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li in. long, or more. Stamens 3—5, bearded at the base. (Sal. Wobd., 
p-63.) Mr. Forbes believes that the kind which he has elucidated is a 
native of Switzerland; but the S. licida Mihlend. is a native of North 
America; and this may be one reason, at least, why Mr. Sweet distinguished 
the plants of the two countries as of two species, as shown under Synonymes, 
above. S. licida of the Salictum Woburnense forms a handsome low-growing 
tree, with the branches of the preceding year of a greyish green. colour, and 
smooth: the young twigs are of a yellowish green, somewhat striated, or 
angular, at the points. It flowers in April and May, and “appears a good 
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