/ome Bniijh species of SalLw 123 



hairy. In drying they turn of a purpliili black. The footftalks are 

 peculiarly long, linear, and (lender, filky on the upper fide. Sti- 

 pulas fmall, crefcent-fhaped, toothed, fmooth. The female catkins, 

 the only fex I have feen, are fcarcely an inch long, with black, hairy, 

 obovate, often notched, fcales. Germens on long footflalks, fmall, 

 ovate, filky. Stigmas perfeclly felTilc, ovate, obtufe, divided into 

 two lobes, 



12. Sal IX ployliafolia, 



T'ea-leaved JVi/low, 



S. foliis lanceolatis undulato-crenatis glabris fubti^is glaucis, flipulis 



fublunatis. 

 SaHx phylicifoha «. Linn, Sp. PL 1442. FL Lapp, ed, 2. 291. /. cS. 



..fd.n.i^i, * — ' ; ;• ' "' ^' 



In alpibus Scoticis. Fl. Maio. 



At Finlarig, Brcdalbane. Kev, Mr, Stuart, 



I am enabled to adcf this to the lifl: of Britilh plants, by means of 

 a fpecimen font to jMr. Lightfoot by Mr. Stuart, of Lufs, and now 

 preferved in his herbarium, among others wdiich the author of the 

 Flora Scotica had not fufficient materials to decide upon. Having 

 confronted with this the original Lapland fpecimen of Linnaeus, I 

 can fpeak with certainty to their being exatflly the fame. Unfortu- 

 nately the fru6li{ication is wanting in both, but their leaves are iuf- 

 ficient to mark the fpecies. ' ' * ' ' '' 



.5'. phylicifoha appears to be a fhrub with frriooth, {lender, fpread-. 

 ing branches. Leaves alternate, (talked, exadlly lanceolate, rather 

 acute, furnilhed, about the middle principally, with broad and un- 

 equal crenaturcs, between which the leaf is as it were almofh finu- 

 ated; the margin is a little more thickened than ordinary; the bafe 

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