SALICACEiE. (willow FAMILY.) 4l7 



brown buds, and the lowest leaves on the branches broadly obovate, very obtuse, 

 (S. decipiens, Hoffm ) — Var. RusseluXna has the leaves long and bright, 

 strongly serrate ; the younger ones, and upper branches of the annual shoots, 

 silky-downy towards autumn ;' stipules large and taper-pointed. (S. Busselli- 

 ana, Smith.) — A tall and handsome tree, with smooth polished branches ; culti- 

 vated for basket-work. (Adv. from Eu.) 



16. S. nigra, Marshall. (Black Willow.) Leaves narrowly lanceolate, 

 pointed and tapering at each end, serrate, siiwoth (excejrt on the petioles and 

 midrib) and green on both sides ; stipules small, deciduous ; glands of the sterile 

 flowers 2, large and deeply 2-3 cleft; stamens 4-6, often but 3 in the upper 

 scales. (S. ambigua, Pursh.) — Var. falcIta has the leaves elongated, scythe- 

 shaped, and the stipules large, broadly lunar, reflexed. (S. falcata, Pursh. S. 

 Pursbiana, Spreng. S. ligustrina, Mc/iar. /) — Tree 15° -25° high, with a 

 rough black bark ; frequent on the margins of streams, especially southward. 



17. S. Incida, Muhl. (Shining Willow.) Leaves ovate-oblong or lan- 

 ceolate and narrow with a long taperittg point, smooth and shining on both sides, ser- 

 rate; stipules oblong, toothed; stamens commonly 5. — Overflowed banks of 

 streams; rather common. — A beautiful species, sometimes flowering at the 

 height of 3°, sometimes becoming a small bushy tree of 12°- 15°. 



S. Babtl6nica, Toum. (Weeping Willow), belongs to this section, and 

 is much cultivated for ornament. Only the fertile plant is known in the United 

 States. — There is also a remarkable vaiiety of it with curled or annular leaves 

 (S. annularis, Forbes), known in gardens as the King-leaved or Hoop Wil- 

 low. 



* # * Ovary stalked, hairy : stamens 2. 



18. S. longifolia, Muhl. (Long-leated Willow.) Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, very long, tapering at each end, nearly sessile, remotely denticulate uiith 

 projecting teeth, clothed with gray hairs when young, at length nearly smooth ; 

 stipules small, lanceolate, toothed ; scahj hairs at the base often glandular-toothed 

 at the top in the sterile catkins ; gland long, in the sterile flowers sometimes 

 deeply 2 - 3-cleft ; in the fertile longer than the short stalk of tlie ovary ; stigmas 

 very large, sessile. — New England and Penn. to Kentucky and nortliward. — 

 Varying in height from 2° - 12° ; tbe stems and branches often prostrate, root- 

 ing extensively in sandy river-banks. 



§ 5. Catkins pedunded, borne on the lateral {or sometimes the terminal) leafy branches 

 of the season, appearing in June : 'stipujes deciduous or none : scales persistent. — 

 Small shrubs, with underground spreading stems, sending up short erect or prostrate 

 branches. 



19. S. pedicellaris, Pursh. (Stalk-feuited Willow.) Leaves 

 elliptic-obovate, obtuse or somewhat pointed, entire, smooth on both sides, retic- 

 ulately veined and rather glaucous beneath ; fertile catkins loose and few-flow- 

 ered ; ovary smooth, on a stalk twice the length of the nearly smooth greenish-yellow 

 scale ; stamens 2. — Cold swamps. New England to Wisconsin and noitliward. 

 — An upright shrub, l°-3° high, with leaves l'-l|' long, womewhat coriaceous 

 when mature. Catkins |' long : pods reddish-green, veined with purple. 



