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6. Salix. 4. SAUCING. 
PL ex, more. 
Salix fissa, T. L. S. 6, 115. 
Salix Forbyana, Smith FI. Br. 1041. 
Basket, osier. 
Holts ; shrub ; April. 
Branches upright, flexible, tough, bald, yellow or purple ; 
leaves petiolate, 2 or 3 in. long: stipule lanceolate; peduncle 
of the ament short, scales black; ovary ovate, silky. — Used 
for basket-work. 
38. Salix rubra. Bed willow. 
Stamens monadelphous ; leaves linear, lanceolate, long, 
acute, toothed, bald, both sides light green. 
Salix minime fragilis, foliis longissimis utrinque viridibus, non serratis, 
Raii Syn. 449, 14. 
Salix rubra, Iluds. FI. Angl. 428. 
Salix vifescens, Villars Dauph. 3, 783. 
Salix fissa, Ehrard Arb. 29. 
Osier grounds ; shrub ; April and May. 
Branches very long, tough, grey, or purplish ; leaves 4 in. 
long, slender ; stipules linear, lanceolate, or none. 
19. Salix tenuifolia. Thin-leof willow. 
Stamens distinct ; leaves elliptical, acute, serrate, rather 
Raid, glaucous beneath; stipules indistinct; capsules entirely 
bald. 
Salix tpnuifolia, Lin. FI. Lapp. ed. 2, 292. 
Salix Pontederas, Villars Dauph. 3,766. 
Rocky sides of rivers; shrub; May and June. 
Shrub 2 feet high ; branches many, spread, while young 
pubescent ; leaves an inch and half long, light green above, 
veins reticulate ; stipules falcate and serrate, or none ; cap- 
sule bald. 
20. Salix myrsinites. IV hor tie-leaf willow. 
Stamens distinct ; small branches hirsute ; leaves ellipti- 
cal, serrate, bald, shining, veined on both sides ; capsules 
awlshape, pubescent. 
Salix myrsinites, Lin. S. P. 1445. 
Salix retusa, Dickson T. L. S. 2, 288. 
Scotch alps ; shrub; May and June. 
Shrub 2 feet fyigh ; branches many, divaricating ; leaves. 
3'4ths of an inch long, stiff, both sides light green, while 
young rather silky ; stipules serrate, bald ; ament terminal, 
erect. 
