248 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



beneath, but at length glabrous. Capsule silk}-, at length glabrous 

 Flowers with the young leaves. 



Var. v;, argentea. 

 Plate MCCCLXII. 

 S. argentea, Linn. 8m. Engl. Fl. ed. i. No. 1364, and Engl. Fl. Yol. lY. p. 206. 



Stem upright, dividing into numerous very long, simple, erect 

 branches. Leaves oval or oblong-oval, entire, with a recurved point, 

 silky, but at length nearly glabrous above, silvery-silky beneath. 

 Capsule silky. Flowers with the young leaves. A larger plant than 

 any of the preceding vars. 



In damp places, on heaths and commons. Abundant, and univer- 

 sally distributed. Var. argentea in sandy places. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Shrub. Late Spring, early Summer, 

 and sometimes asain in Autumn. 



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A very variable plant, the branches in some of the forms being only 

 a few inches long, in others 2 or 4 feet or more ; the leaves also vary 

 much in outline and length, being from ^ to 1^ incli long, but dis- 

 tinguished by their silvery-silky pubescence when young, some 

 remains of which is usually discernible on the underside of even the 

 adult leaves, which are somewhat firm, and reticulated with veins 

 which become prominent both above and below when the plant is 

 dried. The catkins are ^ to 1 inch long in fruit, sometimes ^vith 

 stalk elongated and with leaves, at other times with it extremely short, 

 and Avith subfoliaceous bracts. The catkin-scales are variable in 

 colour, often purplish, and more or less distinctly fuscous at the apex. 

 The anthers are yellow, turning fuscous after the pollen is shed. 

 The capsule is sometimes grey with silky hairs, which are very often 

 deciduous as it ripens, at other times it is nearly glabrous even in its 

 earliest stage. 



Dwarf Willow. 



French, Saule ramjpant. German, Kriechende Weide. 



SPECIES (?) XXV.— S A LI X ROSMARINIPOLIA. ''Linn.'' Koch. 



Plates MCCCLXIII. MCCCLXIV. 



Beich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XI. Tab. DXCI. Fig. 1242. 



Anders. Mon. Sal. p. 115. 



S. repens, var. rosmarinifolia, Wimm. Sal. Europ. p. 117. 



Leaves strapshaped-eUiptical, attenuated at both ends, acute, entire, 

 or very faintly serrate,' with the margins narrowly reflexed, even, and 

 faintly reticulated, dull green, shining and glabrous above, glaucous 



