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S A L I X ferruginea.
Ferruginous Willow.
DICECIA Diandrut.
Gen. Char. Male, Cal. a scale of an imbricated
catkin, single-flowered. Cor. none. Nect. a
gland or glands at the base of the stamens.
Stam. 1—5 (or more). Female, Cal. and Nect.
as in the male. Cor. none. Caps, of 1 cell and
2 valves. Seeds tufted.
Spec. Char. Leaves thin, lanceolate, with wavy ere-
natures and small teeth ; minutely hairy on both
sides ; paler beneath. Stipules small, half-ovate.
Calyx-scales oblong-lanceolate. Germen silky,
stalked. Style about as long as the oblong
stigmas.
Syn. Salix ferruginea. Salict. Woburn. 255. t. 128.
Hook. Brit. FI. 424.
D r a w n from plants communicated by the late Mr. G.
Anderson, who distinguished and named the species, which,
according to him, is subject to considerable variations. He
discovered it near Carlisle in 1809, and found it afterward
in Fifeshire and other counties of Scotland, and by the
Thames near Windsor, Reading, &c; The female plant
has been observed also near Nuthurst, Sussex.
A shrub 12 feet or somewhat more in height, with spreading
branches. Twigs yellowish or brownish-gray, minutely
downy when young. Leaves of a thin substance, soft and
flexible whilst young, when old more rigid; lowermost
obovate, obtuse, or with a short point, nearly or quite entire
; the rest lanceolate, acute, mostly waved and somewhat
twisted, about 3 inches long and half an inch wide on
strong shoots, much smaller on the lateral twigs; edges