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Subsec. 1. He lice (Dumort.). Filament 1 with a 4-celled 

 anther, or forked with 2 anthers each of 2 cells. Anth. purple, 

 ultimately black. Nectary cuneate. Catkins bracteate at the 

 base. Vernation equitant. Purpurece Borr. 



8. S. purpurea (L.) ; 1. lanceolate broader upwards acumi- 

 nate attenuate below finely serrate glabrous, caps, ovate very 

 downy sessile, style very short, stigm. ovate, anth. 1, stip. 0. 

 a. S. purpurea (Sm.) ; decumbent, twig's purple, fertile catkins 

 very compact. E. B. 1388. /3. S. Woolgariana (Borr.) ; erect, 

 twigs yellowish grey, 1. cuneate-lanceolate glaucous beneath, 

 stigmas blunt. E. B. S. 2651. y. S. ramulosa (Borr.) ; erect, 

 twigs pale yellowish, 1. oblong-lanceolate paler beneath, stigmas 

 sessile bifid. 6\ S. Lambertiana (Sm.) ; erect, twigs purplish 

 glaucous, 1. oblong-linear-lanceolate slightly narrowed and 

 somewhat rounded below, stigmas ovate emarginate. E. B. 

 13-59. . S. Helix (L.) x ; caps, oblong-ovate, stiff was almost 

 linear emarginate, twigs pale yellowish or tinged with purple 

 polished. E. B. 1343. Rose Willow. Marshes and river- 

 banks. T. III. IV. E.S.L 



9. 8. rubra (Huds. ) 2 ; linear-lanceolate acuminate glabrous 

 green on both sides, caps, oblong-ovate very pubescent, style 

 lony, stigmas ovate undivided, anth. 2 (first reddish then yellow), 

 filaments combined below, stip. linear. E. B. ]145. Heigh^lO 

 20 feet. Twigs usually tawny. L. like those of S. viminalis 

 but without the white pubescence. #. 8. Eorbiana (Sm.) ; 1. 

 lanceolate-oblong, style nearly as long as the linear u divided 

 stif/mas, anth. 1." E. B. 1344. Twigs greyish yellow. L. rather 

 paler and somewhat glaucous beneath. Stip. broader, variable. 

 Stigma entire in all that I have seen. Low meadows. T. IV. 

 V. E. S. I. 



Subsec. 2. Vimen (Dumort.). Stam. 2, mon- or diadelphous. 

 Anth. becoming yellow. Nect. linear. Catkin-scales discoloured 

 at the end. Catkins bracteate at the base. Stigmas not sessile. 

 Pubescence of the 1. silky. 



* Stipules narrow. 



10. S. viminalis (L.) ; /. linear or linear -lanceolate obscurely 

 crenate white silky and shining beneath, stip. small sublanceo- 

 late, capsule very shortly stalked lanceolate-subulate, style 

 long, stigmas undivided.^. B. 1898. Height 1020 feet. 



1 Dr. White refers this doubtfully to 8. purpurea X viminalis.- 

 H.&J. G. 

 * S. purpurea X viminalis, Dr. White. H. & J. G. 



