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whicli is very close with Smltldana. Flowering catkins (pistillate) 

 two inches long by three-eighths of an inch thick ; scales very shaggy 

 and ovary densely villose; style equalling the simple stigmas ; full- 

 grown leaves, 4 inches long by 15-16 lines broad, narrowed gra- 

 dually from the middle to both ends, very glaucous beneath. 28. 

 -S^. pentandra, male and leaf. 29. S. alba, vnr. cm- idea, male and 

 leaf. 30. 8. casta, Vill. et Koch. {S. wyrtilloides, Forbes, non L.), 

 female (not British). 31 and 32. Typical /to^«7w, male and female 

 in flower and leaf. 33. 8. fontederana, Schl., female and leaf. 34. 

 S. viteUina, female and leaf. 35. S. petraa, And., female and leaf. 

 36. S. hastata, female and leaf. 37. S. lancenlata, Smith, female and 

 leaf; " brought from Essex." The variety with glabrous ovaries so com- 

 mon about the lower part of the Thames. 38. S. laurina. Smith, female 

 and leaf. The proper place of this form is evidently midway between 

 pJiylicifoUa and cinerea. 39. S. temdor, Borrer, female and leaf. 40. 

 /S". Riisselliana, Smith, female and leaves. This is evidently just the 

 ' English Botany ' plant, and a mere form of frayilis, with no claim to 

 rank as a distinct variety, and quite difi'erent from S. viridis of Fries, of 

 which we have not seen any British specimens, but which should l)e 

 looked for carefully. Laying Mr. Leefe's specimens by the side of 

 the originals of Fries in his ' Herbarium Normale,' the following are 

 the most obvious points of difl"erence : — Russelliana, full-grown leaves 

 4 inches long; pistillate catkin, when expanded, 2 inches long; pedicel 

 slightly exceeding the gland ; ovary 4-5 times as long as thick, the 

 style and stigma a little longer; scale ligulate, about 4 times as 

 long as broad : S. viridis, full-grown leaf, 3 inches long ; pistillate 

 catkin, when expanded, 15-18 lines long; pedicel equalling gland; 

 ovary not more than three times as long as thick ; scale obovate, 

 scarcely ever twice as long as broad. S. viridis seems to be widely 

 dispersed in Germany, and to be the Russelliana of many German 

 authors and collectors. It would not be far from the mark to say 

 that it is a plant with the leaves o^fragilis in combination with the pistil 

 of alba. 41. S. amygdalina, L., male catkins and leaves of a form of 

 triandra, with leaves glaucous beneath, and about 4|- times as long as 

 broad. 42. S. DavaUiana, Sra., female in two stages of flower. 43. 

 S. nigricans, male and leaves. 44. S. bicolor, Ehrh., female and 

 leaves. 45. S. hippophaifolia, female and leaves. 46. S. olei/olia, 

 female and leaves. 47. 'S'. Jrbuscula, L. {S. venulosa, E. B.), female 



