BLUNT LEAVED WILLOW. 
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and very smooth, the style elongated, and the stigmas 
two and undivided. 
The twigs of this species are flexible, but the wood is 
too small for almost any economical employment. The 
old wood of the trunk of S. caprea or the Sallow, so 
much like the present species, is much esteemed by wood 
turners. 
BLUNT LEAVED WILLOW. 
SALIX PLAVESCENSj^/b/zz^ obovatis sublanceolalis flavescente 
tomentnsis integris demum glabris, stipulis parvulis sub- 
semicordatis denticulatis, amentis prxcocibus, capsulis lan- 
ceolatis sericeo-pubescentibus , stigmatibus villosis. 
We met with this shrubby, species in the range of the 
Rocky Mountains, and we are doubtful if it is not also 
an inhabitant of Europe. It agrees very nearly with 
the obtuse leaved Willow of Willdenow, (S. obtusifolia,) 
of which we have seen no specimens, and which is ap- 
parently a very obscure species, said to be a native of 
the Lapland Alps. Ours is a large shrub, with much of 
the aspect and general character of the Grey Willow, 
which is indeed the type of a groupe of kindred Willow's. 
For a good while the leaves still remain downy, particu- 
larly on the under surface, which is tinged also with 
pale yellow. The leaves, when old, are about li inches 
long, | of an inch wide or more, w'edge-shaped at the 
base, obovate or oblanceolate, quite smooth, entire 
apparently, yet the stipules are denticulate. The branches 
are brown or dark purple. The catkins are short and 
cylindric. The scales blackish, hairy, and obtuse, the 
capsules white and silky; the style is distinct, and the 
four stigmas long and pubescent. 
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