OLASS XX1J. ORDER 1.] SALIX. 1251 
of stipules at the base, half heart-shaped, mostly with a lobe at the 
base, waved or crenated on the margin. Oathkins ovate oblong, nearly 
sessile, with a few leafy scales at the base, appearing before the 
leaves. Scales pale at the base, brown at the point, ovate oblong, 
acute, bearded with long silky hairs. Capsule ovate lanceolate, 
downy, nearly sessile, crowned with a short style, and long linear 
spreading mostly entire stigmas. 
Tabitat.—Osier holts, hedges, and woods; near Bury St. Edmund's. 
Shrub; flowering in March. 
This species is readily distinguished “at first sight by its coarse 
tall habit and conspicuous stipules, but not worthy of cultivation for 
any economical purpose.” 
29. S. Smithia'na, Willd. (Fig. 1503.) Silky leaved Osier. Catkins 
sessile, with bracteas at the base; capsules ovate lanceolate, downy, 
on ashovrt stalk ; style long; stigmas as long, filiform, deeply divided ; 
leaves lanceolate, obscurely crenated, or entire, white, with silky 
pubescence beneath ; stipules small, narrow, acute. 
English Flora, vol 4. p. 229.—Salict. Wob. p. 267. t. 234.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 863.—S. mollissima.—English Botany, 
t. 1509.—S. acuininata, var. 8.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 233. 
A shrub, with long round erect smooth branches, with reddish 
bark, soft and downy when young. Leaves lanceolate, three to four 
inches long, the margin entire, waved, or slightly toothed, especially 
towards the tapering point, green above, with a coat of very short soft 
hairs, white, and very silky beneath, the mid-rib prominent, reddish, 
the lateral veins slender. Stipules small, linear, slightly toothed and 
hairy. Catkins appearing before the leaves, small, numerous, sessile, 
or nearly so, with a few leafy bracteas at the base. Scales obovate, 
dark brown at the point, clothed with long silky hairs. Capsules 
orate lanceolate, silky, on a short stalk, crowned with the short sty!e, 
and deeply divided filiform stigmas. 
Habitat.—Meadows and osier grounds; about Bury, Glamorgan- 
shire, near Warrington, and in Scotland. 
Shrub ; flowering in April and May. 
The branches are very brittle, consequently not fitted for basket 
work, so that it is important to distinguish it from others when plant- 
ing osier grounds. 
30. S ferrugin'ea, And. MSS. (Fig. 1504.) Ferruginous Willow. 
Catkins on a short leafy stalk; capsule ovate lanceolate, densely 
silky, on a short stalk: style about as long as the oblong stigma; 
leaves thin, lanceolate, the margin waved, and finely toothed, minutely 
hairy on both sides, paler beneath ; stipules small, half ovate. 
English Botany, Suppl. t. 2665.—Salict. Wob, p. 255. t, 128.— 
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