380 78. AMENTIFEEJE. 



Branches wandlike, long, slender. Gland longer than the 

 stalk of the caps. 13. intricata (Leefe) ; 1. broader, caps, shorter 

 and broader, style very short, stigmas from the first cloven re- 

 flexed and entangled. y. stipularis (Leefe) ; 1. lanceolate, stip. 

 linear-lanceolate denticulate or J -cordate acuminate, stigmas 

 long. Wet places. Sh. IV. V. Common Osier. E. S. I. 



** Stipules broad. 



11. S. stipularis (Sm.) l ; 1. lanceolate very obscurely crenate 

 white and downy beneath, stip. ^-cordate acute, caps, ovate 

 nearly sessile, style very short (Sm.} or elongate (Hook.), 

 stigmas linear undivided. E. B. 1214. Height 10 20 feet 

 with upright brittle reddish-brown twigs. Wet places, Sh. 



12. S. Smithidna (Willd.) 1 ; /. long-lanceolate obscurely crenate 

 white satiny beneath, stip. reniform ^-cordate, caps, stalked 

 lanceolate-subulate, pedicel about as long as the gland, style 

 long, stigmas long linear mostly entire. Twigs erect, some- 

 what downy brittle. a. S. Smithiana (E. B. 1509) ; 1. rounded 

 at base white with satiny down beneath, stip. small narrow %- 

 lunate. /3. S. rugosa (Leefe) ; 1. greenish white and rather 

 silky beneath, stip. ^-cordate acute, style moderate, stigmas 

 linear broad undivided. S. holosericea H. & A. y. S.ferruginea 

 (And.) ; 1. greenish white and rather silky beneath, stip. %-ovate 

 or reniform, style elongate, stigmas linear-oblong undivided. 

 E. B. S. 2665. Bushy. Wet places. Sh. IV. V. E. S. I. 



Subsec. 3. Vetrix (Dumort.). Stam. 2, free. Anth. becom- 

 ing fuscous-yellow. Nectary cuneate. Catkin-scales discoloured. 

 Vernation equitant. 



i. Caprea. Style short. Stipules reniform, without basal glands. 

 L. rugose, not turning black ; pubescence crisped, not 

 silky. Cinerece Borr. 



13. S. acumindta (Sm.) 1 ; /. lanceolate-oblong pointed finely 

 toothed glaucous ashy and downy scarcely silky beneath, stip. |- 

 cordate, caps, ovate tapering, style conspicuous, stigmas ovate 

 undivided, buds downy. E. B. 1434. Loud. 1464. Height 25 

 30 feet. Damp woods and hedges. Sh. or T. IV. E. I. 



1 Dr. White refers sp. 11, 12 & 13 to hybrids between S. viminalis and 

 the various members of the Caprece section. H. & J. G. 



