506 ORDER CXV. AMENTACE^. 



Sub-order I.— SALICA'CE^E. ( Willow Tribe.) 



Flowers naked. Seeds comose. Leaves stipulate. Ovu»y 

 1 -celled. 



Genu8 I.— SA'LIX. L. 20—2. 

 (From the Celtic words sal, near, and lis, water.) 



Dioecious. Sterile florets ; anient cylindrical ; scales 1-flow- 

 ered, imbricate, with a nectariferous gland at the base ; perianth 

 none. Stamens 1 — 5. Fertile florets ; scales 1 -flowered ; pe- 

 rianth none. Stigmas 2, often 2-cleft. Capsule 1 -celled, many- 

 seeded. Seeds comose. 



1. S. Muhlenbergia'na, (Willd.) A small shrub, often decumbent, 

 with pubescent branches. Leaves lanceolate, pubescent, hoary, entire, 

 white, tomentose beneath. Flowers diandrous, appearing before the 

 leaves. Scales oblong, villous along the margin, white, with a red apex. 

 Germs ovate-lanceolate, on long pedicels, hairy. Styles short. Stigmas 

 bifid. — ^. April. Dry woods. 2 — 5 feet. 



2. S. tris'tis, (Ait.) A small shrub. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute 

 at each end, entire, with revolute margins, glabrous above, rugosely 

 veined, and tomentose beneath. Stipules none or caducous. — *> . March 

 — April. Sandy soils. 1 — 4 feet. Dwarf Willow. 



3. S. rosmarinifo'lia, (L.) A small shrub, the branches silky, pubes- 

 cent. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute at each end, entire when young, 

 pubescent above, silky beneath, becoming nearly glabrous when old ; 

 scales of the ament obtuse, ciliate. Germs lanceolate, villous. Stigmas 

 bifid.— *?. March— April. Wetlands. 1—3 feet. 



4 S. conif'era, (Ware.) A small shrub, with the young branches 

 pubescent, with cone-like excrescences at the extremities of the 

 branches. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acutely serrate toward the apex, 

 glabrous on the upper surface, tomentose beneath, on long petioles. 

 Scales lanceolate, villous. Germs lanceolate, villous. Stigmas 4. — ^ 

 March — April. Dry soils. 4 — 8 feet. 



5. S. disco'lor, (L.) A shrub, with brownish branches. leaves ob- 

 long, somewhat obtuse, remotely serrate, glaucous beneath. ' Stipules 

 lanceolate, serrate. Stamens 2 ; scales oblong, hairy, black. Germs 

 lanceolate, tomentose. Stigmas 2-parted. — ^ . April. Low grounds. 

 8—15 feet. Bog Willow. 



6. S. ni'gra, (L.) A small tree, branching from the base. Leaves 

 alternate, lanceolate, slightly acuminate, serrulate, on short petioles. 

 Stamens usually 5. Scales obovate, obtuse, villous. Capsule oblong, 

 glabrous. — ^. March. On water-courses. 15 — 20 feet. 



8. Babylon' ica (Tourn.) is the weeping- willow, often planted in cemeteries. A va- 

 riety of this has curled leaves, which is known under the names of Ring-leaved or 

 Hoop Willow. 



S. vimina'lis (L.) is the Basket Osier, from which the willow-work is manufac* 

 tured : it is introduced from Europe. 



