558 DIOECIA DIASDftfA 



Stem 2 to 3 feot high, slender, wilh a greenish-brown bark, bfanchcJ,— die 

 branches somewhat pubescent when young, finally smooth ; buds tawny. Ltaxfts 

 I to 2 or 'I and a half inches long, and half an inch to near an inch wide, more or 

 iess obovate, acute, ami sometimes with a short abrupt acuminatum ; petiole* 

 about a line in length ; stipules small, ovate-lanceolate, or oblon«r, caducous. 

 Aments appearing before the leaves, the pistillate ones about an inch long, finally 

 recurved; capsules minutely pubescent, tawny, the silky pappus which crowna 

 the seeds long and copious. 

 Hub. Woodlands; Mlca-slato hills : not very common. Fl. April. Fr. May. 



Obs. Collected by Townsenp, Esq. in 182& 



j | I,eave& remotely and obtusely serrate* 



2. 8. coxiFEiiA 1 tt'angenh. Leaves oblong and obovate-lanceohito, 



mostly acute, subserratc, strongly veined and cinereous-tomentose 



beneath ; stipules obliquely ovate-lanceolate, subdentate ; young 



branches densely villose ; ovaries acuminate, pubescent, pedicellate ; 



stigmas 2-lobed. Beck ? Hot. p. 319. 



S. humilis 1 JStavsh. Arbust. p. 140. 



S. Muhlenbergiana. FlovuL Cestr. p. 108. Not of mild. &c. 



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Stem 3 to 5 feel high, whh a dimgy or dark greenish-brown bark, much branched, 

 —the young branches densely clothed with a soft cinereous tomentum, or villus \ 

 buds villose,— the terminal ones often enlarged into cones, from the punctures of 

 insects. Leaves an inch and half to 3 or 3 and a half inches long, and half an inch to 

 an inch wide,laiice-obtong,generally incliningtooblanceolate, acute (those near the 

 base of the branches often obovate-oblong, or elliptic, and obtuse), rem«*ely and ob- 

 toletely serrate, often entire, and the margin slightly revolute, the upper surface 

 green and finally smooth, except on the midrib which is pubescent, the under sur- 

 face prominently and somewhat rugosely veined, and more or less densely clothed 

 wilh a cinereous tomentose pubescence, the base mostly acute, and often cuneate ; 

 petioles l lino to I' third of an inch long, tomentose ; stipules 3 or l lines long, 

 obliquely ovate-lanceolate, or semicordate, acuminate, mostly dentate, sometimes 

 entire. Aments appearing before the leaves, the pistillate ones about an inch 

 long; capsules lawny, pubescent, ihe jxi^ms long and copious. 



Hab. Low grounds ; borders of thickets : frequent. Fl. April. Fr. May. 



Obs. Mr. Nuttall and Dr. Pickering both pronounced this to be S. conifera ; 

 yet I think there is some confusion and obscurity about that species. Several si 

 the Willows are subject to have the terminal buds converted into cones,— particu- 

 larly the S. longirostris,o( this work ; and I have collected unusually large coneg 

 sn two other species, at the Falls of Niagara. If the present plant be the genuine 

 S. conifera, our American Botanists are mostly wrong, I apprehend, in quoting S. 

 longirostris, Mx. as a Synonym. 



3. S. loxgirostris, Mx ? Leaves narrow, cuneate-oblanccolate, 

 acute at each end, nearly entire, with the margin revolute, strongly 

 ▼eined beneath, cinereous-pubescent on both sides, finally smoothish 

 above ; stipules none, or caducous ; young branches pubescent ; ovaries 

 pedicellate, acuminate ; 6tyle elongated ; capsules diverging, long- 

 beaked. Mx. Am. 2. p. 226. 



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