G. Salix. 4. SALICINiE, 
P/. ex. man . 
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c. Ovary pedicelled ; style short. 
25. Salix hi color. Two-coloured willow. 
Leaves elliptical, pointed, denticulato-serrate ; above 
bald, shining; beneath glaucous, veined, rather hairy; ovary 
pedicelled, lanceolate, silky. 
Salix bicolor, ErJir.jirb. 118. not of Willden. Berol. 
Salix lamina, Smith T. L. S. 6, 122. 
Woods; shrub; April and May. 
Bark brown ; leaves rather revolute, dark green above, 
when dry blackish ; ament scarcely an inch long ; stamens 
short; anther roundish. 
26. Salix nigricans. Blackish willow. 
Leaves elliptical, lanceolate, crenate, bald ; beneath glau- 
cous veined ; ovary pedicelled, lanceolate, pointed, silky. 
Salix phylicifolia /S, Lin. S. P. 1442. 
Salix nigricans, Smith T. L. S. G, 120. 
Holts; shrub; April. 
Bark blackish ; branches rather straight ; leaves slightly 
rounded at bottom, dark green above, when dry black ; 
stipules , if present, rather large, oblique heartshape; ament 
an inch and half long, blunt ; stamens hairlike ; anthers 
oblong ; capsule awlshape. 
27. Salix amy gdalina. Almond-leaved willow. 
Stamens 3 ; leaves ovate, oblique, serrated, bald ; ovary 
pedicelled; stipules 'very large. 
Salix folio auriculato splendenle flexilis, Raii Syn. 448,9. 
Salix amygdalina, Lin. S. P. 1443. 
Holts and bogs ; shrub ; April, May. 
Bark deciduous; branches bald, brittle; leaves rounded 
at the base, oblique: above light green; beneath glaucous; 
stipules rounded; aments coetaneous, thick, dense; scales 
bald ; capsules quite bald. 
28. Salix decipiens . Deceiving willow. 
Leaves lanceolate, serrate, quite bald; petiole rather 
glandular; ovary attenuated, pedicelled; branches bald, 
highly polished. 
Salix decipiens, Eng. Bet. 1937. 
Woods and hedges; tree; April. 
Bark varnished; twigs reddish; floral leaves obtuse, di- 
lated, obovate, recurved; ovary bald ; stamens 2, rarely 3. 
