DIOECIA DIANDRIA. 
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lar teeth. Stipules lanceolate, subulate, silky. Aments early, (before the 
leaves.) Scales oblong, obtuse, hairy along the margin. Germs lanceolate, 
villous. Styles long. Stigmas 2. Willd. 
Grows in wet meadows and mountain swamps; Pennsylvania to Carolina. 
Pursh. 
Floweis March — April. 
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Foliis serratis • ] ** heaves serrate . 
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4. Conifera. Wangenheim. 
S. foliis oblongo-lan- 
ceolatis, remote serru- 
latis, supra glabris, sub- 
tus planis, tomentosis; 
stipulis lunatis, sub- 
dentatis; germinibus 
lanceolatis, villosis; 
stylo elongato. 
Leaves oblong-lan- 
ceolate, remotely serru- 
late, glabrous on the 
upper surface; flat and 
tomentose underneath; 
stipules falcate, slightly 
toothed; germs lanceo- 
late, villous; style long. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 705. Pursh, 2. p. 612. Nutt. 2. p. 231. 
S. Longirostris, Mich. 2. p. 226. 
A small shrub, the branches when young pubescent. Leaves oblong-lan- 
ceolate, acute, finely and acutely serrate, entire near the base, green and 
glabrous on the upper surface, soft and tomentose underneath, almost glab- 
rous when old. Petioles long. Ament early. Scales lanceolate, very vil- 
lous. Germ lanceolate, villous. Style long. Stigmas four. 
Grows in shaded, dry, gravelly soils. Pursh. 
Flowers March — April. 
5. Discolor. 
S. foliis oblongis, ob- 
tusiusculis, glabris, re- 
mote serratis, apice in- 
tegerrimis, subtus glau- 
cis; amentis sub-coae- 
taneis; germinibus ses- 
silibus, lanceolatis, pi- 
losis. 
Leaves oblong, ra- 
ther obtuse, glabrous, 
remotely serrate, entire 
near the summit, glau- 
cous underneath; a- 
ments appearing with 
the leaves; germs ses- 
sile, lanceolate, hairy. 
