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30. S. myrsinites. Green Whortle-leaved Willow. Leaves ellip- 

 tical, serrate, smooth, veiny, polished on both sides ; young 

 branches hairy ; germens stalked, downy ; capsules awl-shaped. 



A small bushy shrub, with dark-brown branches. Flowers in 



May and June: grows in the Highlands of Scotland. Eng. Sot. 

 vol. xix. pi. 1360. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 195. 1403. 



31. S. Dicksonidna, Broad-leaved Mountain Willow. Leaves ellip- 

 tical, acute, slightly toothed, smooth, glaucous beneath ; young 

 branches very smooth ; catkins egg-shaped, short, erect ; germen 



stalked, egg-shaped, silky ; stigmas nearly sessile. A small 



smooth shrub, with brownish branches. Flowers in April : grows 

 in the Highlands of Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. xx. pi. 1390. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iv. p. 196. 1404. 



32. S. carindta. Folded-leaved Willow. Leaves egg-shaped, finely 

 toothed, smooth, minutely veined, folded so as to form a keel ; cat- 

 kin cylindrical, with rounded, hairy scales ; germen sessile, egg- 

 shaped, silky. A bushy shrub, with brown branches, hairy 



when young. Flowers in April : grows in the Highlands of Scot- 

 land. Eng. Bot. vol. xix. pi. 1363. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 197. 1405. 



33. S. arbuscula. Little Tree Willow. Leaves lance-shaped, acute, 

 obscurely toothed, smoothish, glaucous beneath, silky when young ; 

 branches downy ; catkin egg-shaped, erect, germen stalked, be- 

 tween egg-shaped and lance-shaped, silky. Stem erect, slender, 



about a foot high, branchless below, like a small tree, with light- 

 brown branches. Flowers in April . grows in the Highlands of Scot- 

 land. Eng. Bot. vol. xix. pi. 1366. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 198. 1406. 



34. S. livida. Livid Dwarf Willow. Leaves between elliptical and 

 oblong, obscurely toothed, smooth, livid beneath ; stipules none ; 

 germen nearly cylindrical, downy, its stalk twice as long as the 



scale ; stigmas nearly sessile. A small shrub, about a foot high, 



with shining divergent branches. Found by Mr. Maughan, at the 

 foot of Hartfell, near Moffat. Eng. Fl. vol. "iv. p. 199. 1407. 



35. S. herbdcea. Least Willow. Leaves round, serrate, reticu- 

 lated with veins, smooth and shining on bothsides ; germen stalked, 



egg-shaped, smooth. A diminutive shrub, scarcely two inches 



above ground, with long branched roots. Flowers in June : grows 

 on the summits of the higher mountains of Scotland, England, and 

 Wales: frequent. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 200. 1408. 



** Adult leaves entire, nearly smooth. 



36. S. reticuldta. Wrinkle-leaved Willow. Leaves broadly ellip- 

 tical, nearly circular, obtuse, entire, leathery, with reticulated veins, 



nearly smooth, glaucous beneath ; germen sessile, downy. A 



small shrub, with stems two or three inches high, readily distin- 

 guished by its curiously reticulated leaves. Flowers in June : 

 grows on the higher mountains of Scotland, Yorkshire, and Wales : 

 rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xxvii. pi. 1908 . Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 200. 1409. 



*** Leaves hairy or silky. 



37. S. glauca. Glaucous Mountain Willow. Leaves nearly entire, 

 between lance-shaped and elliptical, even and nearly smooth above, 

 woolly and white beneath ; leaf-stalks decurrent ; germen sessile, 

 egg-shaped, woolly. A shrub two or three feet high, with short, 



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