?ALICACEJE. 



hairy; aments globular when young, loosely Cowered; ovary with along hairy 

 bonk ; style short. 



Sandy woods. March . April. A small shrub 1 to l^foot high, much branched, 

 with a profusion of amenta in spring appearing before the leaves. Leans at lengifi 

 numerous, thick, 1J4 inch long, often crowded. Slipv n, often r-> 



duced to a mere gluud. 



3. S. humilis, Marshall. Low Bush J) illow. 



L-^ivcs ou pcti ales, lane-oiate or obovate-lanccolate, acute or obtuse with an ab- 

 rupt point, slightly downy above; stipules small, semi-ovate and entire, or larger 

 and linear with 2 to 4 teeth, shorter than the petioles; aments often recurved } 

 avary hair}- ; style distinct. 



Borders of fields and roadsides, common. A shrub 3 to 8 feet high, varying in 

 size and appearance. Leaves of the larger forms 3 to 5 inchis !on_ 

 inch broad. Tlii- - U as some of thefollowi:: ten bear cone- 



like exere.-cences on the ends of the branches, formed of closely iml ri 



* * Leaves more or less serrate, smoother. el sh inir g abate ; ctnenls cylittdrical, large. 



4. S. B1COLOR, Muhl. Glaucous WiU 



Leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, irregularly tocthed on the Bides, en- 

 tire at <he base and apex; stipules semilunar, toothed; aments trect; sea'- 

 hairy, oblanceolate, somewhat acute; ovary densely 



Low meadows and river banks, common. A lar. all tr-e 8 to 1 



high. Leaves when young commonly obtuse and pubescent, at length becoming 

 smooth ami wfcitish-glaueous beneath. TmmgcaU '-Lack- 



ish with the con.-jdeuous stipules, elongating in fruit to -]A inches. 



* * * Leaves finely and evenly serrate, siV:y-gray or glaucous leneath ; amenti oxcid 

 or cylindrical ; • stigma 2-lol:d. Shrubs. 



5. &. sericea, Marshall. Silky -leaved Willow. 



Leaves lanceolate, pointed, downy above, grayish with short silky hairs under- 

 neath; sterile aments small, the fertile narrowly cylindrical, closely flowered : scales, 

 cbtu-e. round-cbovatc; stigma nearly e 



Sandy river banks. A shrub 4 to 10 feet high, withgr^en or pumletwii? which 

 are tough but brittle at base. Fertile aments in tower ? ;{ inch, at ki.. b 

 long. Anthers at £r_-t reddish, then yellow, i >wn. 



G. S. T .-?, Smith. Long-stalked Willow. 



■;? lanceolate, pointed, smooth above, glaucous leneath, silky at 

 ly unequal; stipules lunate; amerds appearing before the leaves, the fertile ovoid- 

 cylindrical, loosely flowered ; scales very hairy, oberate; style short tut distinct. • 



Sandy river barks and low grounds, common. A shrub C to 10 feet I 

 wl .at resembling the last, but the mature leaves ar and dry !es ? . 



black. Fertile aments ehcrter acd.broadcr, thecaj og and showing the 



* * * * Ff.ar,:r.r:is srycrate ; stigmas v.ndicvl> d. Email trees. 



7. S. viminalis, L. Basket Osier. T 



Ix'-xcs linear-lanceolate, very long and acuminate, entire or obscurely crenato, 

 white-silky Leneath: t&fVltt very small; aments cylindrical-ovoid, clothed with 

 long silky hair; ovary leng ard narrow; ttylcs elongated; stigmas linear, mostly 

 eatirc. 



W?t meadows; introduced from Europe. A m'-cdle sired tree, with slender and 

 flexible branches, leaves 3 to 0" inches Ion? of a beautiful lustre beneath. Fila- 

 ments yellow. Antheu orange. Comide-red the be^t species for basket making. 



Sec. il Aments lateral, with 4 to 5 ioofy bracts at tho base, appearing with or 

 before the leaves : stamens ?<.— Shrubs or tmaU ireci. 



