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elliptical or lanceolate more or less glaucous beneath thin, point 

 of stip. straight. a. gerraen and stalk silky, st. erect. a. S. co- 

 tinifolia (Sm.) ; 1. roundish elliptical or subcordate. E. B. 1403. 

 b. S. nigricans (Sm.); 1. elliptic-lanceolate. E. B. 1213. 

 c. <S. Forsteriana (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. E. B. 2342. y. germen glabrous, stalk downy or gla- 

 brous, st. erect. a. S. Andersoniana (Sm.) ; 1. elliptic-oblong 

 acute, caps, awlshaped not wrinkled. E. B. 2343. b. S. damas- 

 cena (Forbes) ; 1. broadly elliptical or subrhomboidal acute, caps, 

 not wrinkled. E. B. S. 2/09. c. S. petraa (And.) ; 1. oblong 

 or sublanceolate, caps, wrinkled near the top. E. B. S. 2725. 

 ? S. hirta (Sm.) ; 1. elliptic-cordate pointed, " caps, very pubes- 

 cent " (Leefe) " glabrous " (Arnott] not wrinkled. The varieties 

 are scarcely distinguishable. Sides of streams, osier-grounds, 

 mountains. Sh. IV. VI. 



C. Virentes (Fries). L. smooth, scarcely any crisped pubescence 

 beneath, not turning black. Style manifest. 



18. S. laurina (Sin.) ; young shoots and 1. densely downy or 

 hairy towards the end, 1. afterwards glabrous dark dull green 

 above glaucous beneath (young 1. turning black). a. stalk of 

 germ, hairy. a. S. propinqua (Borr.) ; 1. elliptical acute, germ, 

 silky towards the end, style longer than stigmas. E. B. S. 2/29. 

 b. S. tenuior (Borr.) ; 1. elliptic-oblong acute, germ, silky, 

 style as long as stigmas. E.-B. S. 2650. c. S. laurina (Sm.); 

 1. obovate-lanceolate narrow acute, germ, silky, style longer than 

 stigmas. S. bicolor (Sm.), E. B. 1806. j3. S. tenuifolia (L.) ; 

 germ, and style quite glabrous, 1. elliptical acute. E. B. S. 2795. 

 Thickets and river banks, chiefly in England. Sh. IV. V. 



19. S. phylicifolia (L.) ; shoots and 1. soon quite glabrous, 

 1. rigid dark shining green above glaucous beneath not turning 

 black. a. germ, and stalk silky or hairy. a. S.radicans (Sm.); 

 1. oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, style elongate. S. phylicifolia 

 E. B. 1958. b. S. Davalliana (Sm.) ; 1. oblong-lanceolate 

 pointed, style as long as stigmas. E.B.S.QJQl. c. S.Weigeliana 

 (Willd.) ; 1. roundish or elliptical obscurely crenate (acute at both 

 ends in fertile plant), style longer than stigmas cloven. E. B. S. 

 2656. d. S. nitens (And.) ; 1. elliptic-lanceolate acute at both 

 ends turning rather blackish, style longer than stigma undivided. 

 E. B. S. 2655. e. S. Croweana (Sm.) ; 1. elliptic-obovate rather 

 acute at both ends, style as long as stigmas, stam. free below. 

 E. B. 1146. f. S. Dicksoniana (Sm.) ; 1. elliptic rather acute, 

 style about as long as stigmas, catkins short. E. B. 1390. /3. 

 lower part of germ, and stalk glabrous. a. S. laxiflora (Borr.) ; 

 1. broadly obovate narrowed to the base, stigmas cloven. E. B S. 



