Plex.mon. 4. SALICINiE. 6. Salix. SS?') 



6. Salix vlteUina. Yellow willoir. 

 Sfajnens 2 or 3 ; leaves lanceolate, acute, bald above, 



rather silky below, serrated, serratures cartilaginous ; 5/?- 

 pules small, deciduous, bald on the inside; stigmata nicked. 



Salix folii) l()i!£;o subiuteo, non auriculata, viminihus luteis; eademque 

 ^pimiiiihns ruhris, Kaii Sijn 450.22. 



Sal = x folio utrinque giauco, vimiiiibiis rubiis, Rati Cant. 142. 

 Salix vitflUna, Lin. S. P. 1442. 

 Yellow willow. Gulden osier. 



IjOw pastures and holts ; tree ; May. 



Tree middle size ; branches erect, yellow, shining ; leaves 

 nearly sessile, shining above ; young leaves shining on both 

 sides ; ament cylindrical, coetaneous with the vernation ; 

 ovary bald. 



7. Salix fragilis. Crack willoiv. 



Stamens 2 to 5 ; leaves ovate, lanceolate, pointed, ser- 

 rated, bald on both sides, shining above ; petioles toothed, 

 glandular ; ovary ovate, nearly sessile. 



Salix, folio longo latoque splendente, fragilis, Rail Syn. 448. 

 Salix fragilis, Lin. S. P. 1443. 

 Salix decipiens, Hojfin. Sal. 2, 9. 

 Common willow. 



Osier-grounds and hedges ; tree ; April and May. 

 Tree tall ; branches crooked, very brittle at bottom; stipules 

 rounded, toothed, often none ; male ament loose. 



8. Salix prunifolia. Plum-leaved willow. 

 Stamens 2 ; leaves ovate, serrate, bald, smooth above, 



glaucous below ; secondary branches rather pubescent ; cap- 

 sules ovate, silky. 



Salix myrsinites, LigJitf. Scot. 599. 

 Salix prunifolia, Smith Ft. Brit. 1054. 



Alpine mountains ; shrubby ; May and June. 



Stem 3 feet high ; branches many, spreading, reddish ; 

 leaves petiolate; above dark green, smooth, shining; beneath 

 veined, opake ; stipules half-ovate, toothed ; ajnent solitary, 

 upright. 



9. Salix vaccinifolia. Bilberry-leaved willow.. 

 Stamens 2 ; leaves ovate, serrated ; above bald, smooth ; 



beneath silky, glaucous ; capsules ovate, silky ; stern d^ 

 current. 



Salix vaccinifolia, Engl. Bof.33,2341. 



South of Scotland, 



