. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Vol. I. 5. Salix serissima (Bailey) Fernald. Autumn Willow. Fig. 1455. 51. lucida serissima Bailey; Arthur, Bull. Geol. Surv. Minn. 3:19. 1887. S. serissima Fernald, Rhodora 6: 6. 1903. A shrub, up to 12° high, the bark brown or yellowish-brown, shining. Leaves oblong-lanceo- late, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, mostly acute or short-acuminate at the apex,
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Vol. I. 5. Salix serissima (Bailey) Fernald. Autumn Willow. Fig. 1455. 51. lucida serissima Bailey; Arthur, Bull. Geol. Surv. Minn. 3:19. 1887. S. serissima Fernald, Rhodora 6: 6. 1903. A shrub, up to 12° high, the bark brown or yellowish-brown, shining. Leaves oblong-lanceo- late, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, mostly acute or short-acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the base, glabrous, glandular-serrulate, dark green and shining above, pale beneath, 1F-4' long, firm in texture; petioles slender, 6" long or less, with 2 to 6 glands at the base of the blade; aments terminating leafy branches, the stalk and rachis pilose; staminate aments about ¥ long, the pistillate 1-2' long in fruit, persistent until autumn; scales deciduous; filaments hairy below; stigmas distinctly stalked; capsule conic- subulate, glabrous, 3"-6" long, short-pedicelled. In bogs and swamps, Quebec to New Jersey, Al- berta and Wisconsin. May-July. 6. Salix fragilis L. Crack Willow. Brittle or Snap Willow. Fig. 1456. Salix fragilis L. Sp. PI. 1017. 1753. A tall, slender tree, with roughish gray bark, attaining a maximum height of about 80° and a trunk diameter of 7°, twigs reddish green, very brittle at the base. Leaves lanceolate, long-acu- minate, narrowed at the base, sharply serrulate, glabrous on both sides, rather dark green above, paler beneath, 3'-6' long, J'-i' wide; glandular at the base of the blade; petioles 3"-*" long, glandular above; stipules semicordate, fugacious; staminate aments i'-a' long; stamens 2, or some- times 3-4; filaments pubescent below, distinct; pistillate aments 3-5' long in fruit, rather loose; stigmas nearly sessile; capsule long-conic, gla- brous, 2}"-3" long, short-pedicelled. Escaped fr
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