LXVIII. SALICA^CE^E I SA*IAX. 767 



Group xi. Fusca Borrer. 

 'Mostly procumbent Shrubs. Prin. sp. 52 and 53. 



L. 



Stamens 2 to a flower, as far as to the kinds whose male flowers have been 

 observed. Ovary silky, stalked. Catkins ovate or cylindrical. Leaves 

 between elliptical and lanceolate; mostly silky beneath ; nearly entire. 

 Plants small shrubs. Stem, in most, procumbent. S. fusca L., Hooker, 

 var. 1., and S. Doqpratt Smith s have a likeness in aspect to the kinds of the 

 group Purpiireae, except S. riibra Huds. (Hook.) 



** 52. S. FU'SCA L. The brown Willow. 



Identification. Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2 , p. 417. ; ? Hayne Abbild., p. 242. 



K-i/tumytnes. S. repens Hook, Fl. Scot. 1. p. 284. ; S. ripens Koch, part of, Koch Comm. p. 47. 

 The Sexes. The female is figured in Hayne Abbild., if the S. Msca of that work is the S. fusca L. 

 Engravings. Hayne Abbild., t. 184. ; Sal. Wob. ; and our Jig. 83. in p. 806. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Stems more or less procumbent. Leaves elliptical or 

 elliptic-lanceolate, acute; entire, or serrated with minute glanded serra- 

 tures ; somewhat downy; glaucous, and generally very silky beneath. 

 Ovary lanceolate, very silk}', seated upon a long stalk. Stigmas bifid. 

 (Hook.) A decumbent shrub. Britain, on heaths. Height 6 in. to 1 ft. 

 Stamens yellow ; May. 



Varieties. 



j* S. f. 1 vulgdris. S. f. var. a Hook. Br. Fl. ed. 2. ; S. fusca Smith 

 Eng. Sot. t. I960., Forbes in Sal. Wob. No. 83. ; S. repens Koch 

 ft Koch Comm. p. 47.; and our Jig. 83. in p. 806. Stem decum- 

 bent below, then upright, much branched. Leaves elliptic lan- 

 ceolate. 



-* S./. 2 repens. S. f. Hook. Br. Fl. ed. 2. ; S. repens Lin. Sp. PI. 144-7., 

 Forbes in Sal. Wob. No. 84. ; and our fg. 84. in p. 836. Leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate, straight, somewhat pointed, nearly entire ; almost 

 naked above, glaucous and silky beneath. Stipules none. Stem 

 depressed, with short upright branches. 



Jc S./ Sprostrdta. S. f. var. 7 Hook. Br. Fl. ed. 2. ; S. prostrata Smith 

 Eng. Bot. t. 1959., Forbes in Sal. Wob. No. 82. ; and our fig. 82. 

 in p. 806. Leaves elliptic-oblong, convex, somewhat toothed, 

 with a curved point ; glaucous, silky, and veiny beneath. Stipules 

 minute. Stems prostrate, with elongated straight branches. Ovary 

 stalked, ovate, silky. Styles shorter than the stigmas. 



-* S./ ^fce'tida. S. f. var. 5 Hook. Br. Fl. ed. 2.; S. fce'tida Smith 

 Eng. Fl. iv. p. 208. Stem recumbent. Leaves elliptical. 



* S. /. 5 incubacea. S. f. 5 Hook. Br. Fl. ed, 3. ; S. incubacea Lin. Sp. 

 PL 1447., Forbes in Sal. Wob. No. 79. ; and our/g. 79. in p. 806. 

 Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, nearly entire, acute, with a twisted point ; 

 glaucous and silky beneath. Stipules stalked, ovate, acute. Stem 

 procumbent. Branches erect. Catkins erect, oblong-cylindrical. 

 Stalk of the silky ovary about as long as the obovate bractea (scale). 

 (Borrer.) 



JK S./. 6 argent ea. S. f. 6 Hook. Br. Fl. ed. 2. ; S. argentea Smith 

 Eng. Bot. t. 1364., Forbes in Sal. Wob. No. 78. ; and our fig. 78. in 

 p. 806. Leaves elliptical, entire, somewhat revolute, with a re- 

 curved point ; rather downy above, silky and shining beneath, as 

 well as the branches. Stem upright. Ovary ovate-lanceolate, silky ; 

 its silky stalk nearly equal to the linear oblong bractea. Style not 

 longer than the stigmas. 



