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29. S. venulosa. Veiny-leaved Willow. 



Leaves ovate, serrated, naked ; reticulated with prominent 

 veins above; ratlier glaucous beneatli. Capsules ovate, 

 silky. Stem erect, much branched. 



S. venulosa. FL Br. 1055. Engl. Bot. v. 19. f. 1362. Co}np. ed. 

 4.162. Rees'sCycl.n.r-,7. 



Ill the Highlands of Scotland. Mr. Dickson. 



Shrub, ^pril, May. 



In size and general habit this species agrees with my prunifolia ; 

 but the somewhat narrower leaves differ, I think, materially, 

 on their upper surface, in their prominent, elegantly reticulated, 

 veins, conspicuous in the dried as well as growing specimens, 

 especially towards the margin. The under side is generally less 

 glaucous than in the two last, and in having many close-pressed 

 hairs comes nearest to vacciniifolia . Stipulas like prunifolia. 

 Catkins rather more slender, with ovate scales. Capsules silky, 

 smaller, more elliptical, at least while young ; but this last cha- 

 racter, as well as the proportion of the style and sligmas, is 

 perhaps variable. 



Mr. Edward Forster, of whose opinions, as well as observations, 

 I well know the value, thinks the present plant only a variety 

 of S. prunifolia. He has cultivated them, as I have done, and 

 botanists who have equal experience must decide between us. 

 Prof. Willdenow referred my venulosa, with doubt, to his own 

 formosa; but some very complete specimens of this latter, sent 

 by Mr. Sieber from Carinthia, prove distinct. Nothing can be 

 more truly different from all of them in size, mode of growth, 

 and characters, properly considered, than vacciniifolia. 



30. ^. myrsimtes. Green Whortle -leaved Willow. 



Leaves elliptical, serrated, smooth, veiny ; polished on both 

 sides. Young branches hairy. Germens stalked, downy. 

 Capsules awl-shaped. 



S. myrsinites. Linn.Sp.Pl.\AA5. FL Lapp.n.353.t.7.f. 6.t.8. 



/. f. Willd.v.4.678. FL Br. \054. EngL Bot. v. 19. t. 1360 ; 



excl. the references to Hoffmann. Villars Dauph. v. 3. 769. /. 50. 



/. 12;bad. Wahlenh. Lapp. 2&2. 

 S. retusa. Dicks. Tr. of L. Soc. v. 2. 288 ; from the author. 

 S. n. 1645. Hall. Hist", v. 2. 308. 



/3. S. arbutifolia. fVilld. v. 4. 682 ; according to Prof. Mertens. 

 S. myrsinites. FZ. Dan. <. 1054. 



S. pumila, folio utrinque glabro. Bauh. Hist. v. I. p. 2. 217./? 

 In the Highlands of Scotland. 



On the mountains of Glen-co. Rev. Dr. Stuart. On the Clova 

 mountains. Mr. Thomas Drummond. 



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