SALix SALIOACEiE 617 



* Petioles not glandular. 



S. nigra Marsh Arb. Am. 139. (1786). A tree with rough flaky brown 

 bark, 00-120 feet high : stem slender, often crooked or leaning : leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, tapering from the acute base to an extremely long point, often 

 falcate, 4-6 inches lotig by 3-4 lines broad, closely serratft, smooth and 

 green on both sides, the midrib prominent: stipules semicordate, often 

 wanting: aments with leafy peduncles, elongated, the fertile becoming 

 rather lax: scales entire or only slightly dentate, villous with crisp hairs: 

 capsule ovate-conical, glabrous, brownish tawny, more or less pedicelled : 

 styles very short ; stigmas slightly notched. Along streams, eastern Ore- 

 gon to California and the (iuli of Mexico. 



S. amygdaloides Anders. Qfv. Handl. Vet. Akad. 18R8, 114. A small 

 tree 20-70 feet high, with light yellowish-brown flaky bark : leaves lanceo- 

 late to ovate-lanceolate, pubescent when young, glabrous when mature, 

 dark green above, paler and slightly glaucous beneath, long-acu'minate, 

 I 5 inches long by 5-12 lines broad, entire or more or less sharply serrulate,' 

 narrowed at base to short petioles : aments appearing with the leaves, 

 terminal on short lateral leafy branchlets : the staminate 1-2 inches long, 

 their bracts ovate, densely pubescent; ntamens more than 2; filaments 

 distinct, pubescent at base: pistillate 'aments loose, spreading, 2-4 inches 

 long in fruit, their bracts lanceolate and densely pubescent : stigmas nearly 

 sessile: capsule narrowly ovoid, acute, glabrous, at length about as long as 

 its filiform pedicel. Along streams in the interior, Brit. Columbia to 

 Oregon and Missouri. • 



S. congesta. S. Isevigatavar. congesta Bebb. A small tree 20-30 feet 

 high wilh pate ash-colored very rough bark and yellowish branchlets : 

 leaves lameolate or oblanceolate to spatulate, 1-3 inches long, silky-lanate 

 when young, at length glabrous above, entire or at length glandular serru- 

 late, narrowed below to short petiolee : aments solitary at the ends of short 

 lateral branchlets, appearing with the leaves: staminate aments numerous, 

 at length an inch long, the scales orbicular, tomentose ; stamens 5 ; fila- 

 ments pubescent with spreading hairs ; pistillate aments spreading, oblong, 

 or shorter, 6-10 lines long, the scales lanceolate : capsules glabrou'i, ovoid, 

 acuminate, on slender pedicels nearly a line long. Along rivulets near 

 the Klamath river and southward. 



* * Petioles glandular. 



S. lasiandra Benth. PI. Hartw. 336. A slender tree 20-80 feet high 

 with dark brown rough bark: and smooth yellow branchlets: leaves lanceo- 

 late, obtuBe to acute at base, conspicuously acuminate, finely serrulate, 2-8 

 inches long, sparsely pubescent, dark green above, pale or whitish and 

 somewhat glaucescent beneath : stipules semilunar or oblong, dentate : 

 aments appearing with the leaves from short lateral leafy shoots : stamin- 

 ate aments rather loosely flowered, 2-4 inches long : their lanceolate pubes- 

 cent scales 2-3 lines long : stamens o-8; filaments slender, much longer 

 than the scales, slightly pubescent at base : pistillate aments 1-3 inches 

 long, their pubescent lanceolate scales about a line long, deciduous : capsule 

 acuminate-ovoid, 2 lines long on pedicels a line long. Common along 

 streams, Brit. Columbia to California. 



S. Fendleriana Anders. Sal. Am. Bore. 115. A tree 30-60 feet high, 

 with dark brown rough bark leaves lanceolate, long-acuminate, crenulate, 

 green and glabrous on both sides, 3-8 inches long, the short petioles and 

 very base of the leaves glandular: stipules oblong, sometimes large: 

 aments on leafy branchlets ; staminate dense, 2-3 inches long, their scales 

 pale, oblong, more or less dentate; stamens 5 or more; fllaments hairy at 

 base, longer than the scales ; pistillate aments rather loose, the pale oblong 

 scales hairy at base, deciduous : capsules glabrous, sbort-pedicelled : stig- 



