Salix.] AMENTACEjE. ^<*>l 



Wet hedge-rows and swampy places, woods, &c frequent. Fl. 

 April. T? . 



23. S. oleifolia, Sm. Olive-leaved Sallow. Stem erect, 

 branches straight, spreading ; leaves obovato-lanceolate, flat, 

 rather rigid, minutely toothed, acute, glaucous, reticulated and 

 finely hairy beneath; stipules small, notched, rounded ; catkins 

 oval, nearly half as broad as long. Sm. — Br. Fl. 1. p. 425. 

 E. Fl. v. iv. p. 219. E. Bot. t. 1402. Salict. Wob. p. 251. t. 

 126. 



In woods and hedges, frequent. Plentiful at the Dargle. FL March. 

 b- — A small tree, nearly allied to S. cinerea, and by some Botanists 

 considered only a variety of it. 



24. S. aurita, Linn. Hound-eared Salloio. Leaves obovate, 

 repando-dentate, wrinkled with veins, more or less pubescent, 

 very downy beneath, tipped with a small bent point, recurved 

 at the margins; stipules roundish, semicordate; germens lan- 

 ceolato-subulate, stalked, silky ; style very short; stigmas ge- 

 nerally entire. Br. Fl. 1. p. 425. E. Fl. v. iv. p. 216. E. Bot. 

 t. 1487. Salict. Wob. p. 247. t. 124. 



Upland pastures and moist banks, by the side of mount streams, &c„ 

 very common. FL April, May. f? .—A shrub, generally from three 

 to four feet high, with numerous straggling branches, remarkable for its 

 conspicuous roundish, semicordate stipules. Leaves dark-green above, 

 somewhat glaucous beneath, wrinkled. 



25. S. caprea, Linn. Great round-leaved Sallow. Leaves 

 ovato-elliptical, acute, serrated and waved at the margin, downy 

 beneath ; stipules semicordate ; germens pedicellate, lanceolato- 

 subulate, silky; stigmas sessile, undivided. Br. FL 1. p. 425. 

 E. Fl. v. iv. p. 225. E. Bot. t. 1488. Salict. Wob. p. 243. 

 t. 122. 



Woods and hedges, common. T? . — A moderate sized tree, with 

 spreading - , round, brown or purplish branches, with large broad leaves, 

 very conspicuous in spring, when covered with its handsome yellow 

 catkins before the leaves appear. The Highlanders are said to employ 

 the bark in tanning leather, and to make various implements of the 

 wood. The bark is also said to have been used with success instead 

 of that from Peru. Mr. Fraser informs me that S. caprea is one of the 

 best and hardiest species for protecting other plants near the sea. 



* 10. Nigricantes. Borr. A group as difficult to define as 

 are (he species which compose it. Many approach the last division 

 very nearly, having more or less ovate or obovate leaves, but they are 

 less wrinkled, and, when dry, generally become black, whatever care 

 may be taken in the preservation of them. Shrubs with long 

 branches, or small trees. Germens glabrous or silky, stalked. Style 

 more or less bifid. 



26. S. cotinifolia, Sm. Quince-ltaved Sallow. Leaves 

 elliptical-orbicular, obsoletely toothed, slightly downy above, 



