194 DIOECIA-DIANDRIA. Salix. 



veins ; glaucous, veiny, when very young only besprinkled with 

 a few silky close hairs, beneath. Stipulas minute, unequally 

 ovate, smooth, convex, notched, often wanting. Footstalks 

 rather short and stout, smooth, except some occasional downi- 

 ness on the upper side, which is also found on the midrib of the 

 younger leaves, but by no means constantly. Catkins before 

 the leaves, erect, on short, numerous, lateral branches, at- 

 tended by obovate Jioral-leaves, silky at the back, above half 

 as long as the catkin. Scales rounded, or obovate, brown, 

 densely hairy, or rather silky. Germen sessile, ovate, longer 

 than the scale, covered with long, silky, white hairs. Style at 

 first short, but subsequently becoming longer than the blunt 

 cloven stigmas. Capsule small, ovate, brown, finally stripped 

 of its hairs. 

 Living plants of this were sent by Mr. Lightfoot to the Rev. Henry 

 Bryant. The supposed variety with silky-backed leaves, men- 

 tioned in the Fl. Br., is now reckoned a species j see the follow- 

 ing. S. myrsinites of Hoffmann, concerning which I always had 

 some scruples, is referred by Willdcnow to his Anwmiiiana, per- 

 haps justly. 



28. S. vaccinufoUa, Bilberry-leaved Willow. 



Leaves lanceolate-ovate, serrated ; smooth and even above ; 

 glaucous and silky beneath. Capsules ovate, silky. Stems 

 decumbent. 



S. vacciniifolia. Engl. BoU v, 33. t. 2341 . Comp. ed. 4. 162. Rees's 

 Cycl. n.bQ. 



S. prunifolise varietas. Fl. Br. 1055. 



S. myrtilloides. Bonn Cant. ed. 5. 231 ; not of Linn. 



On the Highland mountains of Scotland, not unfrequent. 



First observed by the Rev. Dr. Walker, and Rev. Dr. Stuart, in 

 Breadalbane, and other places. The late Mr. George Ander- 

 son found it plentifully in the south of Scotland. 



Shrub. April. 



Very distinct from the preceding, of a much more humble stature, 

 with decumbent, or trailing, long and slender branches -, silky 

 when young, though otherwise smooth. Leaves but half the 

 breadth of the prunifolia or venulosa, covered at the back with 

 close, delicate, almost invisible, silky hairs, and likewise very 

 glaucous } ihe^floral ones ovate, obtuse, on long silky footstalks, 

 and beautifully silky at the back, especially when young -, the 

 upper surface of all the leaves even and smooth, nearly as much 

 as in the last. In the fertile catkins no great or permanent differ- 

 ence is discernible, except that the scales are somewhat more 

 acute, and oblong, or elliptical, as are those of the barren cat- 

 kins also. Stamens full twice the length of the scales,, perfectly 

 distinct. 



