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or pilose. Stamens 2; filaments free, pilose at the base. Capsule 
conical, greyish tomentose, on a stalk much longer than the nectary : 
style scarcely any, always shorter than the stigmas; stigmas short, 
oblong, entire or 2-cleft. Branches of the year and buds pubescent. 
Var. a, genuina. 
Pirate MCCCXXVII 
8. cinerea, Sm. Engl. Bot. ed. i. No. 1897. Engl. Fl. Vol. IV. p. 215. Hook. Brit. 
Fil. ed. iv. p. 364. 
Leaves oblong-oblanceolate, rather rigid, usually recurved at the 
margins, glaucous, and often with reddish-brown hairs beneath.  Sti- 
pules rather large. 
Var. 8, aquatica. 
Prats MCCCXXVIII. 
S. aquatica, Sm. Engl. Bot. ed. i. No. 1437. Engl. Fl. Vol. IV. p. 218. Hook. Brit. 
FI. ed. iv. p. 365. 
S. Caprea-cinerea, Wimm. Sal. Europ. p. 199. 
S. cinerea, var. latifolia, Anders. Mon. Sal. p. 72. 
Leaves obovate, or oblong-obovate, rather thin, slightly glaucous, 
and with the hairs usually white beneath. Stipules large. 
Var. y, oleifolia. 
Pirate MCCCXXIX. 
8. oleifolia, Sm. Eng. Bot. ed. i. No. 1402. Engl. Fl. Vol. IV. p. 219. Hook. Brit. 
Fl. ed. iv. p. 365. 
Leaves elliptical-oblong or narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, rigid, flat, 
glaucous, with the hairs generally reddish-brown beneath. Stipules 
small. 
In moist woods, hedgerows, meadows, and by the sides of streams. 
Very common, and generally distributed. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Tree or shrub. Early Spring. 
A variable plant, sometimes only a few feet high, sometimes, though 
more rarely, reaching to 20 or 30 feet high. Leaves variable in 
shape, the earlier ones often quite entire, the later commonly more or 
less serrate and 1 to 3 inches in length, the veins commonly very 
prominent beneath. The stipules are generally present on the barren 
shoots, and vary considerably in shape. The catkins are about 
1 inch long while in flower; the female at length 1} to 2 inches long. 
Catkin-scales brownish-black towards the apex. Capsules on very 
