AMENTIFEK7E. 231 



or pilose. Stamens 2 ; -filaments free, pilose at the base. Capsule 

 conical, gre3dsh tomentose, on a stalk mucli longer than the nectar}' : 

 style scarcely any, always shorter than the stigmas; stigmas short, 

 oblong, entire or 2-cleft. Branches of the year and buds pubescent. 



Var. a, genuina. 



Plate MCCCXXVII. 



S. cinerca, 8m. Engl. Bot. cd. i. No. 1897. Engl. Fl. Vol. IV. p. 215. IIuul: Cn't. 

 Fl. cd. iv. p. 3G4. 



Leaves oblong-oblanceolate, rather rigid, usually recurved at the 

 margins, glaucous, and often with reddish brown hairs beneath. Sti- 

 pules rather large. 



Var. 3, aquatica. 



Plate MCCCXXVIII. 



S. aqnatica, Sm. Engl. Bot. cd. i. No. 1437. Engl. Fl. Vol. IV. p. 218. Eool: Brit. 



Fl. ed. iv. p. 365. 

 S. Caprea-cinerea, Wimm. Sal. Europ. p. 199. 

 S; cinerea, var. latifolia, Anders. Mon. Sal. p. 72. 



Leaves obovate, or oblong-obovate, rather thin, slightly glaucous, 

 and with the hairs usually white beneath. Stipules large. 



Var. 7, oleifolia. 



Plate MCCCXXIX. 



S. oleifolia, Sm. Eng. Bot. ed. i. No. 1402. Engl. Fl. Vol. IV. p. 219. IIool-. Brit. 

 Fl. cd. iv. p. 3G5. 



Leaves elliptical-oblong or narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, rigid, flat, 

 glaucous, with the hairs generally reddish-brown beneath. Stipules 

 small. 



In moist woods, hedgerows, meadows, and by the sides of streams. 

 Very conmion, and generally distributed. 



England, Scotland, L'eland. Tree or shrub. Early Spring. 



A variable plant, sometimes only a few feet high, sometimes, though 

 more rarely, reaching to 20 or 30 feet high. Leaves vai'iable in 

 shape, the earlier ones often quite entire, the later commonly more or 

 less serrate and 1 to 3 inches in length, the veins commonly very 

 prominent beneath. The stipules are generally present on the l^arren 

 shoots, and vary considerably in shape. The catkins are about 

 1 inch long while in flower; the female at length 11 to 2 inches long. 

 Catkin-scales brownish-black towards the apex. Capsules on very 



