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oblong-obovate in one form, broadly or narrowly oval or ovate- 

 oblong in another, rounded at or narrowed to the base, obtuse or 

 mucronate or shortly pointed at the tip, which is straight or 

 twisted, usually subentire, sometimes crenate or denticulate, dull 

 or grey-green at first, soon glabrescent above, ashen or silvery 

 with dense pubescence beneath, only partially glabrescent. Cat- 

 kins 1-H in., fl. April, on leafy peduncles; bracts spathulate, 

 pubescent ; ovaries slender conic to ovate-conic, tomentose to 

 grey-green with pubescence ; pedicels pubescent, about as long as 

 the ovaries, 3-4 times as long as the short quadrate nectaries ; 

 styles short, about as long as the stigmas. The $ plant has not 

 been seen. 



Kare and local; in Scotland only in the British Isles ; in the 

 Clova Valley, below Clova, Forfarshire, Armadale, Melvich, and 

 Tongue Bay, in Sutherland. In Europe it has been reported from 

 France, Germany, Bohemia, Tirol, and Scandinavia. 



viii. Argentea. 



11. Salix repens L. Sp. PI. 1020. Sm. Fl. Brit. 1061; in 

 Eees Cycl. 100-103 ; Engl. Fl. iv. 209. Wade, 276. Doell, 501. 

 Anderss. Monogr. 113 ; DC. Prodr. xvi. (2), 237. Wimmer, Sal. 

 Eur. 114. Syme, E. B. viii. 246. B. White, Eevision, 389. 

 Camus, Monogr. 161. Seemen, iv. 123. — S. repens L. a repens 

 (3 fusca, y prostrata, Sascendens, s incubacea, £ argentea, Babington, 

 Man. Brit. Bot. ed. 9, 383. — S. depressa Hoffmann, Hist. Sal. i., 

 63. Seringe, Essai, 9. — S. argentea Sm. Fl. Brit. 1059; Engl. 

 Fl. iv. 206. Wade, 266.— S. fcetida and f3 parvifolia Sm . Engl. 

 Fl. iv. 208.— S. fusca L. Sp. PL 1020. Sm. Fl. Brit. 1060 ; Engl. 

 Fl. iv. 210.— S. prostrata Sm. Fl. Brit. 1060 ; in Rees Cycl. 105 ; 

 Engl. Fl. iv. 211.— S. incubacea L. Sp. PI. 1020. Sm. Engl. Fl. 

 iv. 212 ; in Rees Cycl. 108. — S. pumila angustifolia, prond parte 

 cinerea Dill, in R. Syn. ed. 3, 447. 



Icon. E. Bot. t. 183, t. 1960 (S. fusca), t. 1959 {S. prostrata), 

 t. 1962 (5. ascendens), t. 1961 (S. parvifolia, E. B. S. t. 2600), 

 t. 1364 (S. argentea). Hoffm. Hist. Sal. tt. 15, 16 (S. depressa). 

 Forbes, tt. 78-84. Fl. Dan. t. 2605 (S. repens argentea). Syme, 

 E. B. viii. tt. 1356-1362. Camus, Atlas, PI. 14. 



Exs. Hb. Linn. Nos. 58 b, 59, 61-64, 66, 82, 85, 86. Hb. 

 Smith, S. fusca, S. prostrata, S. incubacea, S. argentea, and S. 

 arcnaria (see note below). Seringe, Nos. 11, 35, 36, 61, 62. 

 Leefe, Sal. Brit. exs. Nos. 86-88. Wimmer, Sal. Relict. (Coll. Sal. 

 Nos. 111-115). Baenitz, Hb. Europ. Hb. B. White, Nos. 365, 

 366, &c. E. F. & W. R. Linton, Nos. 68-71. Toepffer, 

 Nos. 81-84, 143. 



A dwarf shrub, branching from the base, with stems 1-3 ft. 

 long, usually prostrate or somewhat ascending, more rarely erect; 

 branches slender, spreading, usually silkily pubescent at first; 

 buds curtly oval or even subglobose, pubescent, soon glabrous. 

 Stipules usually absent, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate on strong 

 shoots, often substipitate. Leaf-blades £-2 in. long, shortly 

 petioled, narrowly or broadly oblong or oblong-lanceolate acute 



