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14. 8. civerea (L.) ; 1. elliptic- or lanceolate- o"bovate pointed 

 subserrate downy and ashy beneath, stip. |-coidate, caps, lan- 

 ceolate-subulate, stigmas simple or bifid, buds downy. Height 

 20 30 feet. a. 8. cinerea (Sm.) j 1. obovate-lanceolate rather 

 thick reddish beneath, stip. ^-cordate acute, style very short 

 thick. E. E. 1897. 8. S. aquatica (Sm.) ; 1. ovate-elliptic 

 thinner downy and rather glaucous beneath, stip. reniform, style 

 inconspicuous. E. JB. 1437. y. 8. oleifoUa\ 1. obovate -lan- 

 ceolate rather rigid downy and rather glaucous beneath, stip. 

 small rounded. E. JB. 1402. Varies greatly. These varieties 

 are scarcely distinguishable. Wet places. T. or Sh. III. IV. 

 Sallow. E. S. I. 



15. 8. aurita (L.) ; /. obovate repand-dentate recurved-apicu- 

 late much wrinkled more or less downy above pubescent beneath, 

 stip. roundish or reniform large stalked, caps, lanceolate-subulate, 

 stig. generally entire, buds glabrous or slightly downy. E. E. 

 1487. Height 3 4 feet. Edges of 1. deflexed, point hooked. 

 Stigmas and scales often reddish. Damp woods. Sh. IV. V. 



E. S. I. 



16. S. Cdprea (L.) ; /. ovate or elliptic flat acute crenate-ser- 

 rate wavy at the margins deep green with a downy midrib 

 whitish above and cottony beneath, stip. subreniform, caps, lan- 

 ceolate-subulate, style very short, buds glabrous. E. E. 1488. 

 A small tree, 15 30 feet high. Catkins very thick, blunt. 

 L. mostly large and broad, rarely sublanceolate ; spring 1. nearly 

 entire. /3. 8. sphacelata (Sm.) ; stip. often 0, 1. nearly entire. 

 E. E. 2333. A bush. Woods and hedges in dryish and also 

 subalpine places. /3. Highland valleys. T. IV. V. Great 

 Sallow. E. S. I. 



ii. Phylicifolia. Style long. Capsule stalked. 



* Nigricantes. L. punctate beneath, turning black in drjdng. 

 Stip. with basal glands. 



17. 8. nig'ricans (Sm.) 1 ; young shoots and 1. downy, 1. ovate- 

 elliptic or lanceolate rather glaucous more or less glaucous 

 beneath thin, point of stip. straight. Shoots dull-coloured. n. 

 germen and stalk silky, st. erect. a. 8. cotinifolia (Sm.) ; ]. 

 roundish elliptic or subcordate. E. E. 1403. b. S. nigricans 

 (Sm. proper) ; 1. elliptic-lanceolate. E. B. 1213,-^c. S.Forster- 

 iana (Sm.) ; 1. elliptic-obovate acute, stip. vaulted, catkins long. 

 E. B. 2344. /3. S. rupestris (Donn) ; awlshaped germ, and 

 stalk silky or glabrous below, st. trailing, 1. elliptic-obovate. 



1 Combined as a subsp. with sp. 18 by Dr. White. H. & J. G. 



