PI ex, man. 4. SALICINJE. 6. Salix. 281 



Bark green ; branches many, spreading ; leaves acutely 

 and regularly serrulated ; ament terminal, long, very slen- 

 der, many-flowered ; capsules ovate, rather bald. 



14. Salix ccBrulea. Blue willoiu. 



Stamens 2 ; leaves lanceolate, pointed, serrate, silky be- 

 neath, growing smooth, lowest serratures glandular ; stig- 

 mata 2-parted. 



Salix alba,var. Smith Fl.Brit. 1072. 

 Salix caerulea, Engl. Bot. 2431, 



Damp fields ; tree ; May. 



Plant growing quick ; leaves large, blueish. 



b. Ovary sessile^ style long. 



15. Salix viminalis. Basket ivillow. 

 Leaves lanceolate, linear, very long, pointed, not in the 



least notched ; above green, bald ; beneath silvery, silky ; 

 branches rodlike ; style long. 



Eleagnus, Dalechamp Hist.Lugd. 278. 

 Salix folio longissimo, Rati Syn. PI. 450, 21. 

 Salsx viaiinalis, iin. S. P. 1448. 

 Osier. 



Holts and boggy places ; shrub ; April and May. 



Branches very long, silky ; leaves spread, 7 to 9 in. long ; 

 waved ; ribs parallel; stipules linear, lanceolate, often none; 

 aments cylindrical, early, very hairy ; capsules ovate, silky. 



16. Salix rosea. Rose willow. 



Stamens monadelphous ; trunk upright ; leaves lanceo- 

 late, pointed, serrate, bald, beneath rather glaucous ; style 

 long, filiform ; stigmata linear. 



Salix humilior foliis angustis subcaeruleus, ex adverse binis, Rail Syn, 

 448,11. 



Salix Helix, Lin. S. P. 1444. 

 Salix monandra, Hojfm. Sal. 1,18. 



Holts and boggy places ; tree ; March and April. 



Tree slender, 10 feet high; Iranches tenacious, grey and 

 purple, shining ; leaves petiolate, bitter ; ament long, thick, 

 ovary silky ; capsules woolly, white. 



17. Salix Forly ana. For by willow. 

 Stamens monadelphous ; branches upright ; leaves rather 



stipuled, lanceolate, toothed, bald, above dark green, be- 

 neath glaucous ; stigmata linear. 



