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Var. , Damascena. 
Prats MCCCLI, 
S. Damascena, “ Forbes.” Borrer in Engl. Bot. Suppl. No. 2709. Hook. Brit. Fl. 
ed. iv. p. 376. 
Upright. Leaves rhomboidal-oval or oval-acute, green, and thinly 
hairy beneath, nearly glabrous above. Capsule glabrous, not wrinkled, 
’ stalk hairy. 
Var. », petra. 
Prats MCCCLIII. 
8. petra, G. Anders. Borrer in Engl. Bot. Suppl. No. 2725. Hook. Brit. FI. ed. iv. 
p- 367. 
Erect. Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptical, acute, keeled, scarcely 
glaucous beneath, thinly hairy on both sides, especially beneath. 
Capsule glabrous, wrinkled towards the apex, stalk hairy. 
Var. 4, hirta. 
Prats MCCCLIV. 
8. hirta, Sm. Engl. Bot. ed. i. No. 1404, and Engl. Fl. Vol. IV. p. 221. Hook. Brit. 
Fi. ed. iv. p. 366. 
Upright, subarborescent. Leaves oblong or oval-oblong, acuminate, 
abrupt, or subcordate at the base, subglaucous beneath, thinly hairy on 
both sides. Capsule glabrous, wrinkled towards the apex.* Stalk 
hairy. Young branches very densely hairy. 
Var. 1, floribunda. 
Prare MCCCLIV. (bis). 
8. floribunda, Forbes, in Salict. Wob. p. 107. 
S. tenuifolia, Sm. Engl. Bot. ed. i. No. 2186 (non Brit. Fl.). 
8. bicolor, Hook. Brit. Fl. Vol. IV. p. 370 (non Ehrh. nec Sm.). 
Leaves oblong-oval, shortly acuminate, rounded at the base, glaucous 
beneath, thinly hairy on both sides. Female catkins unknown. 
By the sides of streams, and in wet meadows. Rare in the low 
country, but common in mountainous districts, both in the north of 
England and in Scotland. The var. « was observed by Mr. Crowe at 
Wrongay Fen, Norfolk; at Shobden Court, Herefordshire; and in 
* This description is taken from a plant cultivated at Kew, under the name of §. 
hirta. The Rev. J. E. Leefe describes the capsule as hairy, and Dr. Walker-Arnott 
says they are not wrinkled near the apex. 
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