DIOECIA— DIANDRIA. Salix. 179 



silky.^oraZ leaves ; their scales oblong, obtuse, except the lower 

 ones, brown at the upper part, and bearded with long hairs. 

 Germen ovate-lanceolate, on a stalk half its own length, both 

 together twice the length of the scale, and both densely clothed 

 with snow-white, cottony down. 

 This species is unfit for any economical use. The twigs are brit- 

 tle, and though the leaves are large and handsome, tire bush 

 itself is not ornamental. It is in some points allied to the Sal- 

 low tribe. 



14. S. tenuifolia. Thin-leaved Willow. 



Leaves elliptical, acute, serrated, smoothish ; glaucous be- 

 neath. Stipulas small or none. Scales hairy. Capsule 

 ovate, smooth, on a short smooth stalk. 



S. tenuifolia. Sm.m Linn.Fl. Lapp.ed.2. 292. n. 352. t. 8. f.e. E. 

 JBr. 1052. EngLBot.v.3\.t.2\86. Rees's Cycl.u. 20. mild. 

 Sp.Pl.v. 4. 662. 



S. n. 1 647. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 308. 



About the rocky banks of rivers. 



Above the bridge at Kirby Lonsdale, Westmoreland, 1783. Sent 

 from Scotland to the late Mr. T. F. Forster, from whose culti- 

 vated plant the figure in Engl. Bot. was taken. 



Shrub. May, June. 



A copiously branched spreading shrub, from 1 to 2 feet high ; 3 or 

 4 times as much if allowed to grow undisturbed in a garden ; 

 the branches round, very smooth after the first season, but 

 clothed, while young and leafy, with fine, short, dense, curved 

 pubescence. Leaves broadly elliptical, the lowest somewhat 

 obovate ; pointed, contracted, or acute, at each end ; the mar- 

 gin partly serrated and wavy, especially about the middle j 

 partly entire, or often crenate ; the upper surface bright green ; 

 tinder glaucous, or whitish, with prominent rectangular veins ; 

 both sides variously besprinkled with fine, minute, close hairs, 

 sometimes scarcely visible. Footstalks short, densely downy 

 all over, as is the midrib occasionally. Stipulas very small in 

 the wild plant, often wanting, quite smooth, serrated, either 

 lanceolate and straight, or half-ovate, sometimes curved. Cat- 

 kins solitary, on short, lateral branches, with 2 or 3 pretty large 

 Jloral leaves; the barren ones yellow, cylindrical, slender, an 

 inch long, with linear, long-bearded scales; stamens 2, a little 

 hairy occasionally ; fertile ones longer and thicker, at least 

 when the seeds ripen. Capsules ovate, not quite sessile, as they 

 seem at first sight, but each on a short, perfectly smooth stalk, 

 their surface not at all downy, but somewhat wrinkled or lan- 

 even. Style longer than the 2 thick notched stigmas. — The sub- 

 stance of the leaves, at least while rather young, is thin and 

 pliant J their length varies from 1 i to 2 inches. I cannot sepa- 



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