228 6. Salix. 4. SALICINiE. Plex.mon. 



2. Sal'ix glanca. Glaucous uillow. 



Stamens distinct; leaves scarcely notched, elliptical, lan- 

 ceolate, nearly smooth above, whitish and woolly beneath ; 

 petiole decui'rent ; stipule convex rounded. 



Salix glaiica, Lin. S. P. 1446. 



Alpine mountains ; shrub ; May. 



Shrub 4 feet high ; leaves particularly white, narrower 

 and less veiny than those of salix arenaria. 



3. Salix carinata. Keeled willow. 

 Stamens distinct; leaves ovate, denticulate, smooth, com- 

 pressed, keeled, minutely veined ; capsules ovate, tomentose, 



Salix carinata, Smilh Fl. Br. 1055. 



Folded-leaf willow. 



Alps of Scotland ; shrub ; April. 



Shrub 4 foot, upright ; secondary branches downy, stifFj 

 leaves arcuato-recurved; above shining, green; beneath pale, 

 bpake, scarcely glaucous ; anient small, ovate ; ovary twice 

 as long as the scales ; stigmata become nicked. 



4. Salix Lombertiana. Lambert willow, 

 iS^a?new^ monodelphious ; trunk upright; Zeof e^ obovate, 



lanceolate, acute, serrate, bald ; stigmata very short, ovate, 

 nicked. 



Salix Lambertiana, Smith Fl, Brit. 1041. 



Boyton willow. 



Holts and marshes ; tree ; March and April. 



Tree slender, 10 feet high; branches glaucous, purple; 

 leaves an inch long, glaucous beneath ; amcnt slender ; 

 scales black, orbicular ; ovary thick, silky. — Excellent for 

 basket-work. 



5. Salix pentandra. Five^stamened willow. 

 Stamens 4 to 7; leaves elliptical, lanceolate, crenulate, 



bald ; ovary bald, shining, nearly sessile. 



Salix folio lauroo scu lato glabro odorato, Ruii Sj/n. 449, 12. 

 Salix pentandra, Lin. S. P. 1442. 



Sweet willow. Baij-leaved leillow. 



Sides of rivulets ; tree ; May and June. 



Tree small ; branches shining ; leaves elliptical, lanceolate, 

 or broad-ovate, crenulate; crenules glandular, resinous, 

 light green, shining; ament terminal, solitary, blunt, odorous, 

 Kales round, hairy at bottom ; ovary lanceolate. 



