DIOECIA— DIANDIUA. Salix. 2?5 



S. lanata. Liahlf. G()2 ; in liis hcrfxiruim. 



S, caproai varietas. Ilojf'in. Sal. v. 1 . 28. /. ."». f. 4 ; excellent. /. 21 . 



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In v.'iUeys among- the Uigiilands of Scotland. Lightfont. 



At Finlariix, near tlie head of Loch Tay. Rei'. I)r, Stuart. 



Tree. April, Mtiij. 



A small husliy tree^ six or eight feet hiL,^h, the young ^r<;/nr//<'5 very 

 soft, with den^e, hoary, short, velvet-like down. Leaves in like 

 manner soft and downy, especially when first opening, always of a 

 greyish aspect ; their shape obovate, or elliptical, with a small ob- 

 lique point ; their length an inch and half, perhaps two or two and 

 halfat their full growth j the margin either quite entire, or slightly, 

 sparingly, and unequally serrated ; the upper side light green, 

 clothed with fine down which finally disappears ; under more 

 dovvny, with a prominent rib and veins, hoary, not glaucous ; 

 the tip, from its earliest formation, nearly naked, green, or 

 brownish, soon looking as if blasted, or withered, assuming a 

 tawny hue. This character, which struck me in the few dried 

 specimens I had seen, is eminently conspicuous in the plentiful 

 foliage of the living j)lant, which I saw for the first time, and 

 instantly recognized, in the rich collection of Mr. E. Forster, at 

 Hale End, in May i 823. The /oo<a7^//Aa^ are shortish, thickly 

 downy. Stipulas half-heartshaped, toothed, erect, green and 

 smooth, never large, often wanting. Catkins on short hairy 

 stalks, with several ovate, sessile, not large, (jracteas, densely 

 silky at the back j barren ones above an inch long, cylindrical', 

 not half the size of .S'. caprea ; fertile somewhat larger and 

 stouter, finally measuring full an inch and half. Scales of both 

 obovate, downy and bearded, black in their upper half. Ncct. 

 oblong, abrupt, constricted in the middle. Statn. twice as long- 

 as the scale, with roundish, pale-yellow anthers. Germ, lanceo- 

 late, silky, on a hairy stalk as long as the scale, Sti/le very 

 short. Stiirrn. thick, either undivided or notched, not deeply 

 cloven. Caps, light reddish brown, somewhat silky or downy. 



Mr. Lightfoot's S})ecimen leaves no doubt of his j)lant, and his de- 

 scription appears to be original. He might well, by the figure 

 of S. lanata in /•'/. Lapp., mistake it for that species, and yet 

 nothing can be more distinct than the real /f//7^//a ; see «. 10. 

 Mr. Davall gathered our sphacelata near (Jrbe in Switzerland, 

 It maybe comprehended under Haller's ;/. IG.'jI ; see N. aqnatica. 



50. ^. vaprcn. Great Round-leaved Sallow, 

 Stem erect. Leaves roundisli-ovate, pointed, serrated, 

 waved ; pale and downy heneatli. Stipulas somewhat 

 crescent-shaped. Catkins oval. (Jermen stalked, ovate, 



ile» undivided. Capsules 



Wdlil. r. t,703. (excluding 



