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Group xi. Fmccc Borrer 

 Mobily procumbent Shrubs. Prin. sp. 52 and 53. 



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

 observed. Ovary silky, stalked. Catkins ovate or cj'lindrical. Leaves 

 between elliptical and lanceolate; mostl}' silky beneath ; nearly entire. 

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

 var. 1., and iS'. Donir/Ha Smith, have a likeness in aspect to the kinds of the 

 group Purpurete, except S. rulira Huds. (^Hook.) 



J: 52. S. Fu'scA L. The brown Willow. 



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



Synomjmes. S. repens Hook. Fl. Scot. 1. p. 284. ; S. repens Kock, part of, Koch Comm. p. 47. 

 the Sexes. The female is figured in Hayne Abbild., if the 5. fusca of that work is the S. fusca L. 

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



Spec. Char., Sfc. 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 silky, seated upon a long stalk. Stigmas bifid. 

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

 Stamens yellow ; May. 



Varieties. 



jit S. f. I vulgaris. S. f. var. a Honk. Br. Ft. ed. 2. ; S. fusca Sniiih 

 Eng. Bot. t. I960., Forbes in Sal. Wob. No. 83. ; S. repens Koc/i 

 fi Koch Comm. p. 47.; and our ^g. 83. in p. 806. Stem decum- 

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

 ceolate. 

 -* S./. 2 repens. S. f. /8 Hook. Br. Fl. ed. 2. ; S. repens Lin. Sp. PI. 1447., 

 Forbes in Sal. Wob. No. 84. ; and our Jig. 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. 

 -* S./ 3 pirostrdta. S. f. var. 7 Hook. Br. Fl. ed. 2. ; S. prostrata Smith 

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



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



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



i minute. Stems prostrate, with elongated straight branches. (Wary 



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



' Jk S,/ 'ifce'tida. S. f. var. S Hook. Br. Fl. eJ. 2.; S. foe'tida Smith 



E7ig. Fl. iv, p. 208. Stem recumbent. Leaves elliptical, 

 * S, y; 5 incubacea. S. f, 5 Hook. Br. Fl. ed. 3. ; S. incubacea hin. Sp. 

 PI. 1447., Forbes in Sal. Wob. No, 79. ; and ourfg. 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). 

 (Bcrrer.) 

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

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

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

 longer than the stigmas. 



