210 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



2. S. amygdaloi'des, Anders. A tree with lanceolate or 

 ovate-lanceolate leaves, pale or glaucous beneath, and with 

 long slender petioles. Fertile catkins becoming very loose 

 from the lengthening of the pedicels. Stamens 3-6. N.W. 



3. S. lu'eida, Muhl. (SHINING WILLOW.) A shrub or 

 small bushy tree, growing along streams. Leaves ovate- 

 oblong or narrower, with a long tapering point, shining on 

 both sides, serrate. Stamens most 5. Scales of catkins 

 dentate, hairy at the base. Sterile catkins densely- flowered, 

 showy. 



4. S. frag' ills, L. (CRACK WILLOW.) A tall and hand- 

 some tree. Leaves lanceolate, long-pointed, pale or glauc- 

 ous beneath, 3-6 inches long. Stamens mostly 2, rarely 3-4. 

 Capsule short-pedicelled. Atl. Prov. 



5. S. alba, L., var. eaeru'lea, Smith. Leaves ashy-gray 

 or white both sides, except when old, lanceolate, long and 

 slender-pointed. Stamens mostly 2. Pods sessile or nearly 

 so. Old leaves smooth, glaucous beneath, dull bluish-green. 

 Cultivated in many places. 



6. S. longifo'lia, Muhl. (LONG - LEAVED WILLOW.) A 

 shrub or small tree, varying greatly in size, growing along 

 streams in sandy or gravelly places, and often forming 

 dense clumps. Leaves linear-lanceolate, very long, taper- 

 ing towards both ends, nearly sessile, serrate with a few 

 spreading teeth, grayish-hairy when young. Stamens 2. 



* * Catkins lateral or terminal. Scales coloured at the tip, persistent. 

 Stamens 2, the filaments not hairy. Shrubs or small trees. 



-H- Ovaries woolly. 



7. S. dis'COlor, Muhl. (GLAUCOUS WILLOW.) A shrub or 

 small tree, 8-15 feet high, growing in low grounds and 

 along streams. Leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, irreg- 

 ularly toothed in the middle of the margin, entire at each 

 end, smooth and bright green above, white - glaucous 

 beneath, when young. Stipules moon-shaped, toothed. 

 Catkins sessile, ve'ry early in spring before the leaves. 

 Scales very dark and hairy. 



