318 DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



SUBORDER I. 



1. SALIX. Linn. 



Dioecious. STERILE F.L. Ament cylindrical. Scales 1- 

 flowered, imbricated, with a nectariferous gland at the base. 

 Perianth none. Stamens 1 5. FERTILE FL. Scales of 

 the ament 1 -flowered. Perianth none. Stigmas 2, often 

 cleft. Capsule 1 -celled, 2-valved, many-seeded. Seeds co- 

 mose. Diocciu. Diandria. 



* Leaves entire or obscurely serrate. 



1. 8. viminalis Linn. : leaves linear-lanceolate, very long, acumi- 

 nate, nearly entire, somewhat undulate, white silky beneath ; stipules 

 very small, sublanceolate ; branches virgate ; aments appearing before 

 the leaves ; scales roundish, very hairy ; germs sessile, ovate ; style 

 filiform ; stigmas acute, undivided. 



HAH. Banks of streams. N. S. April, May. T?. A middle 

 sized tree. Branches slender and flexile. Filaments yellow. 

 Anthers orange. Introduced. Osier. Basket WMoir. 



2. S. Candida mild. : leaves linear-lanceolate, very long, obscurely 

 toothed at the point, pubescent above, white-tomentose beneath, with 

 the margin rerolute ; stipules lanceolate, as long as the petioles > 

 aments appearing before the leaves, cylindric ; scales obovate-fenceo- 

 late, very long, villous. 



HAR. Shady woods. N. Y. and Penn. N. to Arc. Amer. 

 April, May. *>. 



3. S.- muhlcnbergiana Wttld. : leaves lanceolate, nearly acute, entire, 

 pubescent-hoary, rugosely-veined beneath, with the margin revolute ; 

 stipules deciduous, lanceolate ; aments appearing before the leave?, 

 diandrous ; scales oblong, the margins villous ; germs ovate-lanceo- 

 late, clothed with silken hairs, on long pedicels ; style short ; stigmas 

 bifid. S. alpina H'ult. 



HAB-. Dry woods. N. Y. to Car. April. T?. A shrub 25 

 feet high, often decumbent ; branches pubescent, greenish-yel- 

 low, with black dots. Scales white, with a red tip. Anther. - 

 purple and yellow. Dwarf or Speckled H'iUoio. 



4. *S>. tristis MM. : leaves linear-lanceolate, acute at eaih end, en- 

 tire, with the margins revolule, smoothish above, rugosely veined and 

 tomentose beneath ; stipules none ; aments appearing before the leave*. 



HAB. Sandy woods. N. J. to Car. March, April. ^>. A 

 shrub resembling the preceding, but differing in the form of the 

 leaves and in the absence of stipules. 



5. & recurvata Pursh : leaves obovate-lanceolate, acute, very entire, 

 with the margin glandular, smooth, glaucous beneath, silky when 

 young ; stipules none ; aments appearing before the leaves, recurved , 

 scales black at the point, with long hairs ; germs ovate, on short pe- 

 dicels, silky ; style very short ; stigmas bifid. 





