506 ORDER CXV. — AMENTACEJE. 



Sub-order L— SALICA'CE^. (Willoiv Tribe.) 



Floivers naked. Seeds comose. Leaves stipulate. Oouiy 

 1-celled. 



Genus L— SA'LIX. L. 20—2. 

 (From the Celtic words ml, near, and lis, water.) 



Dioecious. Sterile florets ; araent cylindrical; scales l-flo\v- 

 ered, imbricate, with a nectariferous gland at the base ; perianth 

 none. Stamens \ — 5. Fertile florets; scales 1 -flowered ; pe- 

 rianth none. Stigmas 2, often 2-cleft. Capsule 1-celled, many-^ 

 seeded. Seeds comose. 



1. S. Muhlenbergia'n'a, (Willd.) A small shrub, often decumbent, 

 with pubescent branches. Leaves lanceolate, pubescent, hoary, entire, 

 white, tomentose beneath. Flowers diandrous, appearing before the 

 leaves. Scales oblong, villous along the margin, white, with a red apex. 

 Germs ovate-lanceolate, on long pedicel?, hairy. Styles short. Stir/mas 

 bifid. — ^ . April. Dry woods. 2 — 5 feet. 



2. S. tris'tis, (Ait.) A small shrub. Lcavcfi linear-lanceolate, acute 

 at each end, entire, with revolute margins, glabrous above, rugosely 

 veined, and tomentose beneath. Slipides none or caducous. — ^ . March 

 — April. Sandy soils. 1 — 4 feet. Dwarf Willow. 



3. S. rosmauinifo'lia, (L.) A small shrub, the branches silky, pubes- 

 cent. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute at each end, entire vv'hen young, 

 pubescent above, silky beneath, becoming nearly glabrous when old ; 

 scales of the ament obtuse, ciliate. Germs lanceolate, villous. Stigmas 

 bifid.— ^ . March— April. Wet lands. 1—3 feet. 



4. S. conif'era, (Ware.) A small shrub, with the young branches 

 pubescent, with cone-like excrescences at the extremities of the 

 branches. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acutely serrate toward the apex, 

 glal'rous on the upper surface, tomentose beneath, on long petioles. 

 Scales lanceolate, villous. Germs lanceolate, villous. Stigmas 4. — ^ 

 March — April. Dry soils. 4 — 8 feet. 



5. S. disco'lor, (L.) a shrub, with brownish branches. Leaves ob- 

 long, somewhat obtuse, remotely serrate, glaucous bent-ath. Stipules 

 lanceolate, serrat«. Stamens 2 ; scales oblong, hairy, black. Germs 

 lanceolate, tomentose. ^S^/^/mas 2-parted. — ^. April. Low grounds. 

 8—15 feet. Bog Willow. 



6. S. ni'gra, (L.) a small tree, branching from the base. Leaves 

 alternate, lanceolate, slightly acuminate, serrulate, on short petioles. 

 Stamens usually 5. Scales obovate, obtuse, villous. Capsule oblong, 

 glabrous. — '^ . March. On water-courses. 15; — 20 feet. 



<S. Babylon' ica (Tonrn.) is the weeping-willow, often planted in cemeteries. A va- 

 riety of this has curled leaves, which is known under the names of lihig-leaved or 

 I/oop Willow. 



S. rhnina'Us (L.) is the Basket Osier, from which the iviUoic-uork is manufac- 

 tured : it is introduced from Europe. 



