CL. XXII.] DICECIA DIANDRIA. 375 



A small bushy shrub, from six to twelve inches high, with 



brown branches, downy when young. Flowers in May : grows on 

 moist mountainous heaths. Eng. Bot. vol. xxviii.pl. 1960. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. iv. p. 210. To this variable species may probably be re- 

 ferred the three preceding, as well as the two next. 1417. 



45. S. prostrdta. Early Prostrate Willow. Leaves between el- 

 liptical and oblong, convex, somewhat toothed, with a curved point ; 

 glaucous, silky and veiny beneath ; stipules minute ; stem pros- 

 trate, with elongated, straight branches ; germen stalked, egg- 

 shaped, silky ; style shorter than the stigmas. Flowers in March 

 and April: grows on heaths. Eng. Bot. vol. xxvifi. pi. 1959. Eng. 

 FL vol. iv. p. 211. 1418. 



46. S.incubdcea. Trailing Silk Willow. Leaves between elliptical, 

 and lance-shaped, pointed, straight, nearly entire; convex and 

 smooth above, with prominent reticulated veins, glaucous and silky 

 beneath; stem recumbent ; catkins between egg-shaped and oblong; 

 stalks of the silky germens longer than the scales ; capsules smooth. 



A small shrub, with reclining or prostrate dark -brown stems, 



about two feet long. Flowers in May : grows in sandy meadows : 

 found by Mr. E. Forster at Hopton in Suffolk. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 

 212. 1419. 



47. & Donidna. Rusty -branched Willow. Leaves lance-shaped, 

 broadest towards the end, acute, straight, slightly serrate, livid and 

 somewhat silky beneath ; stem and branches erect ; catkins cylin- 

 drical ; germen stalked, silky, longer than the inversely egg-shaped, 



bearded scales. A shrub five or six feet high, with straight, 



reddish branches. Flowers in May : found in Scotland by Mr. G. 

 Don. Eng. FL vol. iv. p. 213. 1420. 



48. S. rosmarinifolia. Rosemary-leaved Willow. Leaves between, 

 linear and lance-shaped, pointed, straight, entire, silky beneath ; 

 stem erect ; catkins egg-shaped, recurved ; germen stalked, lance- 

 shaped, silky. A slender shrub, two or three feet high, with 



erect, very slender branches, silky when young. Flowers in April : 

 grows in moist sandy ground. Eng. Bot. vol. xix. pi. 1365. Eng. 

 FL vol. iv. p. 214. 1421. 



49. S. cindrea. Grey Sallow. Stem erect ; lower leaves entire, 

 upper serrate, lance-shaped, broadest towards the end ; glaucous, 

 downy and reticulated with veins beneath ; stipules half heart- 

 shaped, serrate ; germen silky ^ its stalk half as long as the lance- 

 shaped scales. A tree twenty or thirty feet high, with smooth, 



reddish-brown, crooked branches. Flowers in April: grows in 

 moist woods and hedges. Eng. Bot. vol, xxvii. pi. 1897. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iv. p. 215. 1422. 



50. S. aurita. Round-eared Willow. Branches spreading ; leaves 

 somewhat serrate, convex, inversely egg-shaped, ebtuse, with a 

 small hooked point, hairy and reticulated with veins on both sides. 

 Stipules roundish, convex, toothed ; germen silky, stalked ; stigmas 



nearly sessile. A bushy shrub, three or four feet high, with 



spreading or trailing branches of a brown colour. Flowers in April 

 and May : grows in moist woods and thickets. Eng. Bot. vol. xxi. 

 pi. 1487. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 216. 1423. 



51. S. aqudtica. Water Sallow* Stern and branches erect; leaves 

 slightly serrate, elliptical, broadest towards the end, minutely 

 downy, flat, rather glaucous beneath ; stipules rounded, toothed ; 



germen silky, stalked; stigmas nearly sessile. A shrub or small 



tree, with numerous erect branches. Flowers in April : grows in 



