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DICLINIA AMENTACE^. SalLx, 
Icon. Engl. lot. 1359. 
On the banks of rivers and in willow grounds 5 intro- 
duced from Europe, . March, April, v. v. It is 
cultivated on account of its exceeding tough branches 
for the use of making baskets. 
rosmarinifo- 15. S. foliis strictis linearr-lanceolatisutrinque acutis integer- 
lici* 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. — ^ 
IVilld. sp. pl. 4. p. 679. 
Icon. Engl. lot, 1365. 
In wet meadows and mountain swamps : Pensylvania to 
Carolina. . 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 j 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. 
fuscata, 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. , March, April, v. v. 
Branches of the preceding year covered with a dark 
brown or black tomentum. 
*** Foliis remote oltuseque serratis, 
tonifera. 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. — IVilld. sp. pl. 4. p. 705. 
S. longirostris. Mich. Jl. amer. 2. p. 226. 
Icon. IVangh. amer. t.3\.f7'^> 
In shady woods on gravelly dry soil : New York to Ca- 
rolina. }2 , April. V. y. The cone-like excrescence 
at the end of the branches, occasioned by an insect, 
is not unfrequently found on other species belonging 
