208 DIOECIA— DIANDRIA. Salix. 



find the labour of discrimination as satisfactory in one case as 

 the other. 

 Dillenius represents the leaves of S. argentea more oblong, and 

 more narrow, than usual. Yet his quotation of Bauhin, though 

 erroneous, and especially the observation copied from Ray's 

 second edition, 291, clearly ascertain what he intended. 



42. S.fceiida. Fishy Willow. 



Leaves elliptical, nearly entire, with a recurved point ; 

 glaucous and silky beneath. Stem recumbent. German 

 ovate-lanceolate, on a silky stalk nearly equal to the 

 obovate scale. 



S. adsceiidens. Ejigl. Bot. v. 28. t. \962. Comp.ed. 4. 163. Rees's 

 CycL n. 103. Ait.Hort. Kew.ed.2. f. 5.361. 



S. alpina pumila, rotundifolia, repens, inferne subcinerea. Dill, 

 in Raii Syn. 448. 



S. humilis. Ger. Em. 1391./? 



/S. S. parvifolia. Engl. Bot. f.28. i. 1961. Comp. ed.4. 163. Rees's 

 Cycl. n. 102. Jit. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. f. 5. 361. Forst. Tonhr. 1 10. 



On moist heathy or sandy ground. 



On Putney heath ; in a wood by West Wickham ; andatAdding- 

 ton, near Croydon. Dillenius. Upon Porland heath near Nor- 

 wich. Mr. Crowe, and Mr. E. Forster. 



/3. At East Winch, and in Wrongay fen, Norfolk. Mr. Crowe. 



Shrub. May. 



A low creeping shrub, with long, straight, densely leafy, recum- 

 bent, or somewhat ascending, round, downy branches; silky 

 when young. Leaves elliptical, narrower and far less silky, 

 than the last. Stipulas ovate, convex, revolute, silky, occa- 

 sionally notched, but often entire ; sometimes small, lanceolate, 

 and acute, on different twigs of the same plant. Catkins be- 

 fore the leaves, lateral, sessile, with 2 or 3 small fcrac^eas ,• the 

 barren ones short, ovate, dense, with obovate, bearded, brown- 

 edged scales, half the length of their 2 capillar)- stamens ,- fertile 

 rather larger, and subsequently more oblong, with several small, 

 ovate, acute bracteas ; their scales longer, brown in the upper 

 half. Nect. in both, thick, ovate, abrupt. Germ, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, silky, often partially denudated as it ripens j its stalk silky, 

 nearly or quite equal to the scale in length, at least by the time 

 of perfecting seed. -SYy/e short. Sfz'o-ni. thick, cloven. 



At the persuasion of Mr. E. Forster, I have thought proper to re- 

 duce to one species, two plants that have long been cultivated, 

 and considered by the late Mr. Crowe and myself, as verj- di- 

 stinct. Tlie /3 is smaller in every part than the other more com- 

 mon kind ; the branches more recumbent; and the leaves shorter. 



