T.'ILLOIV FAMILY. 



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229 



Tlie most of the Osier used in this countiy is imported ; the labor required 

 in peehng the twigs will probably prevent that raised in this country 

 from successfully competing with the foreign article. 



** Aments produced icith tJie leaves at the summit of short lateral leafy 

 branches, pedundcd, long arid loose : Iranches hrittU at lase. 

 t Ovary sessile, smooth : stamens 2. 



2. S. al'la^ L. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, denticulate, silky glaucous 

 beneath ; stipules lanceolate ; styles short. 



White Salix. White Willow. 



Stem SO - 60 feet high, mnch branched : draneh.es 

 rather erect, with aT pale greenish-yellow bark. 

 Leaves 2-4 inches long, the lower teeth glandular ; 

 2^etioles\-2 lines in length. Fistillate anienis 2-8 

 inches long, greenish. 



About houses, »kc. IfatiTc of Europe. Fl. April. 



Ols. The White Willow, if I mistake not, i,*; the one which is pre- 

 ferred, and cultivated, by the manufacturers of Gun Powder, for the 

 purpose of making charcoal. It was introduced as a shade tree about 

 our old settlements, but is now generally superseded by the Weeping 

 AVillow. It is however partly naturalized in some localities. The var. 

 Titellina, — Yellow Willow or Golden Osier, — has orange-yellow branches 

 and rather shorter and broader leaves ; it is often seen, as a shade tree, 

 and partly naturalized. 



ft Ovary stalTced, smooth: stamens 2-G. 



3. S. fra'gilis var. Eiisselliana, Carey. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, 

 serrate-dentate with the teeth incurved, somewhat glaucous beneath, and 

 slightly silky while young ; stipules half heart-shaped ; styles con- 

 spicuous. ^ 



Brittle Salix. Bedford Willow. 



Stem 30-50 feet high ; 'branches rather erect with a greenish-brown smooth Tjark. some- 

 ■what pubescent when young, remarkably brittle at base. Zear^s 2-4 inches long, acuto 

 at each end. finally smooth ; petioles 2-6 lines in length, glandular and somewhat pubes- 

 cent, ristilldte aments 2-2^ inches long. J^ods tawny-green. 



Low grounds. Isative of England. Fl. May. 



Ol)s. This is one of the species cultivated for basket work. 



4. S. Babylon'ica, L. Young branches very slender, flaccid and pendu- 

 lous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, sharply serrulate or nearly 

 entire ; stipules minute, ovate, glandular-dentate ; aments recurved. 

 Babyloxiax Salix. Weeping Willow. Drooping Willow. 



Tig. 228. Staminate flower of the White "Willow (Salix alba). consi?ting of two stamens 

 with a gland at the base, borne on a scale of the ament. 229. A pistillate Cower, an 

 ov.iry with a gland upon a scale of the ament. 



