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to 90ft. Europe (Britain). See Fie. 405. (Sy. En. B. 1306.) 

 S. decipiens is a variety with smaller leaves, and orange or 

 crimson twigs. 



FIG. 405. BRANCHLET, WITH FEMALE CATKINS, OP 

 SALIX FRAGILIS. 



S. luclda (shining). /(. , catkins pedunculate, borne on the summit 

 of lateral, leafy branches of the season ; scales greenish-yellow, 

 more or less hairy. May and June. I. ovate-oblong or lanceolate 

 and narrow, usually with a long, tapering point, smooth and 

 shining on both sides, serrated ; stipules oblong and toothed. 

 Branches very brittle at the base. North America. A beautiful 

 species, sometimes flowering at a height of 3ft., sometimes 

 becoming a small, bushy tree of 12ft. to 15ft. (T. S. M. 310.) 



S. nigra (black), fl, catkins similar to those of S. lucida ; scales 

 short and rounded, woolly. May and June. I. narrow-lanceolate, 

 pointed and tapering at each end, serrated, smooth (except 

 on the petiole and midrib) and green on both sides ; stipules 

 small, deciduous. Branches very brittle at base ; bark rough 

 and black, h. 15ft. to 25ft. North America. (T. S. M. 307.) 

 SYN. S. ambigua. 



S. n. falcata (sickle shaped). I. elongated - falcate ; stipules 

 large, broadly lunate, refleawd. SYNS. 8. falcata, S. Purshiana, 



S. pendula (drooping). A synonym of S. babylonica. 



FIG. 406. BRANCIILET, WITH MALE CATKIN OP 

 SALIX PENTANDRA. 



S. pentandra (flve-stamened). Bay-leaved Willow fl catkins 

 shortly pedunculate ; males lin. to 2in. long, erect, at length 



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pendulous ; stamens five ; females shorter ; scales pale. May 

 and June. I. elliptic or ovate- or obovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 lin. to 4in. long, glandularly serrulated, fragrant, viscid, shining, 

 paler and reticulated beneath ; stipules ovate-oblong or absent. 

 Bark brown. Europe (Britain). A shrub 6ft. to 8ft., or tree 20ft. 

 high. The latest-flowering Willow. See Fig. 406. (Sy. En. B. 

 1303.) S. cuspidata is probably a hybrid between this species 

 and & fragUis. 



S. phylicifolia(Phylica-leaved). Tea-leaved Willow, fl., catkins 

 sessile, bracteate ; scales linear-oblong, acute, black. April and 

 May. I. ovate-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, quite glabrous, shining 

 above, glaucous beneath ; stipules very small or absent, h. 10ft. 

 Europe (Britain). A very handsome large bush or small tree ; 

 when fully developed, it is conspicuous from its spreading, shining, 

 chestnut or reddish branches, and glistening green and glaucous 

 foliage. S. nigricans is closely related to this species. The 

 following British forms have been described as species : (1) Erect, 

 with silky capsules, S. Croweana, S. Davalliana, S. Dicksoniana, 

 S. nitens, S. tenuior, S. Weigeliana. (2) Erect, with glabrous or 

 nearly glabrous capsules, S. Barreriana, S. laxiflora, S. phillyreoe- 

 folia, S. propingua, S. tenuifolia, S. tetrapla. (3) More or less 

 decumbent and rooting, with silky capsules. S. radicans. 

 (Sy. En. B. 1334 to 1346.) S. laurina, a small, handsome tree, 

 20ft. to 30ft. high, is probably a hybrid between S. phylicifolia 

 and S. Caprea. 



FIG. 407. TWIG BEARING MALE CATKINS, AND LEAF, OP SALIX 



VIHINAL1S. 



S. purpurea (purple). Purple Osier, fl,, catkins sub-sessile, |in. 

 to IJin. long, opposite or alternate, erect, then spreading or re- 

 curved, cylindnc ; scales purple-black above. March and April. 

 I. often sub-opposite, thin, linear-lanceolate, serrulated, glabrous, 

 Sin. to 6in. long, sparingly hairy when young, shortly petiolate. 

 Bark red or purple. A. 5ft. to 10ft. Europe (Britain). An erect 

 or decumbent shrub. S. Lumber tiana, S. ramulosa, and S. Wool- 

 gariana are varieties. (Sy. En. B. 1316-1319.) S. Doniana and 

 S. Pontederana are hybrids between this species and, re- 

 spectively, S. repent and S. einerea. 



S. Purshiana (Pursh's). A synonym of S. nit/ra falcata. 



S. rubra (red). /., filaments usually more or less free. I. silky 

 beneath. A common and very variable Osier-bed shrub, the 

 result of a cross between S. purpurea and S. viminalis. 

 (Sy. En. B. 1320.) The following Is a form : 



S. r. Helix (Helix). Bx>se Willow, fl., filaments united at the 

 top. I. sub-opposite. This plant bears fascicles of diseased 

 leaves, owing to the punctures of a Cynips ; hence the common 

 name. 



S. Rnsselllana (Russell's). A synonym of S. viridix. 



S. triandra (three-stamened). Almond-leaved or French Willow. 

 fl., catkins shortly pedunculate, lin. to 2in. long, slender, appear- 

 ing with the leaves, the females narrow ; stamens three. April 

 to June. 1. linear- or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, glandularly 



