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Allied to 8. Myrsimtes and S. retusa (can it be the plant re- 

 ferred to by Fries?). Frouvyn, Sutlierl. Graham. Muckisli, 

 Doneg. D. Moore, j. of B. ix. 300. Sh. VI. ? S. I. 



ii. Reticulatce. Catkins opposite to the terminal leaves, with a 

 bud between them. 



29. S. reticuldta (L.) ; 1. nearly roundly oval very blunt 

 entire netted with veins and glaucous beneath, germens sessile 

 oblong-ovate downy, style short, stigmas bifid. E. B. 1908. A 

 procumbent much branched s*hrub. St. usually buried. Cat- 

 kins on long stalks. Lofty mountains. Sh. VI. S. 



30. S. Sad'leri (Syme) 1 ; 1. roundly ovate or subcordate entire 

 smooth and cottony netted and glabrous beneath, germens gla- 

 brous with long woolly stalks, style long, stigmas linear bifid. 

 Edin. Bot. Trans, xii. 208. t. 1." J. of B. xiii. 1. 158. A small 

 almost subterranean prostrate shrub. I have not seen this plant, 

 and it may be misplaced here. East of Loch Ceann-Mor, very 

 rare. Sh. VIII. ? S. 



iii. Herbacece. Catkins exactly terminal. 



31. S. hei'bdcea (L.) ; /. round blunt or retuse serrate shining 

 glabrous netted with veins, germens subsessile ovate-conical 

 glabrous, style short, stigmas bifid. E. B. 1907. A very 

 minute herblike shrub ; the st. extend far amongst loose stones 

 on the tops of mountains. Edges and veins of 1. hairy. Alpine 

 situations. Sh. VI. E. S. I. 



Index to the Salices. 



1 Dr, White considers this a var. of S. lanata. Mr. Linton refers it to 

 S. herbaceaXlanata.H.. & J. G. 



