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10. S. vimina'lis, 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 Argyll southd. ; Ireland, 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 f-1 in., mature long before the leaves, golden- 

 yellow ; scales oblong, brown ; gland slender. Capsule shortly pedicelled, 

 base broad, white ; stigmas rarely 2-fid. — Distrib. Kussia, N. Asia, Soon- 

 garia ; cult, throughout Europe ; introd. in N. America. 



8, stipula'ris, Sm., is a [supposed hybrid, probably with Caprea or cinerea, 

 cultivated in Essex and Suffolk ; Channel Islands ; it has broader more 

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

 Britain this and Smithia'na shade off into viminalis, and keep quite distinct 

 from cinerea (Baker). 



8. Smithia'na, Willd. (S. mollis' sima, Sm.) ; this Andersson regards as an un- 

 doubted and excessively variable hybrid between viminalis and Caprea ; 

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

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

 capsule long pedicelled. — 8. acumina'ta, ^>m.,ferrugin'ea, G. Anders.,^. 

 holoseric'ea, Willd., and rugo'sa, Leefe (Jwloseric'ea, Hook, and Am.), are 

 varieties or hybrids with S. cinerea. 



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

 woolly entire cottony beneath with raised reticulate veins, stipules large 

 •i- cordate glandular-serrate, catkins terminal sessile, scales obtuse clothed 

 with long golden hairs, capsules glabrous. 



Alpine cliffs and rills, Perth, Fo.*far, Inverness, and Sutherland ; alt. 2,000- 

 2,500 ft. ; fl. May-June. — A small shrub, 2-3 ft., branches tortuous, twigs 

 tomentose ; buds large, black, hirsute. Leaves 1-3 in., coriaceous, petiole 

 very short. Catkins appearing with the leaves, crowded, stout, sometimes 

 ashy white as in &. Lappo'num, 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. — Distrib. Arctic and 

 Alpine Scandinavia, Arctic Asia, Altai Mts., Greenland. 



12. S. Lappo'num, 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. 



Alpine rocks, Edinburgh and Argyll to Sutherland; alt. 2,000-2,700 ft.; fl. 

 June-July.— Shrubby, 2-3 ft., erect or decumbent ; branches stout, brown, 

 buds woolly. Leaves 1-2 in., very variable, quite entire or sinuate-serrate, 

 dull green above ; petiole rather long, base dilated. Catkins preceding the 

 leaves; male ovoid, scales black, anthers yellow; female longer, 1-3 in. 

 Capsule conical, subsessile ; style very long, stigmas filiform cleft. — Distrib. 

 Scandinavia to the Arctic circle, Mts. of France and N. Italy, Siberia, 

 N. America. — The Edinburgh specimens seen by me are flowerless ; this 

 locality is anomalous for so alpine a plant. 



