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SALICACE.E. 



Salix. 



A shrub 6-9 feet high : branches tough ; the larger ones green, and the small twigs 

 purplish. Buds large, purplish brown, smooth. Leaves 3-4 inches long and an inch or more 

 wide, mostly acuminate, rather acute at the base, a little coriaceous, bright green and some- 

 what shining above, glaucous and either quite smooth or only sprinkled with a few appressed 

 hairs underneath : serratures tipped with a minute gland. Stipules conspicuous, serrate. 

 Aments flowering from above downward. Scales obtuse. Anthers yellow. Gland elongated. 

 Pedicel of the ovary very conspicuous. 



Swamps and wet places. Flowers about the middle of April. 



**** Viminales, Borrer. Aments appearing before the leaves. Stamens 2. Ovaries nearly sessile, hairy or silky: styles 

 elongated : stigmas mostly entire. Leaves lanceolate. — Trees or shrubs, with long pliant branches. 



7. Salix viminalis, Linn. Basket Osier. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, obscurely crenate, white and silky underneath ; stipules very 

 small, lanceolate ; ovaries nearly sessile, lanceolate-subulate ; style elongated ; stigmas long 

 and linear, mostly undivided. — Linn. sp. (ed. 2.) 2. p. 1448 ; Engl. hot. t. 1898 ; Pursh, 

 fl. 2. p. 608 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 365 ; Sal. Wob. t. 133 ; Barratt, Sal. no. 13. 



A large shrub or small bushy tree, with long straight and slender branches ; the young 

 twigs yellowish and pubescent. Buds light colored, pubescent. Leaves 3-6 inches long, 

 of a satiny lustre underneath, tapering to a long point. Aments numerous, cylindrical-ovate, 

 thick and densely clothed with long silky hair , the upper flowers expanding first : anthers 

 yellow. Ovaries silky, long and narrow ; the style as long as the stigmas. 



Wet meadows. Introduced from Europe, and considered the best willow for basket-work 

 and small hoops. Fl. April. 



***** Fraoiles, Barratt. Aments pedunculate, cylindrical, loose, acuminate, appearing either before or with the leaves. 

 Scales greenish yellow. Stamens 2-5. Ovaries smooth. Leaves lanceolate, serrate or entire. — Trees. 



8. Salix lucida, Muhl. (Plate CXIX.") Glossy Broad-leaved Willow. 



Leaves ovate-oblong, cuspidate-acuminate, glandularly serrate, smooth and shining on both 

 sides ; stipules roundish or oblong, serrate ; aments accompanying the leaves ; stamens 3-5, 

 bearded at the base ; scales oblong, hairy at the base, smooth at the apex, obtusely toothed ; 

 ovaries lanceolate-subulate, smooth, their pedicels about half the length of the scales ; stigmas 

 2-lobed, about as long as the style. — Muhl. I. c. t. Q.f. 7 ; Willd sp. 4. p. 667 ; Miclix. 

 sylv. 2. t. 125. /. 3 ; Pursh, fl. 2. p. 615 ; Darlingt.fl. Cest. p. 560 ; Sal. Wob. t. 32(mas); 

 Hook. Jl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 148 ; Barratt, Sal. no. 17. 



A shrub 8-15 feet high, with shining yellowish brown bark. Buds yellowish, smooth. 

 Leaves 3-5 inches long and an inch or more in width, rather obtuse when young, but at 

 maturity tapering to a long slender point, rather acute at the base ; the serratures tipped with 

 minute glands, which are blackish late in the season ; besides which, there are usually several 

 stipitate glands at the base : petiole nearly half an inch long. Sterile aments an inch and a 



