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Catkins sessile or sub-sessile, not leafy but 

 with a few bracts or scales below; lateral on 

 the long shoots. 



CJ Second and third year branches purple- 

 pruinose, with yellow inner cortex. Catkins 

 3060 x 1530 mm. 



Salix daphnoides, p. 215. 



7 f~l Branches not purple-pruinose. 



Leaves very narrow, linear -lanceolate, 

 wavy, at least 12 15 times as long as 

 broad; silky beneath, the hairs parallel 

 to the secondaries. Catkins sessile, 

 20 30x1218 mm., with scales or a 

 few very young leaves at the base; 

 several one over the other on the long 

 shoots. Appearing before the foliage. 

 Long. Stamens smooth, free. Scales 

 discolor. Only one, posterior scale. 



Salix viminalis, p. 218. 



Leaves not very narrow and not .more 

 than about twice as long as broad; 

 more or less elliptical or obovate, and 

 not silky beneath. 



$ Catkins not more than 1025 x 816 

 cm., sessile, appearing before the leaves, 

 with a few small scale-like leaves at 

 the base; several one over the other on 

 the long shoots. Long, but not over 

 6 8 : 1. Branches villous or to- 

 mentose; leaves glabrous, or at most 

 pubescent ; blackening on drying. 

 Stamens smooth : rarely with a few 

 hairs at base. 



Salix nigricans, p. 219. 



