WILLOWS 215 



stigmas thick and divaricating. Capsule ovoid-conic with 

 reflexed valves. 



[Cultivated for osier work ; leaves whitish beneath, 

 but not silky as in S. alba. The only one of our willows 

 with 3 stamens normal ; but >S^ fragilis occasionally re- 

 sembles it in this respect.] 



Stamens '^, free ; ovary velvety. Dwarf 

 creepers with more or less ovate or ohlong- 

 lanceolate leaves, silky beneath. 



Jf Ovary sessile or suh-sessile; style long. 

 Catkins fragrant. Leaves S*;") 9 x 

 0'8 3'5 cm., the tomentum beneath 

 hiding the venation. 



Salix Lapponum, L. (See p. 208.) 



JJf Ovary pedicellate. Leaves varying 

 from linear-oblong to oblong, usually 

 small. Petiole short. Venation evident. 



Salix repens, L. (See p. 207.) 



tt Catkins flowering early, before the foliage 

 expands, laterally on the twigs, sessile or sub- 

 sessile, with mere scales or only a few young 

 leaves at the base. Scales discolor i.e. 

 green or pale at the base, tipped with purple- 

 brown to black ciliate, pubescent, silky or 

 tomentose, and persistent. Both (^ and 5 

 flowers with 1 gland only. 



Ovary sessile, or at most sub-sessile. 



n Ovary glabrous ; style and stigmas long ; 

 leaves oblong to oblong -lanceolate; branches 

 pruinose. 



Salix daphnoides, Vill. Violet Willow. Sharply 

 marked by the pruinose deep-purple branches of the 

 second and third years : large shrub. 



