224 DIOECIA— DIANDRIA, Salix. 



57. 'S. Forsteriana. Glaucous Mountain Sallow. 



Stem erect. Branches minutely downy. Leaves elliptic- 

 obovate, acute, crenate, slightly downy; glaucous be- 

 neath. Stipulas vaulted. Germen stalked, awl-shaped, 

 silky. Style as long as the blunt notched stigmas. 



S. Forsteriana. Engl. Bot. v. 33. t. 2344. Comp. ed. 4. 1 64. Rees's 

 CycL n. 124. Hook. Scot. 285. Winch Geogr.Distrib. eel. 2. 34. 



In woods, and on the banks of rivers, in Scotland and the north 

 of England. 



Not rare in Scotland. Mr. Forster. In Heaton Dene, and on the 

 banks of the Tyne, near Friar's Goose. Mr, Winch. 



Shrub, or small Tree. May. 



Taller than the last species, forming a small tree, with finely downy 

 branches. Leaves larger and firmer than those of S. Anderso- 

 niana ; their upper surface of a darker or duller green, though 

 more polished, scarcely downy, except the midrib and veins ; 

 under glaucous, finely veiny, with more downiness ; their length 

 2 or 3 inches ; the margin crenate, ratlier than serrated ; the 

 young ones are very densely silky, in the manner of the forego- 

 ing. Footstalks downy. S I ipulas rounded, recurved and vaulted, 

 toothed, in some degree hairy. Fertile catkins an inch long 

 when in full bloom, more than twice as much when the 

 seeds are ripe, cylindrical, many-flowered, each on a shortish 

 hairy stalk, with a couple of stalked, ovate, crenate bracteas, 



■ moderately silky at the back, the size of the last-described. 

 Scales partly blackish, hairy, obovate ; the lower ones 

 acute ; each about the length of the hairy stalk of the tapering 

 silky germen. Nect. papillary. Style about twice as long as 

 the thick, notched, seldom divided, stigmas. It is represented 

 too short in Engl. Bot. Capsules light brown, almost stripped 

 of their pubescence. 



The structure of the Jlowers, and habit of the whole plant, show 

 this, like S. Andersoniana, to be a true Sallow, though the degree 

 of its pubescence is much less than what is usual in this section 

 of the genus. Two names more dear than these, to the memory 

 of their friends or to Botany, can scarcely be recorded in the 

 history of science. 



58. S. sphacelata. Withered-pointed Sallow. 



Stem erect. Leaves elliptic-obovate, even, veiny, entire, 

 or slightly serrated ; downy on both sides ; discoloui-ed 

 at the point. Stipulas half-heartshaped, toothed, erect. 

 Germen stalked, ovate-lanceolate, silky. Stigmas notch- 

 ed, longer than the style. 



8. sphacelata. J7. Br. 1066. Engl. Bot. n. ZZ. t.^ZZZ. Rees'sCycl. 

 n.l25. Willd.Sp.Pl.v.4.702. Hulled.2. 295, Hook. Sect. 2S6. 



