230 6. Salix. 4. SALICIN^E. Pl.ex.mon. 



Tree low, partly procumbent', small ; branches slender ; 

 leaves narrower and more silky beneath than those of salix 

 prunifolia; aments thick. 



10. Salix venulosa. Veiny udllow. 

 Stamens 2 ; leaves ovate, serrated, bald, reticulately veined 



above, rather glaucous beneath ; capsules elliptical, silky. 



Salix venulosa, Smith Fl. Br. 1055. 

 Salix forinosa, Willd. S. P. 4, 680. 



Alpine mountains ; shrub ; May and June. 



Branches many, spreading ; leaves light green beneath, 

 neatly veined above ; veins prominent, parallel, reticulate, 

 anastomosing near the edge. 



11. Salix herlacea. Herb willow. 

 Leaves orbicular, serrate, quite bald, reticulately veined, 



both faces shining ; capsule bald. 



Salix Alpina, alni rotundo folio, repens, Dillen in Raii Spi. 448, 7. 

 Salix herbacea, Lin. S. P. 1445. 



High micaceous mountains ; shrub ; June and July. 



Root creeping far, woody, much branched; stein 1 in. 

 high, woody, slightly branched ; leaves stiff, light green on 

 both faces ; ament single, terminal, few-flowered. 



12. Salix reticulata. Wrinkled willow. 

 Leaves elliptical, orbicular, obtuse, not in the least 



notched, bald, reticulately veined, green above, glaucous 

 beneath ; capsule villose. 



Salix putnila, folio rotundo, Raii Syn. 449, 13. 



Salix reticulata, Lin. S. P. 1446. -^ 



Alpine mountains ; shrub ; June. 



Stem short, much branched, diffuse ; second hranches 

 reddish, leafy ; leaves stiff, green above, veins red ; petioles 

 long, red ; aments single, terminal, short, dense, with a 

 long peduncle. 



13. Salix alba. White willoiv. 

 Stamens 2; leaves elliptical, lanceolate, acute, serrate, 



silky on both sides, lower serratures glandular ; stigmata 

 2-parted. 



Salix, Raii Syn. 447, 1 ; Ger. em. 1389. 



Salix folio ulrinque glauco, viminibus albidioribus, Raii Cant. 142. 



Salix arborea angustifolia, alb.i vulgaris, Park. 1430. 



Salix alba, Lin. S. P. 1449. 



Woods and damp fields ; tree ; April and May. 



