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two-lobed. Low grounds, banks of streams, Conn., N. Y.,Car. A small tree, 

 with long, slender, smooth, purplish or yellowish-green, tough and elastic 

 branches, which may be useful in basket-making. 



11. S. MYRicolDEs. Muhl. Gale-leaved Willow. 



Lvs. oblong-lanceolate, acute, with 2 glands at base, obtusely serrate, 

 smooth, glaucous beneath ; stip. ovate, acute, glandular-serrate ; aments villous, 

 black ; ova. on long pedicels, glabrous ; sty. bifid ; stig. bifid. Swamps, N. Eng. 

 to Va. A small shrub, with green branches, the branchlets purple, smooth. Leaves 

 at length thick and coriaceous, the serratures each tipped with a gland. Apr. 



12. S. FUSCATA. Pursh. Leaden-flowered Willow. 



Lvs. lanceolate-obovate, acute, glabrous, subserrate, glaucous beneath, in 

 the young state pubescent ; stip. very narrow ; aments nodding ; scales obtuse, 

 scarcely hairy within; ova. short, pedicellate, ovoid, silky; stig. sessile, 2-lobed. 

 Grows in pools, swamps and on wet banks, seldom exceeding 3 or 4f in height, 

 distinguished by the leaden hue of its aments. It furnishes excellent twigs for 

 basket-work, and is well adapted for embankments and mill-dams. 

 4. VIMINALES. Borrer. 



13. S. VIMINALIS. Basket Osier. 



Lvs. linear-lanceolate, very long, acuminate, subentire, silky-canescent 

 beneath; stip. minute; branches virgate; aments precocious (appearing before 

 the leaves); scales roundish, very hairy; ova. sessile, ovoid; sty. filiform; stig. 

 undivided, acute. This beautiful willow was probably introduced from Europe. 

 Wet meadows and margins of rivers. Stems 10 I2f high, with long, straight, 

 slender and flexible branches. Leaves often a foot in length, narrow, covered 

 with a snow-white pubescence beneath. Aments very hairy. May. 



5. FHAGILES. Trees. Leaves lanceolate or lance-falcate, serrate, denticulate or en- 

 tire. Aments pedunculate, cylindric, loose, acuminate, cotemporary vrith the leaves ; 

 scales greenish-yellow, pubescent or smooth. Stamens 2 5, expanding Jirst from 

 the base of the ament. Ovary smooth. Barratt. 



14. S. FRAGILIS. Crack Willow. 



Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, whole margin serrate, acuminate, petioles 

 glandular ; stip. semicordate, pointed, dentate ; ova. on short pedicels, oblong- 

 ovoid, glabrous ; sty short ; stig. bifid, longer than the styles ; scales oblong, 

 about equaling the ovaries, pubescent, ciliate ; tf with an abortive ovary. A 

 tall tree, 60 or 80f high, native in Great Britain. It has a bushy head, with 

 numerous oblique, irregular branches. The twigs break off at base by a slight 

 touch. The wood is of a salmon-color. 



15. S. DECIPIENS. Hoffm. 



Branches smooth, highly polished ; Ivs. lanceolate, glabrous, serrate, acu- 

 minate, floral ones often obovate and recurved, petioles somewhat glandular ; 

 stip. small, semi-ovate, acute, dentate, often ; ova. pedicellate, glabrous, acu- 

 minate ; sty. longer than the 2-cleft stigma. A small, elegant tree, remarkable 

 for the polished, light reddish-brown twigs, appearing as if varnished. The 

 young twigs stained wtth crimson. It is often set in rows for ornament and 

 shade. 



16. S. RUSSELLIANA. Sni. Bedford Willow. 



Lvs. glabrous, lanceolate, tapering to each end, whole margin serrate, very 

 pale beneath, petioles glandular or margined ; stip. semi-cordate, strongly ser- 

 rate, acuminate ; ova. glabrous, pedicellate, longer than the scales ; sty. as long 

 as the bifid stigmas ; scales narrow-lanceolate, slightly ciliate. A large tree, 

 native of Britain, often propagated in this country. It has long, green shoots, 

 long, bright green, serrated leaves. Apr. May. 



17. S. PAMEACHIANA. Barratt. Pameachy Willow. 



Lvs. long-lanceolate, acuminate, with fine cartilaginous serratures, glau- 

 cous beneath ; slip, small, lanceolate, often 0; <? aments cylindrical, lax and 

 somewhat recurved ; scales obtuse, yellowish ; sta. 2 ; bark of the twigs smooth, 

 yellowish and variegated, in flowering time red at the ends. Grows on the 

 banks of Pameachy river, Middletown, Conn. A tree of small size, inter- 

 mediate between S. decipiensandS. vitellina, but"certainlv distinct from either." 

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