232 6. Salix. 4. SALICIN^. Pl.ex.Tnon, 



Salixfissa, T. I,. S. 6, 115. 



Salix Forbj ana, Smith Fl. Br. 1041, 



Basket osier. 



Holts ; shrub ; Api'il. 



Branches upright, flexible, tough, bald, yellow or purple | 

 leaves petiolate, 2 or 3 in. long; stipule l&viceolaXei peduncle 

 of theament short, scales black; ovary ovate, silky. — Used 

 for basket-work. 



18. Salix rubra. Red willow. 

 Stamens monadelphous ; leaves linear, lanceolate, long, 



acute, toothed, bald, both sides light green. 



Salix minime fragilis, foliis longissimis utrinque viridibiis, non serratis. 

 Rail Syn. 449, 14. 



Salix rubra, Huds. Fl. Angl. 428. 

 Salix virescens, Villars Dauph, 3, 783. 

 Salix fissa, Ehrard Arh. 29. 



Osier grounds ; shrub • April and May. 

 Branches very long, tough, grey, or purplish ; leaves 4 In. 

 long, slender ; stipules linear, lanceolate, or none. 



19. Salix tenuifolia. Thin-leof ivillouj. 

 Stamens distinct; leaves elliptical, acute, serrate, rather 



bald, glaucous beneath; stipules indistinct: capsules entirely 

 bald. 



Salix tenuifolia, Lin. Fl. Lapp. ed. 2, 292c 

 Salix Pontederae, Villars Dauph. 3, 1QQ. 



Rocky sides of rivers ; shrub ; May and June. 



Shrub 2 feet high ; branches many, spread, while young 

 pubescent; leaves an inch and half long, light green above, 

 veins reticulate ; stipules falcate and serrate, or none ; cap- 

 sule bald. 



20. Salix myrsiniles. IVhor tie-leaf ivillow. 



Stamens distinct ; small branches hirsute ; leaves ellipti- 

 cal, serrate, bald, shining, veined on both sides ; capsules 

 awlshape, pubescent. 



Salix myrsiniles, Lin. S. P. 1445. 

 Salix retusa, Dickson T. L. S. 2, 288. 



Scotch alps ; shrub ; May and June. 



Shrub 2 feet high; branches many, divaricating; leaves 

 3-4ths of an inch long, stiff; both sides light green, while 

 young rather silky ; stipides serrate, bald ; ame7it terminal^, 

 erect. 



