374 SALICINB^J. [Salix. 



glabrous beneath ; stipules of the leaf-shoots smaller and more deciduous ; 

 plant drying without turning black: — nigricans, twigs much shorter, dull- 

 coloured, pubescent (like cine'rea) ; leaves softer usually grey-pubescent and 

 much less if at all glaucous beneath ; stipules of barren shoots larger, more 

 persistent ; style and pedicel the same in both, and ovary similarly variable 

 in silkiness ; plant turning black when dried. Both, when growing with 

 Caprea and cinerea, flower a little later (through May into June), and are 

 mostly plants of subalpine valleys. 

 The erect varieties with broad leaves 1-4 in., more or less glaucous beneath, 

 and silky capsules are : — True nigricans ; cotinifo'lia, Sm. ; and Forsteria'na, 

 Sm. — S.rupes'tris, Sm., is a trailing variety with small broad leaves.- -S. 

 Andersonia'na, Sm. ; damasce'na, Forbes, and petra'a, G. Anders., are erect 

 shrubs with glabrous capsules. — S. hir'ta, Sm., is a subarborescent form (male 

 only) with silky twigs and leaves densely pubescent beneath. — S.Jloribiai'da, 

 Forbes (tenuifo'lia, Sm. ; bi'color, Hook.), is a doubtful plant. 



9. S. phylicifo'lia, L. ; leaves ovate-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate quite 

 glabrous shining above glaucous beneath, stipules or very small, catkins 

 sessile bracteate, scales linear-oblong black acute. Tea-leaved Willow. 



Kocks and mountain streams, from York and Lancashire to Orkney ; ascends 

 to 2,000 ft. in Yorks. and Perth ; rare in Ireland ; fl. April-May.— A 

 handsome large bush or small tree (10 ft.). When fully developed con- 

 spicuous from its spreading shining chestnut or reddish branches, and 

 glistening green and glaucous foliage. Andersson distinguishes it from S. 

 nigricans by the less unequal thicker leaves, which blacken less in drying, 

 and have no minute white dots ; capsule larger, with longer beaks ; he 

 adds that it is the earliest flowerer of the genus (in England S. Capre'a 

 flowers first) ; (Syme says it is among the latest). — Distrib. Almost the same 

 as S. nigricans. 



The British forms are, 1st, the erect with silky capsules, S. Davallia'na, Sm. ; 

 Weigelia'na, Willd. ( Widfenia'na, Sm.) ; ni'tens, G. Anders. ; Crowea'na, Sm. ; 

 Dicksonia'na, Sm. {myrtilloi'des, Sm., not L.) ; and tenu'ior, Borr. — 2d, erect 

 with glabrous or nearly glabrous capsules, laxiflo'ra, G. Anders. ; propin' qua, 

 Borr. ; tetrap'la, "Walker ; Borreria'na,&vn.\ phillyrecefo' lia, Borr; tenuifo'lia, 

 Borr. — 3d, a more or less decumbent rooting form, with silky capsuies, S. 

 radi'cans, Sm. (phylicifo'lia, Sm.). 



*S. lauri r na, Sm. (laxifio'ra, Borr. ; bi'color, Sm.), a small handsome tree, 20-30 

 ft., found in various parts of England and Ireland, is a hybrid between S. 

 phylicifo'lia and Capre'a. 



*** Capsule with a short pedicel or 0. Style slender. 



S. daphnoi'des, Till. ; arboreous, buds large, leaves narrow oblong or 

 linear-lanceolate acuminate acutely serrate shining above glaucous beneath, 

 stipules |- cordate acute, catkins stout sessile, scales black acute very vil- 

 lous, capsules glabrous. S. acutifo'lia, 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. 



