SALIX 



late spriuix on "-iiort lateral p.ilunrK'-, wliich 

 bear i-i* Ivs.. those boruf hitrr in tlu- ^r;|.•^u|| 

 ou iinioli louirer Irat'v braiu-hrs, wrv limsely 

 tid. : rts. t:as.;i,-lr<l iu'ehistcrs of :^-r. on tho 

 axis, a ili-tinct nitrrviil boCwirn the t'aseich's. 

 tirsT aiipeanny; in ^iay and often bearing ;i 

 second set of aments iu early summer; sealer 

 usually glabrous or somewhat hairy toward 

 the base, narrowly obloui:. yellowish, deeid- 

 uous after Moweriiii;- : lilanieuts eri^[' h;iirv 

 below, smooth almve : ea|'snles ^o'^sile. 

 elothed when youni;' witli appressed >^ilvery 

 hairs, beeomini;' nearly sniomh at ni;d\irity': 

 stigmas short, -^r^vilr. c.'entr;d X. America.— 

 The pistillate aineiit, lax at ;uirhesis. bemmes 

 more si.t as the rapsule'^ nuiriiiT, and \>y thi.s 

 ebaraeter the sjie-'ies ean e;i'-ily l.ie distin- 

 guished from rehiiod species. 



11. argophylla. Xuttall ( N. In„./ifdh':t . var. 

 argoph i'//hi . Anib-rss, N. fi n ri(i/l / is . var. iir- 

 gophf/ila. Sargent. ^■. i// '"/N/Tn/i; , Bentham ) . 

 Tree or large shrub, ii^-iy ft. high, forming 

 dense thickets but not crowing in clumps: 

 branche-^ nearly glabrous and exceedingly 

 toui^h : iiark turning from brown to bright 

 yellow or orange just before lihiondng. mak- 

 ing a thicket of it a most con-idcuous ul'- 

 ject: Ivs. narrowly laueeolati--. idu^t'ly -^r^sile, 

 entirely or rarely miuuroly and r<'m<itt-ly 

 denticulate, clothed equally on both siiles 

 with an appressed silky p\ilio-.c,-]iee. which 

 more or less ciuict'aN tlio xeins ; stipuh-s 

 obsolete: scales uMoui;- and obtuse in the 

 staminate amenr, narri>wer and nn>re acute in 

 the pistillate : h'wer half of the h lament 

 densely crispy hairy: capsule laneeolate. n.iv- 

 ered with straight :ip[jri.'-^sed silky hairs, 

 closely sessile; stignia-< sessile; mature caii- 

 sule often nearly glabr>.ius. — Oecasionaily the 

 leaves remain npou the phuit (jver wintrr, 

 the young shoots appearini;' in their axil-; in 

 spring. Ament surpassed in h-ngth by its 

 leafy peduucles; a]>pearing in ~Ma.y in Ore- 

 gon and northern California and lowering in- 

 termittently all summer. This species is dis- 

 tinijuished by its narrowly lanceolate, entire 

 leaves, obsolete sti[>nles. small and rather 

 narrow aments. cri'^e --cab-; and hairy cap- 

 sules. ^'. ariiopli If] hi occurs on the Pacihe 

 slope from southern California to British 

 Columbia. It is a western representative 

 of the long-ieaved 'Willows. X''.)t advertised, 

 but a beautiful sjiceies common along streams 

 and irrigation ditches. 



12. Caprea, Linn. Goat "Willow. Fii^. 

 2L'35. A sjnall troe, 12-25 ft. high, with up- 

 right branche.s : Ivs. large, 2-5 in. long. l-:i 

 in. wide, rounded or suhcordate at base, ru- 

 gose, very variable; aments ap]~)earing before 

 the Ivs., large and showy. esp)ei-ially the stam- 

 inate ones. Ell. Asia. — The ty])ical form 

 often occurs in yards where it has sprouted 

 from the stock npon which the nn-re popular 

 but scarcely more ornamental variety, pend- 

 ula. has been irvafted. Var. pendula, H^n-t. 

 KiL3L\RX<>rK WiLLOW. Dwarfed f^rm. i,Tafred 

 on stock al.iont 4 ft. high, and forming a 

 weeping shrub. r)ften planted in yards, x. 

 )nuUiui'rr;.^ is supposed to be a hybrid, ami 

 probably belouLTs with 8. C"j>r<<i. S. C'^/'r-". 

 var. tricolor. Hort.. is said by F. W. Kidsi^}" 

 to be a rouud-headed tree, with "tric<il(ircd 

 foliage." S. j)al»ic'fd/i'/ , Hurt., is said by F. 

 W. Kelsey to be of vigorous t^'niwth. witli 

 large, deep green Ivs, an<l reddish pur]>le 

 young wood. 



13. discolor, :\Iuhl. Prssv Willow. Figs. 

 2228, 2229, 2234. A shrnl> or short-tmnked 

 tree, 10-20 ft. high: buds vrry ]ari:e and nearly 

 black; Its. smooth and bri.u-ht green aVtove. 

 whitish beneath, irregularly crenate-serrate ; 

 aments appear early in spring, before the 

 Ivs., closely sessile, envelope*! iii long, silky 



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2234. Leaves of Wil- 

 lows t/^ /2'- 



7. Salix alha: 



s. Babiilonica: 



;», inferior .■ 



1(1. B.-hhiaaa: 



11, U-if^tis : 



rj. disrulor. 



hairs. F. X. Anicr. — Worthy 

 tended rultj\ alion and thrivin.L,^ 



14. Bebbiana. Sar-. [S. i:.s!ruhi. Ividi.i. 

 Fig. 2234. A .small irec. ]n-L>n n. hi-li. willi 

 short but distinct trunk : buds nf nn^diuni 

 sixe. conical, brown: 1\--. dull L:reen an<l 

 dijwu}' above, ]ii'i'niiin:'ntl>' \riiii-d and hair\ 

 beui.'alh: aments appearing with the Ivs., 1|i'c 

 staminate Ijeautiful golden when iu flower; 

 scales narrow and shorter than the pedicels; 

 capsuh-s long rosirate. E. X. Ain^r. — Fnd'crs 

 dry sdil and can bi> used to n<iod ailvanta^c 

 against walls and iu rockeries. 



15. hiimilis, Alarsh. Puaikie Willow. A 

 shrub, 3-.S ft. high, A'aryinu- mnch in st,a1ur(.\ 

 and in size and shape of i\s.: liranchcs 

 liairy: Ivs. oldaiicrolate to nbloim. nearly en- 

 tire, more i.u- less rcvolutc: anieuts densid\- 

 and UKUiy-lid. F. X. Anier. — (_irn\\-s in driest 

 situations. 



lb. tristis. Ait, D\\-akf Willo\v. 

 22;M. a diffuse shrub. 1-1',, ft., with 

 deep-si't root : brani/hes gra\-. s hinder 

 small, 1 in, Inim-. linear - lanceolate. 

 short-p<'tioh-d: ano'Uts small ami rather few- 

 fliF: stamens ora n-i--red, F. X. Amer. 



17. sericea, ]\larvh. SinKv Willow. A 

 slirul' usualiv 4-s ft. hi-h, dirtuselv -pread- 

 iclies' often reddish : buds 

 at apex, cylindrical : Ivs. 

 sometimes liecomiiig less 

 ■nts densely fld., appear- 

 tarneus often oranue-red : 

 vate-olih.am'. nearh' 



Fig. 



Ivs. 

 verv 



m^ from base : br; 

 obtuse and rinuHlec 

 very silky beneath 

 so at maturity : an 

 ing with the Ivs. : 



capsules .-.hort-liedicidlr 



truncate at apex. Xortheastern X'. Amer. 



IS. petiolaris, Sm.. not Hort. Fig. 22.33. A 

 low slirub, '^-~^ ft. high: brandies slender, the 

 whole plant mueh sh-nderer than S. seriCfa, 

 with wldidi ir frequently grows: Inids smaller 

 and more pointed : Ivs. only slightly silky 

 when young, soon glal.u'ous. more evidently 

 toothed: aments rather loosely fid. ; capsules 

 rostrate and pointed, distinctly pedicelled. 

 Central and nortlieastern X', Anxev.— S. pi.'ti'.'- 

 Iari.<i of the trade is ,S'. i,i<->ni.i. 



19. viminalis. Linn. <"Is(ku Willow. A 

 shrub or small tree, 10-20 ft. hi-h : branches 

 slender and straight: Ivs. linear-lanceolate, 

 beatttifully silvery, 4-10 in. long; margins 

 revolute. entire: aments appearing before the 

 Ivs., golden yell'iw. Eu. Asia.— ]Mo?t often 

 seen in ]>lantations for basket material, for the 

 production of which the plants are cut near 

 the ground every year. Willow culture in 

 experienced hand's hs often in-otitalde. iV.-v 

 details, see Sinqison. Osier (.'ulture. Bull. 19. 

 Div. of For., r. S. Drpt. A-ri.-. bs'jS.) This 

 species d<ies not thrive in this country as well 

 as in Euri;i]ie. 



20. Candida, Flue^'ge, Hoakv Wtllow. Fig. 

 223,'i. A slirub, 2-,"i ft. hie'h : young lu'anches 

 lioary. becoiuiug snuioth and n-d with age: 

 buds reddish, rounded at the apex: Ivs. lan- 

 ceolate or linear-lanceolate, 2-4 m. long, dark 

 ureen and wrinkled above, covered below 

 with dense white tomeutum, revidute; anu:'nts 

 sessile, appearing before the Ivs.; staminate 

 of reddish capsule densely white woolly, with 

 red style and stigmas. N. Amer.— This spe- 

 cies hybridizes freely witli S.r.mJiifd. anil 

 several m\tnral hyl.udils have been described. 



21. myrtilloides. Linn. Fig. 223::. A shrub, 

 2-5 ft. hii.di.with rather slender lu'owu twii^-s: 

 Iv-. olijong or elliptic-obovate, usually obtuse 

 at briTh ends, entire and snmoth, reticulate- 

 veiued : aments rather few-fld.: capsules red- 

 dish, ghdirotis. X'". K. X^. Amer. and Eu. Usu- 

 ally grows in cohl peat bogs. — Probably not 

 in cult. The plant sold under this name is 

 probably some form of S. pu rpt(rt'<( , which 

 ^'. »iyrfiUotdes closely resembles in general 

 appearance. 



