370 DIOECIA DIANDRIA. [CL. XXII. 



stipules obsolete ; branches erect ; scales of the catkins acute, 



shaggy. A bushy shrub, eight or ten feet high, with dark-brown 



branches. Flowers in May. found by Mr. W. Boner in Breadal- 

 bane and Glen Nevis. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 174. 1381. 



9. S. nitens. Shining -leaved Willow. Leaves elliptical, acute, 

 unequally serrate, very smooth and glaucous beneath, minutely 

 downy with a downy central rib above ; stipules obsolete j branches 



spreading ; catkins nearly sessile, with acute, shaggy scales. 



A bushy shrub, ten or twelve feet high : leaves an inch and a half 

 long, deep shining green. Flowers in April : grows in the moun- 

 tainous parts of Scotland : rare. Eng. FL vol. iv. p. 175. 1382. 



10. S. Davallidna. Davallian Willoio. Leaves lance-shaped, in- 

 clining to inversely egg-shaped, finely serrate, or minutely toothed, 

 tapering at both ends, smooth ; rather glaucous beneath ; flower- 

 stalks, central rib, and young branches, somewhat downy \ catkins 



with small rounded scales ; capsules lance-shaped, smooth. 



A bushy shrub, about six feet high, with smooth, brown branches : 

 leaves about an inch and a half long. Flowers in May : grows in 

 the Highlands of Scotland. Eng. FL vol. iv. p. 175. " 1383. 



11. S. Wulfenidna. Wulfenian Willow. Leaves inversely egg- 

 shaped or elliptical, somewhat pointed, finely serrate, smooth, glau- 

 cous beneath ; catkin dense, with hairy scales, longer than the stalks 

 of the awl-shaped, hairy germens : style longer than the stigmas. 



A shrub about six feet high : leaves an inch and a half long, 



with reticulated veins. Flowers in April and May : found by Mr. 

 W. Borrer, in Breadalbane and at Kirkby Lonsdale. Eng. FL vol. 

 iv. p. 177. 1384. 



12. S. tetrapla. Four-ranked Willow. Leaves between elliptical 

 and oblong, pointed and equally serrated, nearly smooth, glaucous 

 with prominent veins beneath ; stipules half heart-shaped ; scales 

 commonly shorter than the hairy stalks of the oblong smooth ger- 

 mens ; style as long as the stigmas. A small shrub, nearly 



allied to the last, of which Dr. Walker says, " four leaves complete 

 the spiral upon the branch, and on account of this singularity, it 

 has been called S. tetrapla." Essays, p. 408. Flowers in May : found 

 in Breadalbane by Mr. W. Borrer. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 177. 1385. 



13. S. bicolor. Shining dark-green Willow. Leaves between ellip- 

 tical and oblong, acute, waved, and slightly serrate, nearly smooth, 

 glaucous beneath ; leaf-stalks dilated at the base ; stipules pointed, 

 serrate ; scales obtuse, hairy, half as long as the densely downy, 



egg-shaped, long-stalked germen. A small tree, six feet high or 



more, with erect reddish-brown branches. Flowers in April and 

 May : grows in woods and thickets. Eng. Bot. vol. xxvi. pi. 1806. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 178. 1386. 



14. S. tenuifolia. Thin-leaved Willow. Leaves elliptical, acute, 

 serrate, smoothish, glaucous beneath ; stipules small or none ; 

 scales hairy ; capsule egg-shaped, smooth, on a short smooth stalk. 

 A small spreading shrub : the young branches downy. Flowers 

 in May and June: grows about the rocky banks of rivers. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. xxxi. pi. 2186. Eng. FL vol. iv. p. 179. 1387. 



15. S.malifolia. Apple -leaved Willow. Leaves between elliptical 

 and oblong, toothed, waved, thin and crackling, very smooth ; 

 stipules heart-shaped, about the length of the flower-stalks ; scales 

 inversely egg-shaped, bearded ; germen lance-shaped, smooth, on 



