Salix.] LXXIII. AMENTACE^E. 411 



Spread over England, Ireland, and southern Scotland, but a doubtful 

 native. Fl. early spring. The broader-leaved varieties, commonly 

 designated as S. purpurea or S. Helix, Linn., appear to be the most 

 common, the narrower-leaved S. rubra, Huds., chiefly cultivated. 



6. S. viminalis, Linn. (fig. 923). Osier. A shrub, with long, twiggy 

 branches, usually slightly downy, sometimes growing into a small tree. 

 Leaves long and narrow, often 4 or 5 inches, of a silvery white under- 

 neath, with the silky down more copious than in any other long- leaved 

 species. Catkins cylindrical, sessile or nearly so, with a few bracts at 

 the base, an inch long or rather more, with rather long, silky hairs. 

 Stamens 2, as in all the following species. Capsules downy, about 2 

 lines long, tapering towards the top. 



In wet places, throughout Europe and Russian Asia, except the 

 extreme north, and the most commonly cultivated Osier. Frequent in 

 Britain. Fl. spring. 8. Smiikiana, Willd., or S. mollissima, Sm., is a 

 broader-leaved variety [or hybrid with Caprea], with the capsules more 

 distinctly pedicellate. 



7. S. Caprea, Linn. (fig. 924).' Sallow. A tall shrub or bushy tree. 

 Leaves ovate or oblong, often rather large, seldom tapering at the top, 

 either narrow, rounded, or broadly cordate at the base, usually of a 

 greyish green, more or less wrinkled, and whitish underneath with a 

 short crisp down not silky, entire or toothed, especially when old. 

 Stipules usually conspicuous, broad and oblique. Catkins sessile, the 

 males usually closely so, with a few broad, scale-like bracts at the base, 

 oblong-cylindrical, an inch long or rather more, and very silky-hairy ; 

 the females not quite so close ; the bracts often more leafy, and when 

 in fruit 2 inches long or more. Capsules downy- white, pedicellate, 3 

 or 4 lines long, tapering into a long beak. 



In woods, thickets, and hedges, along streams, &c., throughout Europe 

 and temperate Asia to the Arctic Circle. Common in Britain. .Fl. early 

 spring. It varies very much in the size and shape of the leaves, the 

 amount of down, &c., but it is generally distinguished from all the pre- 

 ceding species by the cottony, not silky down, and wrinkled leaves, from 

 most of the following by its larger size. The grey Sallow (S. cinerea, 

 Linn.) is distinguished by some as being more downy, by others as less 

 so, with the leaves usually smaller, and the catkins not quite so thick 

 and silky. 



8. S. aurita, Linn. (fig. 925). Round-eared W. Allied to S. Caprea and 

 perhaps a variety, but more bushy ; the leaves smaller, usually obovate, 

 about an inch long, but varying from orbicular to oblong, and then often 

 2 inches long ; they are also more wrinkled than in S. Caprea, waved on 

 the edges, grey and downy, especially on the under side ; the stipules 

 very conspicuous. Male catkins closely sessile, but smaller than in S. 

 Caprea, and thg silky hairs less prominent ; the females about half an 

 inch long when in flower, an inch when in fruit, on a short stalk, with 

 small leafy bracts. Capsules pedicellate, 2 to 3 lines long, tapering at 

 the top. 



In woods and thickets, in Europe and Russian Asia, from the Mediter- 

 ranean to the Arctic regions. Common in Britain. Fl. early spring. 



9. S. phylicifolia, Linn. (fig. 926). Tea-leaved W.A bushy shrub, 

 very variable in its folliage, some of the larger forms coming very near 

 S, Oaprea, whilst the smaller ones appear to pass gradually into S. Myr> 



