DIOECIA— DIANDRIA. Salix. 205 



Style almost as long as the geinien, slender, with Wnenr stigmas, 

 nearly its own length, not quite so deeply divided, nor so taper- 

 pointed, as in S. Stitartiana, with whose parts of fructification, 

 and not with those of any other neighbouring species, the Willow 

 before us most agrees. The capsule is ovate, permanently woolly, 

 smaller than that of S. glauca. 

 Wahlenberg changes the name arenaria for limosa, because he 

 found this species in marshes and boggy situations all over Lap- 

 land. The same learned writer gratuitously asserts that Lin- 

 naeus confounded it with my S. argentea, gathered in his Gothland 

 journey, in sandy ground, and thence called it arenaria. Now 

 the very extraordinary error of referring the plant of Dillenius, 

 figured in his edition of Kay, to that under our present consi- 

 deration, originated, not with Linnaeus, but with Gmelin, who 

 sent him a Siberian specimen of my S. Stuarliana, marked with 

 the synonym of Dillenius. Gmelin moreover, like Linnaeus, 

 confounded the Stitartiana with the real arenaria, which latter 

 is exhibited in his Flora Sibirica ; but Linnaeus has not, in his 

 Gothland Tour, adverted to Ray's Synopsis, nor to any thing 

 else than his own Lapland plant, which exclusively answers to 

 the definition he gives. So hazardous is conjectural criticism, 

 unsupported by authorities ! Dr. Hooker very judiciously avoided 

 being misled by Wahlenberg. The latter further errs in con- 

 sidering Engl. Bat. f. 1810 as a representation of this species, 

 rather than of S. glauca. Justice to my deceased friend Sowerby 

 obliges me to declare, that his plate is a peculiarly faithful re- 

 presentation of the glauca, and its short style is decisive. 



40. S. lanata. Woolly Broad-leaved Willow. 



Leaves roundish-ovate, pointed, entire ; shaggy on both 

 sides ; glaucous beneath. Germen sessile, oblong, 

 smooth. Style four times as long as the blunt, divided 

 stigmas. 



S. lanata. Linn. Sp. PL 1446. Fl. Lapp. ed. 2.302. t. I.f. 7. t. 8. 

 /. X. Tour in Lapl. v. \.77.v. 2. 279. Willd. v. 4. 688. Sm. in 

 Rees's Cycl. n. 88. Wahlenb. Lapp. 259. t. 16./. \; a, b, c. 

 S. caprea. Fl. Dan. t. 245. 



S. chrysanthos. Fl. Dan. t. 1057. Willd. v. 4. 704. Rees's Cycl. 

 n. 127. 



On rocks in the Highlands of Scotland. 



Found by Mr. T. Drummond, on rocks amongst the Clova moun- 

 tains, but sparingly. Mr. JV. Robertson. 



Shrub 



Stem 3 or 4 feet high, with numerous thick distorted branches, 

 downy when young. Leaves broader than those of any British 

 Willow, except caprea, on shortish stout footstalks, elliptical. 



