340 SALICINEJS. [SALIX. 



*** Capsule tcit/i a short pedicel or 0. Style tlender. 



S. DAPHNOI'DES, Vill. ; arboreous, buds large, leaves narrow oblong or 

 linear-lanceolate acuminate acutely serrate shining above glaucous be- 

 neath, stipules ^-cordate acute, catkins stout sessile, scales black acute 

 very villous, capsules glabrous. S. aculifolia, Willd. Violet Willow. 

 Great Ayton, Yorkshire, not indigenous ; fl. April. A small tree, 10-12 ft., 



twigs violet. Leaves 3-6 in., very acuminate, with persistent glaucous 



;bloom. Catkins clothed with silky hairs, appearing before the leaves ; 



scales black -pointed ; anthers yellow. DISTRIB. S. Scandinavia across Europe 



and Asia to the Amur. 



10. . virimalis, L. ; leaves linear-lanceolate acuminate reticulate 

 .above silvery silky beneath, margin revolute quite entire, stipules linear- 

 lanceolate, catkins sessile, bracts small or 0, capsules tomentose. Osier. 

 Wet places and osier beds, from Elgin and Harris southwards ; Ireland, 



doubtfully native ; fl. April-June. A shrub or small tree, 30 ft. ; branches 

 long, straight, young silky, old polished, leafy. Leaves 4-10 in., narrowed 

 into the petiole, margins waved. Catkins jj-1 in., opening long before the 

 leaves, golden-yellow ; scales oblong, brown ; disk a slender gland. Capsule 

 shortly pedicelled, base broad, white ; stigmas rarely 2-fid. DISTRIB. Russia, 

 N. Asia, Soongaria ; cult, throughout Europe ; introd. in N. America. 



S. STIPULA'RIS, Sin., is a supposed hybrid, probably between viminalis and 

 Caprea or cinerea, cultivated in Essex and Suffolk ; it has broader more 

 undulating leaves, large stipules, and a shortly pedicelled capsule. In 

 Britain this and Sm.it/uana shade off into viminalis, and keep quite distinct 

 from cinerea (Baker). 



S. SMITHIA'WA, Willd. (S. mollissima, Sm.); this Andersson regards as an 

 undoubted and excessively variable hybrid between viminalis and Caprea ; 

 it is very .common in osier-grounds of England and Ireland, and found in 

 Scotland ; the leaves are not so silvery beneath, usually dull and hoary ; 

 eapsule long pedicelled. S. acnrainata, Sm., and S. ferruyinta, G. Anders. 

 (S. holotericea, Borr., S.. ritffosa, Leefe), are varieties. 



11. S. lana'ta, L. ; leaves broadly ovate or oblong-lanceolate acute 

 woolly entire cottony beneath witk raised reticulate veins, stipules large 

 4-cordate glandular-serrate, catkins terminal sesiile, scales obtuse clothed 

 with long golden hairs, capsules glabrous. 



Alpine cliffs and rocky rills, very rare ; Clova Mts., Glen Callater, and Maol 

 Cuachlan in the Bre'adalbane Mts.; ascends to 2,700 ft., fl. May-June. A 

 small shrub, 2-3 ft. , with tortuous branches and tomentose twigs ; buds 

 large, black, hirsute. Leaves 1-3 in., coriaceous, petioles very short. Cat- 

 kins appearing with the leaves, crowded, stout, sometimes ashy white as in 

 S. Lapponum, especially in age ; male 1-2 in., female 2-4 in.; scales black, 

 oblong. Stamens glabrous. Capsule shortly pedicelled ; style very slender, 

 stigmas filiform, notched or 2-fid. DISTKIB. Arctic and Alpine Scandinavia, 

 Arctic Asia, Altai Mts., Greenland. 



12. 8. Lappo'nnm, L. ; dwarf, leaves elliptic or obovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate reticulate silky and villous above cottony beneath with straight 

 raised veins, margins recurved, stipules or small, catkins subsessile 

 bracteate, scales acute clothed with long white hairs, capsules tomentose. 

 Wet alpine rocks in Scotland ; ascending to 2, 700 ft. from Edinburgh north- 



