372 SALIC INE^. [SALTX. 



L. ; twigs yellow or reddish, old leaves glabrous above, scales of catkins 

 longer. Golden Willow. 



SECTION 2. Catkins on leafy or bracteate peduncles ; scales persistent, 

 discoloured at the tip (except S. reticulata). Stamens 2, filaments free. 

 Disk 1 -glandular. Capsule tomentose or silky, rarely glabrous. 



* 'Capsule with a slender pedicel ; style very short or 0. 



5. S. Capre'a, L. ; leaves elliptic or oblong-obovate or -lanceolate acute 

 or acuminate crenate reticulate on both surfaces tomentose beneath, stipules 

 ^-reniforin, catkins silky, male ovoid-oblong, female elongate at length 

 nodding, scales hairy, tip black. Common Sallow, Goat, Willow. 



Copses, pastures, &c., by streams, from Argyll and Inverness southd. ; ascends 

 to 2,000 ft. in the Highlands- j Ireland * Channel Islands ; fl. April-May. 

 A grey tree or large shrub. Leaves 2-4 in., dark green above, cuspidate, 

 margins narrowly recurved. Catkins short, preceding the leaves, sessile, 

 bracteate ; male 1 in., very stout, female lengthening to Sin. Capsule \ in., 

 silky ; pedicel very slender. DISTRIB. Europe, N. and "W. Asia, Himalaya. 

 The earliest-flowering British willow. The twigs with catkins gathered 

 at Easter, are called Palm-branches. Andersson points out the impossi- 

 bility of distinguishing this from S. cine'rea, L. 



S. CAPRE'A proper ; buds and twigs glabrous or puberulous, leaves usually 

 broad glabrous and dull green above undulate crenate-serrate or subentire, 

 stipules long or - S. sphacela'ta, Sm., is a subalpine form, without stipules 

 and with subentire leaves. 



Sub-sp. S. CINE'REA, Z. ; buds and twigs tomentose, leaves smaller narrower 

 from elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate margins undulate pubescent above, 

 male catkins less stout opening later, anthers pale yellow, capsule smaller 

 (filaments hairy at the base, Syme\ S. aquat'ica, Sm., with leaves more 

 obovate glaucous, hairs beneath white, stipules large, and S. oleifo'lia, Sm., 

 with leaves narrow rigid glaucous, hairs beneath red-brown, stipules small, 

 are slight varieties. Anderssoa correctly refers 8. cine'rea, Sm., in Engl. 

 Bot., t. 1897, to this ; but also quotes that pi ate and name under daphnoi'des, 

 Vill., a very different plant. 



6. S. auri'ta, L. ; leaves obovate-oblong rarely oblanceolate crenate 

 much wrinkled pubescent and reticulate beneath, stipules reniform, cat- 

 kins short dense-fld., male ovoid, female cylindric. 



Moist copses, heaths, &c., N. to Shetland ; ascends to 2,000 ft. in the High- 

 lands ; Ireland; Channel Islands; fl. April-May. A small bush, 2-4 ft., 

 with straggling branches ; probably a form of & Caprea, being so closely 

 allied to sub-sp. cine'rea that it is chiefly distinguishable by its smaller size, 

 reddish twigs, leaves rarely 2 in., very much wrinkled, young reddish and 

 crisped, often petioled, large stipules, shorter catkins, |-| in., and narrower 

 more tomentose capsule. DISTRIB. Europe, N. and W. Asia. 



7. S. re'pens, L. ; leaves small oblong- or linear-lanceolate obtuse or 

 acute, margins recurved entire or serrulate shining and reticulate above, 

 silky or glaucous beneath, stipules or lanceolate, catkins cylindric- 

 oblong, scales spathulate, anthers at length black. S. fce'tidct, Sm. 



