Sa l i x M o n a NDR a. B i t t e r W i l l o w ..
SALIX Lin- Gen. PL D ioecia D ia n d r ia .
M a s c . Amenti fquaxnae. Cor. o. 'Glandula bafeos neftarifera. '
F * “ ‘ O r . o. Stylus 2-fidus. Cap/. ^Iocularis; a-valvi*.
Raii Syn. Gen. 28. A r b o r e s e t F r u t i c e s .
SALIX ferratis, glabris, Iineari-lanceolatis, fuperioribus obüquis. Hoffman hiß.
SALIX ^ “ / ^ ^ a t i ^ l a b r i s lanceolate inferioribus oppofiti, Lin.Syft. Vegeta p. 879.
W S A L IX gW™lanceolato-Iinearibua : fuperioribus oppoßtis obliquis. Lin. Syß.
SALIX » « 1 gl^ris, lineari-lapceolatis, ferratis. fuperne conjugatis, Julis tomentofis.
SALIX purpurea. Scopoli Fl. Garn. n. isog. OtAGif. fgmmct monandra.
SALIX monandra. Artkiin. Manor. 1. Spec. 67. tah 11.
SALIX humiliorjoliis angullis fubcatrule« ex adverfp binis. Raii Syn. 448. The yellow dwarf
SALIX H^ T h e o p h r a ß i Lngdun. ß. 277. Hudf. Fl. Angl. cd. 2. p. 427. Light/oot Fl. Scot.
IeAMI tenues, teretes, vimmei, tenaciffimi, nitidi, | BRANCHES flender, round, twiggy extremely I PurP ural'c e nte , | to u g h , g lp fly ’ the b a rk X ° c S o u , e d o T iv /
nobiJcum raro mtpnfe p u rp u r e o . f o r p u rp lifh , f e ld om p f a d eep purple with us.
(FOLIA nunc qppofita, nync alterna, idque in eadem §
planta, petiolata, Ian ceo lata, verfus apicem I
latiora, apice acuta, bafi obtufa, femunciam f
circiter lata, multo etiarn la t io r a , fig. 6. et an- I
guftiora occurrunt, margine nunc undique I
ierrata, nunc fuperne tantum, etiam integer- f
rima, lævia, fuperne e cæruleo viridia, fubtus |-
glauca, idque Temper quoad obfervavimus, y
avenia, nervo medio albido, glandulis defti- |
tuta-, fapore amarijfimo, ’ |
pTIOLUS brevis, bafi latior.
{AMENTA mafçula plurima, fubterminalia, nunc op- 1
pofita, idque alterne, nunc alterna, fubfef- <
ulia, pollicaria, cylindracea, compa&a, e- j
rettiufcula, fæpe incurvata, primum e rufo- i
mgricantia, lànuginè incana, exfertis an- *•
thews pulchre aurantiaca; Jquamoe fubro- \
tundæ, concavæ, pilofæ, ad medium ufque ^
nigræ, intus fæpe rubellæ, demum reflexæ, \
P S - 1 ' \
P AMEN: E iu a m e n t u m unicum , fq u am a d u p lo <
long iu s , fihforme, p ilo fum ; A n t h e r a ma- \
ju icu la , Jig. 2, q u ad rangu la, quadriloba, i
p nm o auran tiaca , dein fla v a , demum nig r i- S
I , cans. & ]
p C T A R lU M : Glandula tru n cata, emarg in ata, fla- ;
v efeens, feffile, jig. g. 5 |
fNTA Jccminca, mafeulis qu o ad formam lim ilia, I
at flav e fcentia, e t minus con to r ta , Jig. 5. <
ST I L L U M : G e r m e n o v a tum , fu b g lo b o fum , fef-
n if S t y l u s v i x u l lu s ; S t i g m a b ilab iatum,
na ve ic en s, labiis emarg in ato bifidis, demum
e ru *o nigrican tibus , f i g . 4.
LEAVES now oppofite, now. alternate, and that in
the fame plant, Handing on footftalks, lanceolate,
broadeft towards the tip, pointed
at the end, obtufe at the bafe, about half an
inch in breadth, but much broader, fig. 6. and
much narrower leaves occur, the edge fome-
times ferrated throughout, fometime's above
only, even perfeftly entire, fmooth, above of
a blueifh green colour, beneath glaucous, and
that always as far as we have obferved,
vemlefs, the midrib whitifh, without glands,
and of an extremely bitter tafie.
$ LEAF-STALK, fhort, broadeft at the bafe.
CATKINS of the male plant numerous, fomewhat
terminal, fometimes oppofite, and that alternately
fo, fometimes alternate, nearly fef-
- file, about an inch in length, cylindrical,
compaft, nea’rly upright, often bowed, at
firft o f a reddifh black colour, covered with
a grey down, when the antherae put forth
l a beautiful orange ; ficales roundifh, concave,
hairy, black as far as the middle
often reddilh withinfide, finally reflexed’
fie- ,l -
• STAM EN : o n e F i l a m e n t tw ic e the len g th o f the
fca le , filiform, h a i r y ; A n t h e r a la rg ilh ,
fig’c Zk ftuac^rangu^ar> compofed of four lobes,
a t o r an g e -co lo u red , then y e llow , la f llv
> b la ck ifh . 1
>
* N E C T A R Y : a Gland truncated, emarginate vellowilh,
and feffile, fig. g.
; CATKINS ofthzfemale, fimilar in fhape to thofe of the
male, but yellowifh and lefs diftorted, fig. 5.
| PISTILLUM: G e r m e n o v a te , alm o ft g lo b u la r , fef-
f i l e ; S t y l e fc a r c e ly an y ; S t i g m a fo rm in g
I tw o lips , ye llow ifh , the lip s flig h tly bifid,
fin a lly o f a reddifh b la c k co lo u r , f ig . a .
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