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4. SALICINiE. 6. Salix. 
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6. Salix vitellina. Yellow willow. 
Stamens 2 or 3 ; leaves lanceolate, acute, bald above, 
rather silky below, serrated, serratures cartilaginous ; sti- 
pules small, deciduous, bald on the inside; stigmata nicked. 
Salix folio hwigo subluteo, non auriculata, virninibus luteis ; eademque 
virninibus rubris, Rail Syn. 450,22. 
Salix folio utrinque glauco, virninibus rubris, Raii Cant. 142. 
Salix vitellina, Lin. S. P. 1442. 
Yellow willow. Golden osier. 
Low pastures and holts ; tree ; May. 
Tree middle size ; branches erect, yellow, shining ; leaves 
nearly sessile, shining above ; young leaves shining on both 
sides ; ament cylindrical, coetaneous with the vernation ; 
ovary bald. 
7. Salix fragilis. Crack willow. 
Stamens 2 to 5 ; leaves ovate, lanceolate, pointed, ser- 
rated, bald on both sides, shining above ; petioles toothed, 
glandular ; ovary ovate, nearly sessile. 
Salix, folio longo latoque splendente, fragilis, Raii Syn. 448. 
Salix fragilis, Lin. S. P. 1443. 
Salix decipiens, Hojfm. Sal. 2, 9. 
Common willow. 
Osier-grounds and hedges ; tree ; April and May. 
Tree tall ; branches crooked, very brittle at bottom; stipules 
rounded, toothed, often none ; male ament loose. 
$. Salix pruni folia. Plum-leaved willow . 
Stamens 2 ; leaves ovate, serrate, bald, smooth above, 
glaucous below ; secondary branches rather pubescent ; cap- 
sules ovate, silky. 
Salix myrsiniles, Lightf. Scot. 599. 
Salix prunifolia. Smith FI. Brit. 1054. 
Alpine mountains ; shrubby .; May and June. 
Stem ?, feet high ; branches many, spreading, reddish ; 
leaves petiolate; above dark green, smooth, shining; beneath 
veined, opake ; stipules half-ovate, toothed ; ament solitary, 
upright. 
9, Salix vapcinifolia. Bilberry-leaved willow . 
Stamens 2 ; leaves ovate, serrated ; above bald, smooth ; 
beneath silky, glaucous ; capsules ovate, silky ; stem de- 
current. 
Salix vaccinifolia, Engl. Bot . 33,2341. 
South of Scotland. 
