238 6. Salix. 4. SALICIN.E. PLex.rnon, 



41. Salix prostrata. Prostrate willow. 

 Leaves rather toothed, elliptical, pointed ; beneath glau- 

 cous, silky; stem prostrate; petiole short, thick* 



Salix prostrata, Smith Flor. Brit. 1060. 

 Salix polymorpha, Ehrh. Arb. 490. 



Moist mountains ; small shrub ; June, July. 



Branches long, slender ; leaves scarcely revolute ; above 

 dark green, slightly veined, rather pubescent ; ovary ovate, 

 silky; pedicell very short; style short, thick; stigmata 

 cloven. 



42. Salix fusca. Brown willow. 

 Leaves rather denticulated, elliptical, oblong, pointed; 



above bald; beneath glaucous, silky; petiole attenuated; 

 stem erect, spreading. 

 Salix fusca, Lin. S. P. 144T. 



Moist heaths and mountains ; small shrub ; May. 



Small branches rather straight, pubescent; leaves glandu- 

 lar on the edge ; above brownish green ; stipules lanceolate, 

 awlshape ; capsules awlshape, silky ; stigmata 2-parted. 



43. Salix parvifelia. Small-leaved willow. 

 Leaves elliptical, scarcely cut, hooked ; beneath glaucous, 



silky; stem decumbent; stipules ovate, not in the least 

 notched. 



Salix parvifolia, Eng. Bot. 1961. 



Damp fields ; small shrub ; April, May. 



Foetid ; branches many, entangled, wandlike, 18 in. long; 

 leaves about half an inch long; female ament ovate, dense; 

 ovary pedicelled, silky ; style short, thick ; stigmata thick, 

 obtuse, deeply divided. 



44. Salix adscendens. Ascending willow. 

 Leaves elliptical, oblong, somewhat serrated, hooked ; 



beneath glaucous, silky; stem ascending; stipules ovate, 

 serrated. 



Salix adscendens, Eng. Bot. 1962. 



Moist places ; shrub ; May. 



Shrill foetid, low creeping, twice as large as salix parvi- 

 folia ; branches long, straight, obliquely ascending ; leaves 

 oblong, slightly silvery ; female ament ovate ; ovary silky. 



