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

 other Willow of British growth. 



9. S. nitens. Shining-leaved Willow. 



Leaves elliptical, acute, unequally serrated ; very smooth 

 and glaucous beneath ; minutely downy, with a downy 

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

 Catkins nearly sessile, with 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 1^ 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, with many transverse parallel 

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

 Footstalks stout and rather short, dark brown ; downy above j 

 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,^oraZ 

 leaves. Scaleshrown, ovate, shaggy with long white hairs ; the 

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

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

 yet observed. 

 I cannot refer this to any described species, and probably the ger- 

 mens and stijles, if known, might afford additional distinctions. 

 It comes nearest to the two last, especially to -S, phylicifolia, 

 and is also allied to S. ienuifolia, 



10. S. DavaUiana. Davallian Willow. 



Leaves obovate-lanceolate, finely serrated, or minutely 

 toothed, tapering at each end, smooth ; rather glaucous 

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

 somewhat downy. Catkins with small rounded scales. 

 Capsules lanceolate, smooth, 



S. phylicifolia. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4. 659; omitting the synonyms. 

 In the Highlands of Scotland. 



