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SALIX ambigua.
Ambiguous Willow.
DICE CIA Diandria.
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.
Stain. 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 oval, obovate, or lanceolate,
pubescent, slightly toothed, with a recurved
point; somewhat rugose above; glaucous with
prominent veins beneath. Stipules half-ovate,
acute. Catkins stalked, erect, cylindrical. Ger-
men stalked, densely silky. Style very short.
Stigmas short, at length cloven.
Syn. Salix ambigua. “Ehrh.” Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4.
700. Hook. Brit. FI. ed. 2. 418. Koch, Sal.
Europ. 49. Bluff 8$ Fing. FI. Germ. v. 2. 561.
(3. major. S. ambigua (3. Hook. 1. c. ?
S. versifolia. Ser. Saules de la Suisse, n. 66.
Monogr. 40.
y. spathulata. S. ambigua y. Hook. 1. c.
S. spathulata. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4. 700. Bluff
8f Fing. FI. Germ. v. 4. 566.
h. undulata. “ S. spathulata Willd. var. undulata.”
Prof. Mertens.
C rRA Y E L LY heaths in Sussex, Essex, and Suffolk,
produce this Willow, which has been observed also in
Perthshire, Angusshire, Caithness, Orkney, and the He