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LONG-LEAVED BAY WILLOW. 
SALIX pentandra; foliis ellipticis acuminatis serratis gla- 
bris , petiolis superne glandulosis , amentis serotinis pen - 
tandris , germinibus lanceolatis glabris. Wiled. Sp. pi. 1 . c. 
Vahl. in Flora Danica, tab. 943. Host. Sal. Austr. 1. t. 1. 
f. 2. Eng. Bot. t. 1805. 
Salix pentandra, foliis serratis glabris , floribus pent an- 
dris. Linn. Hort. ClifFort. p. 454. et Sp. pi. p. 144. Flora 
Lapponica, p. 370. t. 8. fig. 3. Omelin, Flora Sibirica, vol. 1. 
p. 153. t. 34. fig. 1. 
Salix foliis glabris , ovato-lanceolatis ; petiolis glandulosis; 
floribus hexastemonibus. Haller, Flora Helvetica, No. 
1639. 
Salix montana major ; foliis Laurinis. Tournefort, Insti- 
tutes Rei. Herb. p. 591. 
Salix foliis laureo sive lato glabro odorato. Raii. Hist. p. 
1420. 
Salix pentandra, caudata, foliis longissime acuminatis 
attenuatis; ramulis junior ibus hirsutis; capsulis rugulosis 
opacis. 
We met with this species, hitherto wholly European, 
in the very centre of the North American continent, 
by streams in the valleys of the Rocky Mountains, 
towards their western slope, in Oregon, and also the 
Blue Mountains of the same territory. It is true, the 
present variety is a remarkable one. The uppermost 
leaves on the adult branches are about 5 or 6 inches 
long, one-half of which distance, or about 2 % to 3 inches, 
may be considered as the slope of the summit and the 
point of the leaf; the buds and last developed branches 
are also hirsute. This variety, like its prototype, be- 
comes a tree 1 5 to 20 feet high, of a bright, but not deep, 
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