316 78. AMENTIFEEiE. 



pieces or ureeolate ; germen or stamens from tlie middle. 

 Vernation convolute. 



Subsec. 1. Lycus (Dumort.). Stam. 4—8. Nectary ulceo- 

 late, undivided. L. glossy, glabrous. — Trees or large shrubs. 

 Stipules soon falling. Pentandree Borr. 



1. S. pentan'dra (L.) ; 1. ovate-elliptic or ovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate glandular-serrate, " stip. ovate-ohlotig straight equal" 

 stam. 5 or more, caps, ovate-attenuate glabrous, stalk twice as 

 long as the gland, style short, stig. bifid. — E. B. 1805. — Height 

 6 — 20 feet. Top of petioles glandular. L. fragrant. — River- 

 sides in the North. Sh. or T. V. VI. Bay-leaved Willow. 



E. S. I. 



t2. S. cuspiddta (Schultz ?) ; 1. oblong-lanceolate acuminate 

 glandular-serrate, stip. half-cordate oblique, "stam. S or 4," 

 caps, ovate-attenuate glabrous, stalk .3 or 4 times as long as the 

 gland, style short, stig. emarginate. — .B. B. S. 2961. London's 

 Arboretum 1439. 8. Meyeriana Willd.— Height 20— 30' feet. 

 Top of the petioles glandular. — Near Shrewsbury. Sh. or T. 

 VI. E. 



Subsec. 2. Amei-ina (Dumort.). Stam. 2 or 3. Nectary of 

 2 pieces, one between the cal.-scale and germen, the other 

 opposite to it. — Naturally trees. 



i. Diandrce. Stam. 2. Catkin-scales soon falling. — Fragiles 

 and Alba Borr. 



3. 8. frag' ilia (L.) ; 1. lanceolate pointed serrate, stip. J-eor- 

 date, caps, obovate-lanceolate stalked glabrous, stigmas rather 

 thick bifid. — a. 8. dedpiens (Hoffm.) ; caps, tapering, style 

 longer than the cloven stigmas. E. B. 1937. Branches smooth,, 

 highly polished, reddish brown ; young shoots often crimson. — 

 fi. 8. fragilis (L.) ; caps, oblong-ovate, style short, stig. bifid. 

 E. B. 1807. Branches round very smooth, brown, brittle in 

 the spring. Orach Willow. — y. 8. Busselliana (Sm.) ; caps, stalked 

 lanceolate-acuminate, style as long as the bifid stigmas. E. B. 

 1808. L. mridis Fr. Branches polished, round, smooth. L. 

 gradually attenuate, very glaucous beneath. Wood and bark 

 highly valuable. Bedford Willow. — Damp meadows and osier- 

 gTound. T. IV. V. E. S. I. 



4. 8. aVba (L.) ; 1. elliptic-lanceolate glandular-serrate acute 

 silky on both sides when young, stip. minute, caps, nearly sessile 

 ovate-acuminate glabrous, style short, stigmas thick recurved 

 bifid.— -B. B. 2430.— Height 50—80 feet. Scales shorter than 

 stam., as long as caps, in a and p, exceeding them both in y. 



