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than in this species, which is certainly verv distinct from any 

 other Willow of British growth. 



9, S. nitens. Shining-leaved Willow. 



Leaves elliptical, acute, unequally serrated ; very smooth 

 and glaucous beneatli ; minutely downy, with a downy 

 mid-rib, above. Stipulas obsolete. Branches spreading. 

 Catkins nearly sessile, wdth acute, shaggy scales. 



S. nitens. Anders. Ms. 



In the mountainous parts of Scotland. 



Brought from Scotland by the late Mr. George Anderson. Mr. W. 

 Borrer. 



Shrub. April. 



A bushy shrub, 10 or 12 feet high, with long, spreading, or ascend- 

 ing, leafy branches, whose bark is dark-brown, or purplish, 

 smooth, except a slight downiness on the very youngest shoots. 



- Leaves U inch long, and nearly half as broad,'elliptical, acute, 

 slightly rounded at the base • unequally serrated, partly crenate, 

 and partly undulated • their upper surface of a deep shining 

 green, partially and minutely downy, with a reddish, densely 

 downy, mid-rib ; under glaucous, witli many transverse parallel 

 veins, and quite smooth throughout, except when very young. 

 Footstalks stout and rather short, dark brown -, downy above -, 

 much dilated at the base. Stipulas if present half ovate, soon 

 withering ; often entirely wanting. Barren catkins earlier than 

 the leaves, lateral, an inch long, on very short stalks, accom- 

 panied by a few small, oblong, entire, externally silky,^o/a/ 

 leaves. Scales brown, ovate, shaggy with long white hairs j the 

 upper ones bluntish. Filam. yellow, smooth, except sometimes 

 at the bottom, thrice as long as the scales. Fertile catkins not 

 yet observed. 



1 cannot refer this to any described species, and probably the ger. 

 mens and st7jles, if known, might aftbrd additional distinctions. 

 It comes nearest to the two last, especially to S.phylicijoUa, 

 and is also allied to .S'. tenuifolia. 



10. S. Davaliiana, Davallian Willow. 



Leaves obovatc-lanceolate, finely serrated, or minutely 

 toothed, taj)cring at each end, smooth ; rather glaucous 

 beneath. Footstalks, mid-rib, and yoimg branches, 

 somewhat downy. Catkius with small rounded scales. 

 Capsules lanceolate, smooth. 



S. phylicifolia. Wdld.Sp. PL v. 1. GjO ; omitting the synonyms. 

 In tlie Highlands of Scotland. 



