300 77. AMENTIFER.&. 



emarginate, twis pale yellowish or tinged with purple polished. 

 E. B. 1343. Rose Willow. Marshes and river-banks. T. III. 

 IV. 



9. S. rwira (Huds.) ; 1. linear-lanceolate acuminate glabrous 

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

 elongated, stigmas ovate undivided, anth. 2 (yellow?), filaments 

 combined below, stip. linear. E. B. 1145. Height 1020 feet. 

 Twigs usually tawny. L. like those of S. viminalis but without 

 the white pubescence. ft. S, Forbyana (Sra.) ; 1. lanceolate- 

 oblong, style nearly as long as the linear " divided stigmas, anth. 

 1." E. B. 1344. Twigs grayish-yellow. L. rather paler and 

 somewhat glaucous beneath. * Stip. broader, variable. Stigma 

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



vii. Viminales (Borr.). Stam. 2. Anth. becoming yellow or 

 brown. Catkins bracteated at the base ; scales discoloured at 

 the end. Stigmas not sessile. Pubescence of the 1. silky. 



* Capsules nearly or quite sessile. 



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

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

 late, capsule very shortly stalked lanceolate-subulate, style elon- 

 gate, stigmas undivided. E. B. 1898. Height 1020 feet. 

 Branches wandlike, long, slender. Gland longer than the stalk 

 of the caps. /3. intricata (Leefe) ; 1. broader, caps, shorter and 

 broader, style very short, stigmas from the first cloven retiexed 

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

 lanceolate denticulate or ^-cordate acuminate, stigmas elongated. 

 Wet places. Sh. IV. V. Common Osier. 



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

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

 sessile, style very short (Sm.) elongate (Hook.), stigmas linear 

 undivided. E. B. 1214. Height 1020 feet with upright 

 brittle reddish-brown twigs. Wet places. Sh. III. 



** Capsules shortly stalked. 



12. S. Smithiana (Willd.) ; L elongate-lanceolate obscurely 

 crenate white satiny beneath, stip. reniform i-cordate, caps, 

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

 style elongate, stigmas long linear mostly entire. Twigs erect, 

 somewhat downy, brittle. a. /S. Smithiana (E. B. 1509) ; 1. 

 rounded at base white with satiny down beneath, stip. small 

 narrow i-lunate. ft. S. rugosa (Leefe) ; 1. greenish-white and 

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

 stigmas linear broad undivided. y. S. ferruginea (And.) ; 1. 

 greenish-white and rather silky beneath, stip. \-ovate or reni- 



