216 DKECIA DIANDRIA. 



beneath ; stipulas rounded, toothed ; germen silky, stalked ; 

 stigmas nearly sessile. Water Sallow. 



Hal. Wet hedge-rows and woods. April. 



A small tree or shrub, with a dull grey bark. The branches 

 are very numerous, short and entangled, bearing a copi- 

 ous rough greenish-grey foliage, and in spring a profusion 

 of catkins, which appear rather earlier than the leaves. 

 Dr HOOKER makes it a variety of S. cinerea, from which 

 it differs only in the size and form of the leaves ; for 

 though SMITH describes the stigmas as entire, yet, ac- 

 cording to the observation of Mr WINCH, they 'become 

 divided after maturity, and agree in this respect also witli 

 the cinerea. 



12. S. oleifolia, stem erect ; branches straight, spreading ; 

 leaves obovate-lanceolate, flat, rather rigid, minutely toothed, 

 acute, glaucous, reticulated and finely hairy beneath ; stipulas 

 small, notched, rounded ; catkins oval, nearly half as broad as 

 long. Olive-leaved Sallow. 



Hab. In the boggy field below the Old Lamberton Toll. 

 March, April. 



Dr HOOKER and Mr WINCH are of opinion, that this also is 

 a variety of S. cinerea. In the most characteristic speci- 

 mens, the leaves are broader in proportion to the length 

 than those of S. cinerea^ and the fertile catkins are^re- 

 markable for their size, measuring sometimes not less 

 than 3 inches ; but the leaves and catkins, even of the 

 same specimen or shrub, differ much in their proportions 

 and size, and its general habit is certainly similar to that 

 of the cinerea. Fertile catkins from 1 to 3 inches long, 

 cylindrical, straight, or curved, with a few minute scale- 

 like bracteas, evolved before the leaves. Scales obovate, 

 blackish-brown, hairy, rather longer than the downy stalk 

 of the germen. Germen tapered \ inch long, downy, 

 green. Stigmas deeply divided, on a stalk equal to their 

 own length. 



13. S. Andersoniana, stem upright ; leaves elliptical, acute, 

 finely notched, slightly downy, paler beneath ; stipulas half- 

 ovate, nearly smooth ; branches minutely downy ; germen 

 smooth, its stalk almost equal to the scale ; style cloven, longer 

 than the cloven stigmas. Green Sallow. 



Hab. In a hedge near Mount-Pleasant, Durham. April, 

 May. 



