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beneath, but at length glabrous. Capsule silky, at length glabrous 
Flowers with the young leaves. 
Var. 7, argented. 
Priate MCCCLXII. 
8. argentea, Linn. Sm. Engl. Fl. ed. i. No. 1364, and Engl. FI. Vol. IV. p. 206. 
Stem upright, dividing into numerous very long, simple, erect 
branches. Leaves oval or oblong-oval, entire, with a recurved point, 
silky, but at length nearly glabrous above, silvery-silky beneath. 
Capsule silky. Flowers with the young leaves. A larger plant than 
any of the preceding vars. 
In damp places, on heaths and commons. Abundant, and univer- 
sally distributed. Var. argentea in sandy places. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Shrub. Late Spring, early Summer, 
and sometimes again in Autumn. 
A very variable plant, the branches in some of the forms being only 
a few inches long, in others 2 or 4 feet or more; the leaves also vary 
much in outline and length, being-from } to 14 inch long, but dis- 
tinguished by their silvery-silky pubescence when young, some 
remains of which is usually discernible on the underside of even the 
adult leaves, which are somewhat firm, and reticulated with veins 
which become prominent both above and below when the plant is 
dried. The catkins are } to 1 inch long in fruit, sometimes with 
stalk elongated and with leaves, at other times with it extremely short, 
and with subfoliaceous bracts. The catkin-scales are variable in 
colour, often purplish, and more or less distinctly fuscous at the apex. 
The anthers are yellow, turning fuscous after the pollen is shed. 
The capsule is sometimes grey with silky hairs, which are very often 
deciduous as it ripens, at other times it is nearly glabrous even in its 
earliest stage. 
Dwarf Willow. 
French, Saule rampant. German, Kriechende Weide. 
SPECIES (?) XXV._SALIX ROSMARINIFOL IA. “Linn.” Koch. 
Prates MCCCLXIII. MCCCLXIV. 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. et Helv. Vol. XT. Tab. DXCI. Fig. 1242. 
Anders. Mon. Sal. p. 115. 
8. repens, var. rosmarinifolia, Wimm. Sal. Europ. p. 117. 
Leaves strapshaped-elliptical, attenuated at both ends, acute, entire, 
or very faintly serrate, with the margins narrowly reflexed, even, and 
faintly reticulated, dull green, shining and glabrous above, glaucous 
