612 
DI CLtfNIA AMENTACES» SallX, 
rosmarinifo 
lia . 
fuscata . 
conifera . 
Icon. Ercg/. lot. I35g. 
On the banks of rivers and in willow grounds 5 intro* 
duced from Europe. Tj . March, April, v. v. It is 
cultivated on account of its exceeding tough branches 
for the use of making baskets. 
- 15. S. foliis strictis lineari-lanceolatis utrinque acutis integer- 
rimis margine subglandulosis supra deciduo-pubescen- 
tibus, subtus sericeis, stipulis exiguis lanceolatis erec- 
tis, amentis praecocibus ovatis recurvatis, squamis 
oblongis obtusis ciliatis, germinibus pedicellatis lan- 
ceolatis villosis, stigmatibus subsessilibus bifidis.— 
Wiild. sp. pl. 4. p. 6/ 9. 
Icon. Engl. lot. 1305. 
In wet meadows and mountain swamps : Pensylvania to 
Carolina. 1? . March, April, v. v. Not above three 
feet high. This species, though mentioned as a British 
plant in the Flora Britannica, is decidedly of Ameri- 
can origin ; as both sexes have been introduced from 
that country by G. Anderson, Esq. It has a great re- 
semblance in general character to S . recurvata , but the 
vernatio equitans removes them far from one another. 
16. S. foliis obovato- lanceolatis acutis glabris subserratis sub- 
tus glaucis, junioribus pubescentibus, stipulis exiguis, 
amentis praecocibus nutantibus, squamis obtusis intus 
vix pilosis, germinibus brevi-pedicellatis ovatis sericeis, 
stigmatibus sessilibus bilobis. 
In low overflowed grounds, on the banks of rivers : 
New York to Pensylvania. T? . March, April, v. v. 
Branches of the preceding year covered with a dark 
brown of black tomentum. 
«■** Foliis remote oltuseque serratis. 
17. S. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis remote serratis acutis supra 
glabris subtus planis tomentosis, annotinis glabris, sti- 
pulis lunatis subdentatis, amentis praecocibus diandris, 
squamis lanceolatis obtusis villosis, germinibus pedicel- 
latis lanceolatis sericeis, stylo bifido, stigmatibus bi- 
lobis.— Wiild. sp. pl. 4. p. 705. 
S. longirostris. Mich. fi. amer. 2. p. 22 6. 
Icon. IVangh. amer. t. Zl.fi 72. 
In shady woods on gravelly dry soil : New York to Ca- 
rolina. T2 . April, v. v . The cone-like excrescence 
at the end of the branches, occasioned by an insect, 
is not unfrequently found on other species belonging 
