SALICACE*:. 319 



1. SALIX. Linn. Willow. 



(From the Celtic sal, near, and Its. water; a tree that grows near water.) 

 Dioecious. Ament cylindric. Perianth none. STERILE FL- 



Stamens mostly 2, but often 8 5. FERTILE FL. Ovary with 



a gland at the base. Stigmas 2, often cleft. 



* Leaves entire or obscurely serrate. 



1. S. viminalis Linn. : leaves linear- lanceolate, very long-acuminate, 

 nearly entire, somewhat undulate, white-silky beneath ; stipules very small) 

 sublanceolate ; aments appearing before the leaves ; scales roundish, very 

 hairy ; ovary sessile, ovoid ; style filiform ; stigmas linear, acute, undivided. 



Banks of streams. N. S. April, May A middle-sized tree. Branches slen- 

 der and flexile. Filaments yellow. Anthers orange. Introduced from Europe. 



Osier. Basket-willow. 



2. Candida Willd. : leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute, ob- 

 scurely toothed at the point, pubescent above, white-tpmentose beneath, 

 with the margin revolute ; stipules lunate, small ; aments appearing before 

 the leaves, cylindric ; scales obovate, obtuse, brown, clothed with long 

 hairs. S. incana Mich. 



Shady woods. N. Y.andPenn. N. toArct. Amer. April, May. 17. Stem 

 5 or 6 feet high, with reddish twigs. Aments about an inch long, on short 

 peduncles. White-leaved Wittoiv. 



3. <S. Muhlenbergiana Barrait : leaves obovate-lanceolate, entire or re- 

 motely toothed, mostly acute, even, smoothish above, grayish-tomentose 

 beneath ; stipules semiovate or lunate ; aments ovoid-cylindric, densely 

 flowered ; ovary lanceolate, with a long beak ; stigma 2-cleft. S. coni- 

 fer a WUld. and S. recurrata Piirsh. 



Dry woods. Can. to Car. April. \i. Stem 48 feet high, with brittle 

 grayish twigs. Leaves distinctly veined, the margin sometimes a little waved. 

 Aments about an inch long. Filaments white. Anthers yellow. 



fifuhlenberg's Willow. 



4. S. trisiis Ait. : leaves narrow-cuneate, oblanceolate, acute at each end, 

 nearly entire, revolute, smoothish above, rugosely veined and tomentose be- 

 neath ; stipules none or caducous ; aments globose-ovoid, appearing before 

 the leaves; scales roundish-obovate ; stigmas 2-cleft; capsules with a long 

 beak. $. Imigirostris Mich. 



Sandy woods. N. Y. lo Car. March, April, \i. Stem 2 or 3 feet high, 

 sometimes procumbent. Aments numerous, 4 6-lines long. Anthers at length 

 yellow. The most dwarfish of our lowland species. Dwarf 'Downy IVillotc. 



5. S. pedicellaris Purs/i : branches smooth ; leaves obovate-lanceolate, 

 rather acute, very entire, smooth and of the same color on both sides; 

 stipules none ; aments appearing with the leaves, pedunculate, very smooth ; 

 scales oblong, half the length of the pedicel, scarcely hairy ; stamens 2; 

 ovary ovoid-oblong ; style short ; stigmas 2-cleft. 



Sphagnous swamps. Catskill mountains'. N. Y. Pursh. Near Oriskany, 

 Oneida county. Lodi, Seneca county. N. Y. Torr. New Eng. Tuckermann. 

 May. T? Stem ascending, virgate. 13 feet high, the bark smooth and brown- 



