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RANGE: the banks of streams and rivers around Frejus. 



The almond-leaved willow, Salix triandra, Linn., is a tree seven or eight feel tall. 

 The leaves are lanceolate, pointed, smooth, have toothed margins and two rounded 

 stipules at their base. The male flowers are in long catkins and appear when the leaves 

 first come out. The flowers have three stamens and a scale with down on it. 



FLOWERS: at the onset of spring. 



RANGE: sandy places on river banks in Dauphine and in Alsace. 



The early willow, Salix prcecox, hort. par. is not a very tall tree, quite similar to 

 the one above. The leaves are oval, oblong, and dentate. The male flowers form small 

 rounded oval catkins with rounded reddish scales. Each flower has two stamens plus a 

 large downy scale. 



FLOWERS: I saw it in bloom on March 25, 1818. 



The acuminate willow, Salix acuminata, Mill., is about the same height as the 

 marceau willow. Its leaves are oval, oblong, with undulate or crenate margins, whitish 

 and cottony underneath. 



RANGE: France, in cool and damp regions. 



The water willow, Salix aquatica, Willd., is a tree quite similar to the marceau 

 willow. Its leaves are oblong oval with dentate stipules, green above, glaucous and 

 downy underneath. The flowers form small catkins; each flower has two stamens. 



FLOWERS: around the end of March. 



RANGE: France, on dunes and in swamps. 



NOMENCLATURE. The genus name, Salix, 



