284 DIOZCIA. DIAND. 



to be the lanaia of Linn.; but without the fnictificaticn 1 slioulcl be 

 disposed to consider them a broad-leaved var. of this or the 

 preceding- species. 



30. S. repens {dicarf silkij Willow), monadelphous, leaves 

 elliptical lanceolate acute entire somewhat downy glaucous and 

 generally very silky beneath, germens upon a long footstalk 

 lanceolate very silky, styles short, stigmas l)ifid, stems more or 

 less procumbent. 



u. " leaves entire elliptico-lanccrtlate subnincromilate nearly na- 

 ked above glaucous and silky beneath, stem depressed," Sm. 

 Linn. Sp.^Pl. p. i^J7, according to Smilk. E. B. I. 183. 

 S. arenarin, Lighlf. p. (jOi. 



/3, "leaves elliptical o!)Iong subserrated with recurved points 

 glaucous and silky beneath, stem ascending, stipules ovate 

 serrated" (very minute linear-setaceous entire, in my speci- 

 mens from Smith), Sm. S. adscenclens, E. B.t. 19G2. 



y. " leaves elli|)tical nearly entire with recurved points glaucous 

 and silky beneath, stem decumbent, stipules ovate entire," 

 Sm.. S. parvif'jlia, E. B. /. 19GI. 



5. " leaves somewhat toothed" (quite entire in my specimens 

 from Sm.) " elliptical oblong acute glabrous above glaucous 

 beneath and silky, petioles attenuated" (not more so than in 

 the other vars.),' Sm. S. J'usca, E. B. I. UJ60. 



e. " leaves entire elliptical somewhat revolute with a recurved 

 point slightly l.airv above beneath and on the branches with a 

 silvery silkiness,"'6>«. A. nrgentea, E. i^. /. 1364. 



Hab. a.' On moist heaths and marshes, plentiful. /3. Wet moors, 

 abundant, 1). Don. y. Marshes, Angus-shire, common, G. and D. 

 Don. S. Marshes, N. of Forfar, rare, G. Don. Road-side between 

 Auchincairn and Kirkcudbright ; near llavelrig-toU-bar; Maiigli. 

 e. yands of Barrie, G.Don. Near Clunie, Mr. Hindu H.May, fj . 



I have given the characters of the above four willows in Smith's own 

 words, and they may be considered species or vars. at the pleasure 

 of the student. The leaves, in all, are smoothish above, with pro- 

 minent nerves beneath : the catkins are oblong and 'differ in no re- 

 spect, be the leaves ever so variable. It is a small, usually pro- 

 cumbent shrub with ratlier long straight branches. 



31. S. cinerea {greij IVillow), leaves obovato-elliptical ap- 

 proaching to lanceolate generally slightly downy above, be- 

 neath pubescent and reticulated with veins glaucous the mar- 

 gins slightly recurved, stipules semicordate, germens pedicel- 

 late lanceolate subulate silky, style short, stigmas mostly 

 entire. E. B. t. 1897, and H37 \S. aquatica), and /. 1402 

 (S. oleifoUa). 



Hab. Banks of rivers and moist woods, in several places. I'V. Apr. T7 . 



A small tree of no beauty and litllc use. 'YIm: sUpttl'S noon fall ofi, 



and (hey are lr\dy scmivoidalc in S.ttquaraa as in .S. cinerea ; and 



