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1252 SALIX. [CLASS XXII, ORDER fT, 
Hooker, British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 364.—¥. cinerea, 0.—Lindley, 
Synopsis, p. 234. 
A shrub about twelve feet high, with spreading branches, the bark 
of the younger shoots yellowish brown, downy when young. Leaves 
of a thin texture, soft and flexible when young, becoming rigid, of a 
pale green above, somewhat reticulated with sunk veins, more hairy, 
paler, and often of a rusty colour beneath, the lower ones obovate, 
obtuse, with a short point, and almost entire, the rest lanceolate, 
acute, more or less waved, and with irregular small glandular teeth, 
the footstalk short, slender, downy. Stipules small, half heart-shaped, 
on a short stalk, toothed, often recurved. Catkins cylindrical, on a 
short thick stalk, bearing at its base a few small leaves. Scales oblong 
lanceolate, dark brown at the point, silky. Capsule ovate lanceolate, 
very silky, on a short silky stalk. Sty/e about as long as the pale ob- 
long mostly entire stigmas. 
Habitat.-—Near Carlisle, Fifeshire, Banks of the River Thames 
near Windsor, Reading, &c., and near Nuthurst, Sussex. 
Shrub ; flowering in April and May. 
This Salix, observes Mr. Borrer, considerably resembles S cinerea 
and S. oleifolea, of Smith, but seems still more nearly allied to S. 
Smithiana. 
31. S. acumina'ta, Smith. (Fig. 1505.) Long leaved Willow, 
Catkins sessile, bracteated at the base; capsules ovate, hairy, stalked; 
style as long as the undivided stigma; leaves oblong lanceolate, 
pointed, waved, and finely toothed, glaucous and downy beneath ; | 
stipules half ovate, becoming kidney-shaped. | 
English Botany, t. 1484,—English Flora, vol. iv. p. 227.—Saliet. 
Wob. p. 261. t. 131.—Hooker, British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 364.— 
Lindley, Synopsis, p. 233. 
A tree, mostly of humble growth, with erect or but slightly spread- 
ing branches, downy when young. Leaves oblong lanceolate, with an 
acute point, from three to four inches long, and about one broad, 
mostly somewhat rugged, nearly flat, the margin more or less waved 
and finely serrated, the upper side green, the under pale, glaucous 
when young, soft, with fine pubescence, the mid-rib and lateral veins 
prominent, reddish, as well as the stout footstalk. Stipules half 
ovate, becoming half heart-shaped, glaucous, and ribbed at the back, 
notched on the margin. Catkins sessile, becoming somewhat stalked, 
and bearing several small bracteated leaves. Scales obovate, black 
towards the point, bearded with long hairs. Capsule ovate, clothed 
with silky hairs, and elevated on a hairy stalk, half as long as itself. 
Style short. Stigmas thick, entire. 
Habitat.—Moist woods and hedges ; frequent. 
Tree; flowering in April. 
Mackay states that this tree grows in several parts of Jreland, and 
