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Var. i", Damascena. 



Plate MCCCLII. 



S. Damascena, " For&es." Borrer in Engl. Bot. Suppl. No. 2709. Hook. Brit. Fl. 

 ed. iv. p. 376. 



Upright. Leaves rhomboidal-oval or oval-acute, green, and thinly 

 hairy beneath, nearly glabrous {ibove. Capsule glabrous, not wrinkled, 

 stalk hairy. 



Var. 13, petroea. 



Plate MCCCLin. 



S. petrasa, G. Anders. Borrer in Engl. Bot. Suppl, No. 2725. Hook. Brit. Fl. ed. iv. 

 p. 367. 



Erect. Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptical, acute, keeled, scarcely 

 glaucous beneath, thinly hairy on both sides, especially beneatli. 

 Capsule glabrous, wrinkled towards the apex, stalk hairy. 



Var. 5, hirta. 



Plate MCCCLIV. 



S. Hrta, 8m. Engl. Bot. ed. i. No. 1404, and Engl. Fl. Vol. IV. p. 221. Uuok. Brit. 

 Fl. ed. iv. p. 366. 



Upright, subarborescent. Leaves oblong or oval-oblong, acuminate, 

 abrupt, or subcordate at the base, subglaucous beneath, thinly hairy on 

 both sides. Capsule glabrous, wrinkled towards the apex.* Stalk 

 hairy. Young branches very densely hairy. 



Var. I., fiorihunda. 



Plate MCCCLIV. {his). 



S. floribunda, Forhes, in Salict. Wob. p. 107. 



S. tenuifolia, Sm. Engl. Bot. ed. i. No. 2186 (non Brit. Fl.). 



S. bicolor, Hooh. Brit. Fl. Vol. IV. p. 370 (non Ehrh. nee Sm.). 



Leaves oblong-oval, shortly acuminate, rounded at the base, glaucous 

 beneath, thinly hairy on both sides. Female catkins unknown. 



By the sides of streams, and in wet meadows. Eare in the low 

 country, but common in mountainous districts, both in the north of 

 England and in Scotland. The var. a was observed by Mr. Crowe at 

 Wrongay Fen, Norfolk ; at Shobden Court, Herefordshire ; and in 



* This description is taken from a plant cultivated at Kew, under the name of S. 

 hii'ta. The Rev. J. E. Leefe describes the capsule as hairy, and Dr. Walkcr-Amott 

 says they are not wrinkled near the apex. 



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