Salix interior. Flora of Lancaster County (1913), John Kunkel Small
“Common, on the river shore and islands.”
Salix interior. Flora of Lancaster County (1913), John Kunkel Small
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vitellina) : capsules ovoid, 3-5 mm. long. — Frequent, along streams, and about dwellings. Nat. of Eu. — White-willow. 5. S. babylonica L. Tree becoming 20 m. tall, the twigs greenish: leaf -blades narrowly lanceolate, 8-12 cm. long, acuminate at the apex, tapering at the base: capsules turgid, 2-3 mm. long or smaller. — Frequent, about dwellings, and along streams. Nat. of Eu. — Weeping-willow. 6. S. cordata Muhl. Shrub becoming 5 m. tall, the twigs mostly brown or gray-brown: leaf -blades mainly oblong-lanceolate, 7-9 cm. long, green beneath: staminate aments about 2 cm. long: pistillate aments 3-6 cm. long: capsules ovoid. — Frequent, along streams. 7. S. interior Eowlee. Shrub, or tree becoming 9 m. tall, the twigs brown to green: leaf -blades mainly linear-lanceolate, mostly 6-10 cm. long, remotely toothed, glabrous or nearly so: staminate aments 6-10 cm. long, with ovate to obovate bracts : capsules conic or ovoid-conic. — Susquehanna valley. Common, on the river shore and islands. — Schists. — Sand-bab willow. 8. S. petiolaris J. E. Smith. Shrub becoming 4 m. tall, the twigs purplish: leaf -blades lanceolate, 4—9 cm. long, acuminate at both ends, serrulate: stami- nate aments slender, mostly less than 2 cm. long: capsules ovoid-oblong below the beak, 4-6 mm. long, about twice as long as the pedicels. — N. M. Eather com
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