CL. XXII.] DlffiCIA DIANDRIA. 375 



shrub, from six to twelve inches high, with brown branches, downy when 

 young. Flowers in May : grows on moist mountainous heaths. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. xxviii. pi. 1960. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 210. To this variable 

 species may probably be referred the three preceding, as well as the 

 two next. 1417. 



45. S. prostrdta. Early Prostrate Willow. Leaves between elliptical 

 and oblong, convex, somewhat toothed, with a curved point; glaucous, 

 silky and veiny beneath ; stipules minute ; stem prostrate, with elongated, 

 straight branches; germen stalked, egg-shaped, silky ; style shorter than 

 the stigmas. Flowers in March and April : grows on heaths. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xxviii. pi. 1959. Eg. Ft. vol. iv. p. 211. 1418. 



46. S. incubdcea. Trailing Silk Willow. Leaves between elliptical 

 and lance-shaped, pointed, straight, nearly entire ; convex and smooth 

 above, with prominent reticulated veins, glaucous and silky beneath ; 

 stem recumbent ; catkins between egg-shaped and oblong ; stalks of the 



silky germens longer than the scales; capsules smooth. >A small shrub, 



with reclining or prostrate dark-brown stems, about two feet long. 

 Flowers in May : grows in sandy meadows : found by Mr. E. Forster at 

 Hopton in Suffolk. Eng. Ft. vol. iv. p. 212. 1419. 



47. S. Danidna. Rusty-branched Willow. Leaves lance-shaped, 

 broadest towards the end, acute, straight, slightly serrate, livid and 

 somewhat silky beneath ; stem and branches erect ; catkins cylindrical ; 

 germen stalked, silky, longer than the inversely egg-shaped, bearded 



scales. A shrub five or six feet high, with straight, reddish branches. 



Flowers in May : found in Scotland by Mr. G. Don. En%. Fl. vol. iv. 

 p. 213. 1420. 



48. S. rnsmarinifdlia. Rosemary- leaeed Willow. Leaves between 

 linear and lance-shaped, pointed, straight, entire, silky beneath ; stem 

 erect; catkins egg-shaped, recurved; germen stalked, lance-shaped, 



silky. A slender shrub, two or three feet high, with erect, very slender 



branches, silky when young. Flowers in April : grows in moist sandy 

 ground. Eng. Bot. vol. xix. pi. 1365. Eng. FL vol. iv. p. 214. 1421. 



49. S. cincrea. Grey Sallow. Stem erect ; lower leaves entire, upper 

 serrate, lance-shaped, broadest towards the end ; glaucous, downy and 

 reticulated with veins beneath ; stipules half heart-shaped, serrate ; ger- 

 men silky; its stalk half as long as the lance-shaped scales. A tree 



twenty or thirty feet high, with smooth, reddish-brown, crooked branches. 

 Flowers in April : grows in moist woods and hedges. Eng. Bot. vol. xxvii. 

 pi. 1897. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 215. 1422. 



50. S. aurita. Round-eared Willow. Branches spreading ; leaves 

 somewhat serrate, convex, inversely egg-shaped, obtuse, with a small 

 hooked point, hairy and reticulated with veins on both sides. Stipules 

 roundish, convex, toothed ; germen silky, stalked ; stigmas nearly sessile. 



A bushy shrub, three or four feet high, with spreading or trailing 



branches of a brown colour. Flowers in April and May : grows in moist 

 woods and thickets. Eng. Bot. vol. xxi. pi. 1487. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. 

 p. 216. 1423. 



51. S. aqudtica. Water Sallow. Stem and branches erect ; leaves 

 slightly serrate, elliptical, broadest towards the end, minutely downy, 

 flat, rather glaucous beneath ; stipules rounded, toothed ; germen silky, 



stalked ; stigmas nearly sessile. -A shrub or small tree, with numerous, 



erect branches. Flowers in April : grows in wet woods and hedges, in 



