CLXXXVIII. 



SALIX ALBA. 



Common White Willow* 



Class XXII. Dioecia. — Order I. Diandria. 



Nat. Ord. Salicine*:. 



Gen. Char. Male Flowers : — Scales of the catkin one- 

 flowered, imbricated, with a nectariferous gland. 

 Perianth none. Stamens one to five. Female 

 Flowers : — Scales as in the male. Perianth none. 

 Stigmas two ; often cleft. Capsule one-celled, two- 

 valved, many-seeded. Seeds comose. 



Spec. Char. Leaves elliptic -lanceolate, regularly gland- 

 ulose-serrate, acute, silky. Scales short, pubescent 

 at the margin. Germens ovate, acuminate, sub-sessile, 

 glabrous. Stigmas nearly sessile, short, recurved, 

 bifid. 



SYNONYMES. 



Greek <ri*. 



Salix vulgaris alba arborescens. Bauh. Pin. 473. 



Salix. Ger. Em. 1389. ,Dod. Pempt. 831. 



Salix Dioscoridis. Lob. obs. 567. 



Salix arborea angustifolia alba vulgaris. Park. Theatr. 1430. 



Salix alba. Lin. Sp. PI. 1449. Eng. Fl. iv. p. 231. Eng. 

 L Bot. t. 2430. 

 French. . . Saule ; Saule blanc ; Saule commun. 

 Italian . . . Salce ; Salce bianco ; Salice bianco ; Salcio. 

 Spanish . . Sauce bianco ; Salce bianco. 



Port Salgueiro ; Salgueiro branco. 



German . . Weide ; Weisse Weide. 

 Dutch. . . . Wilg boom ; Witte Wilg. 

 Danish. . . Hvid piil. 

 Swedish.. Hvitpihl. • 

 Polish .... Kora wierzbowa. 

 Japan. . . . Jeno ki. 



Latin.. 



