218 AMENTACE^E. [Salix. 



feet high. A variety occurs in various parts of the country, with red 

 twigs, by which it may be readily known at all times of the year. 



14. S. vitellina, Linn. Yellow Willow or Golden Osier. 

 Leaves lanceolate, with glandular serratures, acuminate, more 

 or less silky beneath, often so above ; germens lanceolate, ses- 

 sile, glabrous; style short; stigmas bipartite; scales lanceolate. 

 Br. FL 1. p. 419. E. Fl. v. iv. p. 182. E. Bot. t. 2430. Sa- 

 lict. Wob. p. 39. t. 20. 



Osier-grounds. By the side of the Faughan river, County of Derry ; 

 Mr. D. Moore. Fl. May. T? . Remarkable for the bright yellow 

 colour of its branches, and the leaves often partake of the same tint. 

 The twigs are much used for tying and packing trees, they being very 

 tough. 



* 6. Fuscae. Borr. Small shrubs, with generally procum- 

 bent stems and leaves between elliptical and lanceolate, mostly 

 silky beneath, nearly entire. Catkins ovate or cylindrical. Ger- 

 mens silky stalked, The habit of S. fusca rather approaches the 

 Monandrae group. 



15. S. fusca, Linn. Dwarf silky Willow. Leaves elliptical 

 or elliptic-lanceolate, acute, entire, or with minute glandular 

 serratures, somewhat downy, glaucous, and generally very silky 

 beneath ; germens upon a long stalk, lanceolate, very silky ; 

 stigmas bifid ; stems more or less procumbent. S. repens, 

 Hook. Scot. 1. p. 284. 



. Stem much branched, upright, decumbent below ; leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate. S. fusca, E. Bot. t. 1960. E. Fl. v. iv. p. 

 210. Salict. Wob. p. 165. t. 83. 



p. Stem depressed, with short upright branches ; leaves ellip- 

 tic-lanceolate. S. repens, E. Bot. t. 183. (with young leaves 

 only). E. Fl. v. iv. p. 209. Salict. Wob. p. 167. t. 84. 



7. Stem prostrate, with elongated straight branches ; leaves 

 elliptical-oblong. S. prostrata, E. Bot. t. 1 959. Salict. Wob. 

 p. 163. t. 82. 



<>. Stem recumbent ; leaves elliptical. S. fetida, E. FL v. iv. 

 p. 208. S. adscendens, E. Bot. t. 1962. Salict. Wob. p. 159. 

 t. 8Q.subvar. leaves smaller. S. fetida, /3. E. Fl. v. iv. 208. 

 S.parviflova, E. Bot. t. 1961. Salict. Wob. p. 161. t. 81. 



e. Stem procumbent, leaves elliptic-lanceolate. S. incubacea, 

 Linn. E. Fl. v. iv. p. 212. (excl. of all the other synonyms? 

 Borr.) Borrer in E. Bot. Suppl. t. 2600. 



". Stem spreading or erect ; leaves elliptical, with a recurved 

 point, very silvery beneath. S. argentea, E. Bot. t. 1364. 

 E. Fl. v. iv. p. 207. 



a. Heathy mountains, Cunnamara. Heaths near Skibbereen ; Mr. 

 J. Drummond. /3. Mourne mountains ; Mr. Templeton. Tittour r 

 County of Wicklow ; John Nuttall, Esq. y. Cave Hill, near Bel- 



