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6. Salix. 4. SALICINiE. 
PL ex. mon , 
Tree low, partly procumbent, small; branches slender; 
leaves narrower and more silky beneath than those of salix 
pmnifolia; aments thick. 
10. Salix venulosa. Veiny* willow. 
Stamens 2 ; leaves ovate, serrated, bald, reticulately veined 
above, rather glaucous beneath ; capsules elliptical, silky. 
Salix venulosa, Smith FI. Br. 1055. 
Salix formosa, Willd. S. P.4, 680. 
Alpine mountains ; shrub ; May and June. 
Branches many, spreading ; leaves light green beneath, 
neatly veined above ; veins prominent, parallel, reticulate, 
anastomosing near the edge. 
31. Salix herb ctcea. Herb -willow . 
Leaves orbicular, serrate, quite bald, reticulately veined, 
both faces shining ; capsule bald. 
Salix Alpina, alni rotuudo folio, repens, Dillen in i Rail Syn. 448, 7. 
Salix herbacea, Lin. S. P. 1445. 
High micaceous mountains ; shrub ; June and July. 
Root creeping far, woody, much branched; stem 1 in. 
high, woody, slightly branched ; leaves stiff, light green on 
both faces ; ament single, terminal, few-flowered. 
12. Salix reticulata. JVrinkled willow. 
Leaves elliptical, orbicular, obtuse, not in the least 
notched, bald, reticulately veined, green above, glaucous 
beneath ; capsule villose. 
Salix pumila, folio rotundo, Raii Syn. 449, 13. 
Salix reticulata, Lin. S. P. 1446. 
Alpine mountains ; shrub ; June. 
Stem short, much branched, diffuse; second branches 
reddish, leafy; leaves stiff, green above, veins red; petioles 
long, red; aments single, terminal, short, dense, with a 
long peduncle. 
13. Salix alba. IVhite willow. 
Stamens 2; leaves elliptical, lanceolate, acute, serrate, 
silky on both sides, lower serratures glandular ; stigmata 
2 -parted. 
Salix, Raii Syn. 447, 1 ; Ger. em. 1389. 
Salix folio utrinque glauco, viminibus albidioribus, Raii Cant. 142. 
Salix arborea angustifolia, alba vulgaris, Parle. 1430. 
Salix alba, Lin. S. P . 1449. 
Woods and damp fields ; tree ; April and May. 
