1248 SALIX. [CLASS XXII. ORDER 1, 
Scales ovate, obtuse, downy, shorter than the sessile capsules, which 
are ovate, often curved, woolly. Style very short. Stigmas thick, 
deeply cloven. 
Habitat.—Lofty mountains in the North of England, Wales, and 
Scotland. 
Shrub; flowering in June and July. 
This beautiful little species of Willow is very distinct from all the 
others, and when cultivated, it forms tufts thickly interwoven together 
of considerable extent, and of great beauty. It is frequent on the 
mountains of Switzerland, and Sir W. J. Hooker says he has speci- 
mens from Arctic America, with long silky hairs on both sides of the 
leaves. In our native specimens the young leaves are often found so, 
but this pubescence soon falls away. 
Group 11. Glauce. Borr. Small, erect, very closely allied shrubs, 
remarkable for their soft and silky oblong lanceolate leaves, often 
white and cottony beneath. Germens sessile, very downy or 
silky. 
24. 8. glau'ca, Linn. (Fig. 1498.) Glaucous Mountain Willow. 
Catkins on leafy stalks ; capsules elliptic, ovate, narrow, very downy ; 
stigmas nearly sessile, bifid; leaves ovate lanceolate, entire, downy, 
white, very cottony beneath ; stipules ovate, acute, straight. 
English Botany, t. 1810.—English Flora, vol. iv. p. 201.—Salict. 
Wob. p. 135. t. 68.—Hooker, British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 362.— 
Lindley, Synopsis, p. 237. 
A shrub, from two to three feet high, bushy, spreading, with nume- 
rous short round brown or yellowish branches. Leaves elliptic 
lanceolate, or ovate, about two inches long, acutely pointed, broader 
at the base, entire, a smooth glaucous green above, very white and 
cottony beneath, with prominent veins and pinkish midrib. Stipules 
ovate, acute, often wanting. Catkins on short lateral downy branches, 
bearing mostly two leaves, erect, cylindrical, dense, many flowered. 
Scales ovate, very hairy, black, tipped. Capsules when young sessile, 
becoming elevated on a short stalk, ovate, thickly covered with soft 
pubescence. Style short, becoming elongated. Stigmas linear, 
deeply cloven. 
Habitat —Highland of Scotland ; Clove Mountains. 
Shrub; flowering in July. 
25. S. arena'ria, Linn. (Fig. 1499.) Downy Mountain Willow. 
Catkins sessile, when in fruit on a short stalk; capsules sessile, 
lanceolate, downy; style long, slender; stigmas linear, often entire; 
scales acute, very silky; leaves oblong lanceolate, entire, downy, 
especially beneath; stipules half heart-shaped, recurved at the point. 
English Botany, t. 1809.—English Flora, vol. iv. p 204.—Salict. 
Wob. p. 169. t. 1809.—Hooker, British Flora, ed. 4. vol, i. p. 362.— 
S. limosa, Wahl.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 237. 
