1258 SALIX. [CLASS XXII. ORDER I. 
are the species which compose it. Many approach the last 
division very nearly, having more or less ovate or obovate leaves, 
but they are less wrinkled, and, when dry, generally become black, 
whatever care may be taken in the preservation of them.—Shrubs 
with long branches, or small trees. Germens glabrous, or silky, 
stalked. Style more or less bifid. 
39. S. cotinifo'lia, Smith. (Fig. 1512.) Quince leaved Sallow. 
Catkins sessile when in fruit, elevated on a short leafy stalk; capsule 
lanceolate, acuminate, stalked; style long; stigmas bifid; leaves 
elliptical-orbicular, obsoletely toothed, slightly downy above, more so 
and glaucous and veiny beneath ; stipules small, roundish, or ovate. 
English Botany, t. 1403.—English Flora, vol. 4. p. 220.—Salict. 
Wob. p. 227. t. 114.—Hooker, British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 866.— 
S. phylicifolia.—B. Lindley, Synopsis, p. 234. 
A low shrub, with straight erect round branches, with brown bark 
downy when young. Leaves broadly elliptical, almost orbicular, with 
a rounded obtuse base and broad short point, flat, from an inch to an 
inch and half long, the margin finely serrated, mostly with glandular 
teeth, a dull green, and scattered over with minute hairs above, more 
hairy, paler, and somewhat glaucous beneath, with a prominent mid- 
rib and lateral veins, footstalk stout, downy. Stipules small, round- 
ish ovate, soon falling away, and often wanting. Catkins appearing 
before the leaves, erect, cylindrical, sessile, becoming elevated on a 
short stout leafy stalk. Scales obovate, blackish towards the point, 
bearded with long hairs. Capsule ovate lanceolate, silky, on a hairy 
stalk. Style thick, rather long. Stigmas linear, obtuse, notched. 
Habitat.—Woods and thickets, Norfolk, and near Glenluce and 
Forfar ; Scotland. 
Shrub ; flowering in April and May. 
The leaves of this species are of a firm, rather rigid texture, resem 
bling in their outline those of the Rhus cotinus, hence its specific 
name, they become black with drying. 
40. S. hir'ta, Smith. (Fig. 1513.) Hairy branched Sallow. Catkins 
sessile, becoming elevated on short leafy stalks; style bifid; stigmas 
capitate, emarginate ; leaves elliptic, heart-shaped, pointed, downy on 
both sides, finely crenate; stipules half heart-shaped, flat, toothed, 
nearly smooth. 
English Botany, t. 1404.—English Flora, vol. iv. p. 221 —Salict. 
Wob. p. 225. t. 113.—Hooker, British Flora, ed. 4. vol.i p. 366.— 
S. phylicifolia.— PB. Lindley, Synopsis, p. 234. 
A small erect tree, with round thick branches, densely clothed with 
white cottony pubescence, which is thick, close, and soft. Leaves 
elliptic oblong, obtuse, or somewhat heart-shaped at the base, from 
two to three inches long, and about one inch in width, with an acute 
point, the margin with shallow serratures, or obtusely crenated, of a 
dull green, and minutely hairy beneath, pale, somewhat glaucous, and 
