3G2 DIOECIA — DIANDIUA. [Salu. 



oblong- slightly serrated upwards downy above, soft and silky 

 veiny beneath, catkins lax, germens lanceolato-subulate very 

 silky upon long hairy stalks, style more or less elongated, stig- 

 mas entire or divided obovate, JE. Bot. Suppl. t. 2733. — a. 

 stigmas sessile or nearly so, leaves moderately hairy or silky. 

 S. amhigua, Elirh. and Willd. (Bor7-er), not of Pursh, whose 

 plant Mr Borrer says is very near S.fragilis, taller var. — ^S". 

 proteifolia, Schleich. Salict. Wob. p. 149, t. 75. — (3. stigmas ses- 

 sile or nearly so (quite entire), leaves obovate very silky on 

 both sides. — y. style elongated, leaves oblong moderately hairy 

 or silky. *S'. spathulata, Willd. (Borr.). — S. versifolia, Wahl. 

 Lapp. p. 271, t. 18. /. 2. Seringe, Saules de la Suisse, n. 66. 



a. Epping-forest. Hopton, Suffolk ; Isle of Staffa. — /3. Bogs near 

 Forfar. — y. Epping-forest. Hopton, Suffolk ; and between Balnagard 



and Aberfeldie, Scotland. Ft. May, Tj Shrub 3 to 5—Q feet high, 



with dingy-coloured barTt, and hoary, more or loss silvery leaves. Mr 

 Borrer was once disposed to consider the S. ambigua o( Ehrh., the S. 

 jn-oteifolia, Schleich., and the S. spathulata of Willd., distinct ; but he 

 subsequently was induced to unite the two former ; and I think, judging 

 from specimens communicated, by my friend, of the latter, that he will 

 not think me very wrong for combining the three. They are altogether 

 most ambiguous plants ; and put on very different appearances in differ- 

 ent stages of their growth. My var. jS. is of the most peculiar aspect, and 

 I have never seen any specimens but those gathered by Mr Drummond. 



10. Reticulatse. Borr. 



23. ^.reticulata, L. (reticulated Willow) ; leaves nearly ellip- 

 tical-orbicular mostly glabrous remarkably reticulated with veins 

 and glaucous beneath, germens sessile oblongo-ovate downy, 

 style short, stigmas bifid. E. Bot. t. 1908. Salict. Wob. p. 

 133, t. 67. 



Lofty mountains of the north of England, Wales ? and especially 

 Scotland. Fl. June, July. Tj . — Stem short, very woody, much branched, 

 procumbent: when cultivated, forming a beautiful tuft of considerable 

 extent, with its curiously reticulated and largo handsome leaves. The 

 catkins and stems have a reddish or purplish tinge. I possess this from 

 Arctic America with long silky hairs on both sides of the leaves : the 

 young foliage indeed is often floccose. 



* 11. Glaucse. Borr. Small, erect, very closely allied shrubs ; re- 

 markable for their soft hairy and silky oblongo-lanceolate leaves, 

 often white and cottony beneath. Germens sessile, very downy, 

 or silky. 



24. S. glduca, L. {glaucous 3Iountain Willow'); leaves ovato- 

 lanceolate entire downy snow-white and very cottony beneath, 

 germens sessile narrow-elliptical ovate very downy, stigmas 

 nearly sessile bifid. E. Bot. t. 1810. Salict. Wob. p. \Zb,t. 68. 



Highlands of Scotland. Clova moimtains. Fl. July. Tj . — Nearly 

 allied to the following ; but differing in the germen, which is shorter, 

 more obtuse and with nearly sessile stigmas. 



25. S. arendria, L. {downy Mountain Willow); leaves ob- 



