1272 SALIX. | CLASS XXII. ORDER I. 
English Botany, t. 1861.—English Flora, vol. 4. p. 193.— Hocker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 372.—Salict. Wob. p. 111. t. 37.— 
Lindley, Synopsis, p. 237. 
A bushy shrub, about three feet high, with erect or ascending 
branches, greenish brown when young, and downy. Leaves ovate, 
about an inch long, finely serrated, smooth, of a deep shining green 
above, glaucous and veiny beneath, and scattered over with a few 
close silky hairs. Stipules ovate, minute, notched, often wanting, the 
footstalks short, stout, smooth or downy. Cutkins appearing before 
the leaves, erect, or short leafy stalks. Scales rounded, or broadly 
ovate, brown, fringed and silky. Capsules ovate, conical, sessile, 
clothed with silky hairs. Style short. Stigmas ovate, spreading, 
cleft. 
Habitat.—Highland Mountains of Scotland. 
Shrub; flowering in April, and also in June. 
65. S. venulo'sa, Smith. (Fig. 1534.) Veiny-leaved Willow. Catkins 
on short leafy stalks; capsules ovate, conical, silky; style short; 
stigmas ovate, notched ; leaves ovate, serrated, glabrous, reticulated, 
with prominent veins above, somewhat glaucous beneath; stem erect, 
much branched. 
English Botany, t 1362.—English Flora, vol. iv. p 195.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 372.—Salict. Wob. p. 115. t. 58.— 
S. prunifolia, var.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 237. 
An erect shrub, about three feet high, numerously branched, 
smooth. Leaves ovate, a dark smooth green above, with prominent 
netted veins, a glaucous green, and somewhat silky beneath, the foot- 
stalk short, stout. Stipules ovate, minute, notched, often wanting. 
Catkins erect, oblong, on short leafy stalks. Scales ovate, brownish, 
silky. Capsules ovate, conical, silky, sessile. Style short, stigmas 
spreading, entire, or notched. 
Habitat—Highlands of Scotland. 
Shrub ; flowering in April, and also in June. 
Group 17. Myrsinites, Borr. Small bushy plants; with glossy, 
rigid, small, oval, or broadly elliptical serrated leaves, and downy 
germens. 
66. S. myrsini'tes, Linn. (Fig. 1535.) Green Whortle-leaved Willow. 
Catkins on long leafy stalks, loosely flowered; capsules ovate lanceo- 
late, loosely silky ; style long; stigmas linear, bifid; leaves elliptical, 
lanceolate, more or less waved and serrated, shining, with prominent 
veins, becoming quite smooth. 
English Botany, t. 1360.—English Flora, vol. iv. p. 195.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 372.—Salict. Wob. p. 119. t. 60.— 
Lindley, Synopsis, p. 237. 
fB. Leaves smaller, narrower. 
Hooker, British Flora, ed, 4. vol. i. p. 372. 
