No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. I39 



A hybrid of this variety with Sali.v fragilis occurs rarely 

 in the valley of the Connecticut River (Bissell). 

 Often planted for ornament. 



Salix babylonica L. 



Weeping Willow. Ring Willow. 



Rare. River banks and roadsides, as an escape from culti- 

 vation : Lyme (Graves & Bissell), Southington (Andrews & 

 Bissell), New Haven (Bissell), Stratford, Bridgeport and 

 Fairfield (Eames). May. Adventive from Europe. 



Formerly much planted for ornament, especially in ceme- 

 teries. 



Salix longifolia Muhl. (long-leaved). 

 Salix fluviatilis of authors, not Nutt. 

 Sand Bar or River Bank Willow. 



Local. Banks of the Connecticut River from Hartford 

 southward: Hartford and Glastonbury (Bissell), Middletown 

 (Dr.-Barratt, Harger, Bissell), Lyme (Graves, Bissell & An- 

 drews), Old Saybrook (Harger). May. 



Salix cordata Muhl. (heart-shaped). 



Salix cordata Muhl., var. angustata Anders. 

 Heart-leaved Willow. 



Frequent or common. Wet ground. Late April — May ; 

 fruit Aug. 



The var. myricoides (Muhl.) Carey (like Myrica, the 

 Sweet Gale), Salix acntidens Rydb., occurs at Stratford 

 (Eames). 



Salix pedicellaris Pursh (borne on a stalk). 



Salix inyrtilloides of Gray's Manual ed. 6, not L. 

 Bog Willow. 



Rare, Li bogs: Stafford (Graves), East Granby (Weath- 

 erby). New Haven (D. C. Eaton, Harger), Norfolk (Bissell), 

 Cornwall (E. E. Brewster). May. 



Salix discolor Muhl. (parti-colored; referring to the leaves). 

 Glaucous Willow. Pussy Willow. 



Common. Swamps and low places, or sometimes in rather 

 dry ground. April. 



