334. 6. Salix. 4. SALIClNiE. Pl.ex.mon. 



c. Ovary pedicelled ; style short. 



25. Salix hicolor. Two-coloured willow. 

 Leaves elliptical, pointed, denticulato-serrate ; above 



bald, shining; beneath glaucous, veined, rather hairy ; ovary 

 pedicelled, lanceolate, silky. 



Salix bicolor, Erhr. Jrb. 118. not of Willden. Berol. 

 Salix laurina, Smith T. L. S. 6, 122. 



Woods ; shrub ; April and May. 



Bark brown ; leaves rather revolute, dark green above, 

 when dry blackish ; ament scarcely an inch long ; stamens 

 short ; anther roundish. 



26. Salix nigricans. Blackish willow. 

 Leaves elliptical, lanceolate, crenate, bald ; beneath glau- 

 cous veined ; ovary pedicelled, lanceolate, pointed, silky. 



Salix phylicifolia jS, Lin. S. P. 1442. 

 Salix nigricans, Smith T. L. S. 6, 120. 



Holts; shrub; April. 



Bark blackish ; branches rather straight ; leaves slightly 

 rounded at bottom, dark green above, when dry black ; 

 stipules, if present, rather large, oblique heartshape; ament 

 an inch and half long, blunt; stamens hairlike; anthers 

 oblong ; capsule awlshape. 



27. Salix amygdalina. Almond-leaved willow. 

 Stamens 3 ; leaves ovate, oblique, serrated, bald ; ovary 



pedicelled; stipules very large. 



Salix folio auriculato splendente flexilis, Raii Syn. 448,9. 

 Salix amygdalina, Lin. S. P. 1443. 



Holts and bogs; shrub; April, May. 



Bark deciduous ; hranches bald, brittle ; leaves rounded 

 at the base, oblique; above light green; beneath glaucous; 

 stipules rounded; aments coetaneous, thick, dense; scales 

 bald; cop5z/Ze5 quite bald. 



28. Salix decipiens. Deceiving willow. 

 Leaves lanceolate, serrate, quite bald; petiole rather 



glandular; ovary attenuated, pedicelled; branches bald, 

 In'ghly polished. 



Salix decipiens, Eng. Bot. 1937. 



Woods and hedges ; tree ; April. 



Bark varnished ; twigs reddish ; floral leaves obtuse, di- 

 lated, obovatc, recurved ; ovary bald ; stamens 2, rarely 3. 



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