 
to Va. Asmall shrub, with green branches, the branchlets purple, smooth. Leaves 
at length thick and coriaceous, the serratures each tipped with a gland. Apr. 
—Grows in pools, swamps and omvet banks, seldom excee r 4f in height 
distinguished by ne ica en hue of its aments. It furnishes e ut twigs for 
basket-wor. d is well adapted for embankments and mill-d ~~ te 
§ 4. VIMINALEs. Borrer. * 
13. S..viminiuis. Baskeg§Osier. 
Lvs. linear-lanceolate, very @ng, acuminate, subentire, silky-canescent 
beneath ; stip. minute; branches virgate; aments precocious (appearing before 
the leaves) ; scales roundish, very hairy '; ova. sessile, ovoid; sty. filiform; stig. 
undivided, acute.—This baer willow was probably introduced from Europe. 
Wet meadows and margins of rivers. Stems 10—12f high, with long, straight, 
slender and flexible branches. Leaves often a foot in length, narrow, covered 
With a snow-white pubescence be Aments very ie 
§ 5. FRAGILEs. es. Leaves lanceolate or lance-ft we, serrate, iculate or en- 
tire. Aments neulate, cylindric, loose, acuminate, eotemporary with the leaves ; 
eenish-yellow, pubescent or smooth. Stamens 2—5, expanding first from 
the base of the ament. Ovary smooth. Barratt. me 
14. S. rracinis. Crack Willow. ; 
Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, whole margin serrate, acuminate, petioles 
glandular ; stip. semicordate, pointed, dentate; ova. on short pedicels, oblong- 
ovoid, glabrous; sty short; stig. bifid, longer than the styles; scales oblong, 
about equaling the ovaries, pubescent, ciliate; g with an abortive ovary —A 
tall tree, 60 or 80f high, native in Great Britain. It has a bushy head, with 
numerous oblique, irregular branches. The twigs break off at base by a slight 
touch. The wood is of a salmon-color. sat ; 
15. S. pecrprens. Hoffm. ss ta 
Branches smooth, highly polished ; Ivs. lanceolate, glabrous, serrate, acu- 
minate, floral ones often obovate and recurved, petioles somewhat glandular ; 
stip. small, semi-ovate, acute, dentate, often 0; ova. pedicellate, glabrous, acu-~ 
minate ; sty. longer than the eft stigma.—A small, elegant tree, remarkable 
_ for the polished, light reddish-brown twigs, appearing as if varnished. The 
young twigs stained wtth crimson. It is often set in rows for ornament and 
shade. 
16. S. Russertiina. Sm. Bedford Willow. 
Lvs. glabrous, lanceolate, tapering to each end, whole margin serrate, very 
pale beneath, petioles glandular or margined; stip. semi-cordate, strongly ser- 
rate, acuminate ; eva. glabrous, pedicellate, longer than the scales; sty. as long 
as the bifid stigmas; scales narrow-lanceolate, slightly ciliate—A large tree, 
native of Britain, ofien propagated in this country. It has long, green shoots, 
long, bright green, serrated leaves. Apr. May. § 
17. S. PameacuiAna. Barratt. Pameachy Willow. 
Lvs. long-lanceolate, acuminate, with fine cartilaginous serratures, glau- 
cous beneath ; stip. small, lanceolate, often 0; § aments cylindrical, lax and 
somewhat recurved ; scales obtuse, yellowish; sta. 2; bark of the twigs Smooth, — 
yellowish and variegated, in flowering time red at the ends——Grows on the _ 
banks of Pameachy river, Middletown, Conn. A tree of small size, inter 
mediate between S. decipiens andS. vitellina, but “certainly distinct from either.” 
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