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*** Grisee, Barratt. Aments ovoid-cylindrical, appearing before the leaves. Stamens 2. Ovaries sessile or stipitate, 

 silky-gray. Leaves lanceolate, serrate, silky-gray widcmcath, drying black. — Shrubs with brittle branches. 



5. Salix petiolaris, Smith. Dark Long-leaved Willow. 



Leaves lanceolate, serrate, grayish underneath, with short silky hairs, finally almost naked 

 above ; stipules lunate, deciduous ; fertile aments loose ; scales black at the tip ; ovaries 

 pedicellate, ovoid-lanceolate, very silky ; stigmas nearly sessile, 2-parted ; scales scarcely 

 longer than the pedicel. — Smith in Linn, trans. 6. p. 122 ; Willd. sp. 4 p. 665 ; Engl. hot. 

 t. 1147 ; Pursh, fl. 2. p. 616 ; Sal. Wob. t. 23 ; Barratt, Sal. no. 9 ; Loud. enc. tr. shr. 

 p. 765. S. grisea, var. subglabrata, Koch, comm. p. 21 (ex Loud.). 



var. grisea : leaves more silky underneath ; aments cylindrical. — S. grisea, Willd. sp. 4. 

 p. 699 ; Pursh, fl. 2. p. 616 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 516 ; Barratt, Sal. no. 10. S. sericea, 

 Muhl. I. c. (not of Villars). S. Pennsylvania, Sal. Wob. t. 95 (ex Barratt). 



Stem 4-10 feet high ; the twigs varying from greenish to purple, tough and elastic, but 

 brittle at the base. Leaves 2-4 inches long and 6-9 lines wide, finely and rather sharply 

 serrate, the serratures tipped with a minute gland, nearly or quite smooth above except on the 

 midrib ; the underside more or less silky-pubescent, and of a glaucous hue : petioles 3-6 

 lines long : stipules small, toothed. Buds brown and smooth. Sterile aments from half an 

 inch to three-fourths of an inch long, with a few rudimentary leaves at the base ; the middle 

 flowers usually expanding first. Scales obovate, very obtuse. Anthers at first reddish, then 

 yellow and finally brown. Fertile aments dense, sometimes recurved, in fruit about an inch 

 long ; the peduncles at first naked, finally somewhat leafy. Ovaries remarkably white and 

 silky, tapering to a conical point but not rostrate, crowned with the short but usually distinct 

 style and small 2-lobed stigmas. 



Sandy banks of rivers ; frequent in the western parts of the State, but somewhat rare along 

 the Hudson. Fl. Middle of April. Fr. May. This species was many years ago adopted 

 by mistake as a native of Scotland, and has even since obtained a place in British Floras ; but 

 there can be little doubt that the plant described by Sir J. E. Smith was of North American 

 origin, as Pursh and Lindley have both asserted. I can find no essential characters in which 

 S. grisea differs from S. petiolaris ; and as the latter name is the older, it has been adopted. 

 Koch and Borrer are of opinion that the two are not specifically distinct ; and I suspect that 

 <S. fuscata of Pursh must be joined with them. — The twigs and branches are very tough, 

 and are much valued by the basket-maker. 



6. Salix myricoides, Muhl. > Gale-leaved Willow 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, rather sharply serrulate, smooth, glaucous 

 underneath ; stipules lunate -ovate ; aments leafy at the base ; scales black and villous ; 

 ovaries lanceolate, on a long pedicel, smooth ; style distinct ; stigmas 2-lobed. — Muhl. I. c. 

 p. 235. t. 6.f. 2 ; Willd. sp. 4. p. 666 ; Pursh, fl. 2. p. 613 ; Barratt, Sal. no. 11. 



