Pl.ex.mon. 4. SALIClNiE. 6. Salix. 237 



37. Salix tndndra. Threes iamenod willow. 

 Stamena 8 ; leaves lanceolate, serrate, narrowed at both 



ends, bald ; ovary pedicelled, quite bald. 



Salix folio amygdaliiio, iitrinque aurito, corticem abjicicns, liaii Syn, 

 Salix (riancira, Lin. S. P. 1448. 



Holts and sides of rivers ; tree ; May to August. 



Bark deciduous; small branches upright; leaves 3 in. 

 long; serratures rounded, slightly glandular; above light 

 green ; beneath rather glaucous ; stipules ovate, oblique, 

 sometimes none; aments terminal, slender; 5/amew5 rarely 2; 

 capsule ovate, pointed. — Bark febrifuge. 



38. Salix petiolaris. Long-leaf-stalk ivillotv. 

 Leaves lanceolate, serrate, bald, glaucous beneath; ovaries 



pedicelled, ovate, silky; stigmata sessile, 2-lobed. 



Salix petiolari?, Smith T. L. S. 6, 122, 



Holts and bogs ; shrub ; April. 



jBra//t//e5 slender, lax, brownish; leaves patulous ; above 

 light green, quite bald, shining; beneath glaucous ; pe^zo/e^ 

 long ; stipules lunate, small ; aments short. 



39. Salix Dicksoniana. Dickson uuilloiu. 

 Leaves elliptical, pointed; slightly toothed, bald on both 



sides, glaucous beneath ; small branches quite bald ; aments 

 ovate, very short. 



Salix myrtilloides, Smith Ft. Bor. 1056. 

 Salix Dicksoniana, Engl. Bot. 1390, 



Scotch alps ; shrub ; April. 



Stem a foot high, upright, branchy ; leaves flat, smooth, 

 teeth glandular at the tip, above light green, beneath very 

 finely veined ; petioles short ; ovary ovate ; stigmata thick. 



40. Salix argenlea. Silver willow. 



Leaves not cut, elliptical, somewhat revolute with a re- 

 flected point ; above villous ; beneath silky, shining ; small 

 branches silky, silvery, 



Salix pumila, foliis utrinque candicantibus et lanuginosis, Dillen in Rati 

 Syn. 447, 3. 



Salix repens y, Huds. Fl. Angl. 429. 

 Salix arenaria, Lightf. FL Scot. 604. 

 Salix fusca, With. Bot. Arr. 51. 



Sandy sea-shores ; shrub ; May. 



Stem diffuse or prosti'ate ; leaves an inch long, shining ; 

 stipules very small; aments early, cylindrical, blunt ; capsules 

 ov^te, lanceolate, silky. 



