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SAL 



THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL; 



SAL 



subglandulose at the margin, deciduous-pubescent on the 

 upper surface, sericeous underneath ; stipules few, lanceo- 

 late, erect. Grows in wet meadows and mountain swamps, 

 from Pennsylvania to Carolina. 



15. Salix Fuscata. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, acute, gla- 

 brous, subserrate, glaucous ; the younger leaves pubescent ; 

 stipules few; stigmata sessile, bilobed. Grows in low over- 

 flowed grounds, on the banks of rivers, from New York to 

 Pennsylvania. 



*** Leaves remotely and obtusely serrate. 



16. Salix Conifera. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute; 

 style bifid ; stigmata bilobed. Grows in shady woods on 

 gravelly dry soil, from New York to Carolina. 



17. Salix Myricoides. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 biglandulose at the base, glabrous, glaucous underneath ; 

 branches green ; younger ones purple, smooth. Grows in 

 wet meadows and woods, from New England to Virginia. 



18. Salix Prinoides. Leaves oval-oblong, acute, remotely 

 undulate-serrate ; stipules semicordated, inciso-dentated ; 

 style long. Grows on the banks of rivers, from Pennsyl- 

 vania to Virginia. 



19. Salix Discolor. Leaves oblong, somewhat obtuse, 

 glabrous ; stipules deciduous, lanceolate-serrate ; germina 

 subsessile, lanceolate, tomentose ; branches dark brown ; 

 filamenta white ; antherse red, yellow when burst. Grows 

 in low grounds and on the banks of rivers, from New Eng- 

 land to Carolina. This is the most common species in use 

 in America for basket -making. 



20. Salix Angustata. Leaves lanceolate, acute, very long; 

 stipules semicordate ; stigmata two-lobed. Grows in shady 

 woods on the banks of rivers, in New York and Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



21. Salix Longifolia. Leaves linear, acuminate on both 

 sides, elongate; stipules few, lanceolate, denticulate ; branches 

 brown ; branchlets white. Grows on the banks of the Sus- 

 quehannah. 



**** Leaves thickly and acutely serrate. 

 f Triandrous, (filamenta from three to six.) 



22. Salix Houstoniana. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 very finely serrate, glabrous on both sides, shining ; fila- 

 menta from three to five ; branches extremely brittle at their 

 base. Grows in Virginia and Carolina. 



23. Salix Falcata. Leaves very long, linear-lanceolate ; 

 younger leaves sericeous ; stipules lunated, dentated, deflex ; 

 branches very slender and brown. Grows on the banks of 

 rivers, from Pennsylvania to Virginia. 



24. Salix Nigra. Leaves lanceolate, acute, serrulate, gla- 

 brous ; stipules small, dentated ; germina pedicellate., ovute, 

 glabrous ; style very short ; stigmata bifid ; branches smooth, 

 very brittle at the base. This tree rises to the height of 

 twenty feet ; and grows on the banks of rivers, in Pennsyl- 

 vania and Virginia. 



25. Salix Lucida. Leaves ovate-oblong, cuspidate-acumi- 

 nate, rounded at the base, serrate, glandulose, glabrous on 

 both sides, shining; stipules oblong, glandulose-serrate ; 

 stigmata obtuse; branches yellowish-brown. Grows in low 

 grounds, about springs, from New York to Virginia. 



26. Salix Rigida. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 subcordated at the base, rigid, glabrous ; anients subtrian- 

 drous; branches green, red towards the end; younger ones 

 pubescent. Grows in swamps and hedges, from New Eng- 

 land to Virginia. 



27. Salix Cordata. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 cordated at the base, serrate, glabrous ; stipules ovate-sub- 

 rotund, cartilaginous-serrate. Grows in low and swampy 

 grounds, on the banks of rivers, from New York to Virginia. 



ft Diandrous. 



28. Salix Grisea. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate, 

 glabrous on the upper surface; stipules linear, deflex, deci- 

 duous; squames oblong, hairy, black at the tip; germina 

 oblong, pedicellate, sericeous; branches greenish-purple, 

 very brittle at the base. Grows in low overflowed grounds, 

 from Pennsylvania to Virginia. 



29. Salix Petiolaris. Leaves lanceolate, serrate, glabrous ; 

 stipules lunated, dentated ; squames obovate, obtuse, black, 

 hairy; branches slender, smooth, dark brown.^ Grows iu 

 swamps, and on the banks of rivers. A common North 

 American species. 



30. Salix Ambigua. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, gla- 

 brous, glandulose-serrate; floscules terminal, triandrous. 

 Grows in the low grounds of New York and New Jersey. 



31. Salix Myrsinites. Leaves elliptic-ovate, serrulate, 

 glabrous, shining; stipules lanceolate, serrate; germina 

 ovate-lanceolate, sessile, sericeous; stigmata subsessile, bifid ; 

 branches purplish-yellow. A small straggling bush, not above 

 a foot high, growing in Labrador. 



32. Salix Herbacea. Leaves orbiculate, subretuse, ser- 

 rate, glabrous on both sides, shining; stipules none; aments 

 serotine, with few flowers; squames obovate, obtuse, villose; 

 germina oblong-ovate, subsessile, glabrous; stigma very 

 short, subsessile. This is the smallest of all the known spe- 

 cies, the stems being not above an inch in height. A native 

 of the north-west coast of America. 



Sallow. See Salix. 



Salmasia ; a genus of the class Pentandria, order Trigy- 

 nia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix : perianth one-leafed, 

 five-parted; segments oblong, acute, permanent. Corolla: 

 petals five, oblong, clawed, inserted into the receptacle, the 

 length of the calix. Stamina : filamenta five, capillary, the 

 length of the corolla, inserted into the receptacle; anthera 

 roundish. Pistil: gerrnen three-cornered, superior; style 

 none; stigmas three. Pericarp: capsule three-cornered, 

 three-celled, three-valvcd ; partitions contrary to the valves. 

 Seeds: very many, minute. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. 

 Calix : five-parted. Corolla : five-petalled. Style : none. 



Capsules : three-celled, three-valved, many-seeded. The 



only known species is, 



1. Salmasia Racemosa. This is a shrub, with round, hir- 

 sute, rufescent branches; leaves alternate, nearly sessile, ob- 

 long, pointed, entire, smooth; flowers white, in long, axillary, 

 and terminating racemes. Native of Guiana in woods, where 

 it flowers and bears fruit in October. 



Salsola; a genus of the class Pentandria, order Digyniii. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth five-parted; 

 segments ovate, concave, permanent. Corolla: none, unless 

 the calix be so called. Stamina: filamenta five, very short, 

 inserted into the segments of the calix. Pistil: germen 

 globular; style three-parted, or two-parted, short; stigmas 

 recurved. Pericarp : capsule ovate, wrapped in the calix, 

 one-celled. Seed: single, very large, spiral. Observe. Some 

 species have three styles. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix: 

 deeply five-cleft. Corolla: none. Capsule: one-seeded. 

 Seed: screw-shaped. Ail the annual sorts may be propagated 

 by seed. In those countries where the preparation of soda 

 forms a considerable branch of commerce, the seeds are 

 regularly sown in a proper situation near the sea; where they 

 usually shoot above ground in the course of a fortnight. 

 In Spain they plough the land four or five times, dung it 

 well, and then, having turned the earth twice more, they 

 make it smooth with boards instead o.f harrows, and sow 

 the seed in January and February, waiting always for wet 

 weather. When the plant is about the bigness of a shilling, 



