DIO&CIA DIAXDRIA 56i 



liqudy reoifortmcordate, dentate, smooth, subpctiolate, taoftly reflexcd, large or 



the young branches. Pistillate aments *a inch and half to 2 inches long ; capsules 



ovoid, acuminata, smooth, brownish-tawny, distinctly pedicellate; rwhis slightly 



villose. 



gab. Swamps, and margins of ponds: frequent. Fl. April— May. /V.June. 



Obs. I was mistaken in giving the sir* of this species, in my Catalogue. 1 

 think I have never seen it more than 4 to 6 feet high :-nor have I noticed the 

 laminate plant. 



, g. S. cBisKi, mild. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate, smooth 

 above, silky beneath ; stipules ovate-oblong, subdentafe, caducous ; 

 aments preceding the leaves; ovaries ovoid-ablong, silky-pabescent, on 

 short pedicels ; stigmas subsessile. Beck, Bot. p 821. 

 8. scricea. Marsh. Avbust. p 4 140. 



(iRET Salix. 



tftmlioG feet high, with slender dark grecnishbrown branches, which are 

 cinereous-pubescent when young, and brittle at base. Leaves 2 to 4 inches long 

 and half an inch to an inch w ide, lanceolate, acute, or acuminate, serrulate, smooth 

 above except on the midrib, which is cinereous-pubescent, clothed beneath with 

 inapprcsaed silky pubescence which is of a silvery glaucous hue ; petioles 2 to I 

 tr6 liues long, pubescent ; stipules ovate-oblong (linear, Willd. Tow. £*<*,) den- 

 liculate, silky, caducous. Stamlnate amenta about half an inch long; scales 

 ♦vate-obiong, black at apex, villose ; anthers fuscous, or greenish-brown/ Piatil 

 hie aments about an inch long; capsules otofd-ottong, sifty-puBescent pale 

 tawny with tinges of green. ' 



Jlab. Low grounds; swampy thickets : frequent. Fl. April. Fr. May. 



06s. I received, from the late Mr. S.htceinitz, a specimen of this, labelled by 

 him, S. discolor. 



9. ft Russelliaxa 1 Sm. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, acute 

 at base, smooth, paler and somewhat glaucous beneath ; aments co*ta- 

 neous; ovaries ovoid-subulate, smooth, pedicellate; style elongated 

 mild. Sp. 4. p. 656. b 



8. nigra. Florul. Cestr. p. 109. Not of Marsh. &c. 

 Russell's, or Dike of Bedford's Salix. 



Sum 20 to 40 or 30 feet high, and 1 to 2 feet in diameter, branchcd,-thc branches 

 Willi a dark greenish-brown smooth and shining bark, somewhat pubescent when 

 young, brittle at Use. Z*ar*s2to4inchcs long, and half an inch to near an inch 

 wide, lanceolate, acute at each end, the apex mostly tapering to a slender acumi- 

 nation, serrate, mostly smooth, green above, paler and more or less glaucous 

 beneath, silky-pubescent when young; petioles 2 to 6 lines in length, somewhat 

 pubescent ; stipules small, caducous. Pistillate aments 2 to 2 and a half inches 

 l>ng, loose ; scales linear-lanceolate, pul>escent and ciliate at base, membranous 

 and tawny, deciduous; ovaries on short pedicels, slender and tapering to the 

 apex, smooth, with a distinct style, and 2 lobed stigma; rwhis pubescent. Cap- 

 sules of a dingy tawny-green color. 



llab. Low grounds; along Brandy wine: frequent. Fl. April -May. /V.June. 



Ob,. This is evidently an introduced Willow,-and seems to be the S. Russel. 

 "aim, or England. It is naturalized to a considerable extent, along the Brandy- 

 woe ;.aud has been semetimes advantageously cultivated, in low swampy grounds- 



