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730. SALIX. 



L. broadest below the 



1,2. 



or as Osiers. 



middle. 



i. Stamens always more tban 3. Sp. 



ii. Stamens 2, rarely 3. Sp. 3-8. 



B. Amygdalin^. Scales persistent. 

 i. Stamens 3. Sp. 9-12. 



ii. Stamens 2. Sp. 13. 



Sect. II. Catkins lateral, tbeir stalks furnisbed 

 with scales, rather than L. Scales of Catkin 

 discoloui-ed at the top (not always in the 



VacciniifoUa) . 



C. PuRPUREiE. Anthers purple, very dark 

 after flowering. 



i. Stamen 1. Sp. 14-18. 



ii. Stamens 2, united. Sp. 19, 20. 



D. Pruinos^. Anthers yeUow or yeUow- 

 brown after flowering. Branches pruinose. 

 Inner bark of a lemon-colour. Sp. 21, 22. 



S. ViMiNALES, Osiers. Anthers yellow or 

 yellow-brown after flowering. Branches 

 not pruinose. Inner bark green. 



i. Fertile Catkin straight. Sp. 23-29. 



ii. Fertile Catkin incurved. Sp. 30-32. 



P. Capre^e, Sallows. Bushes, not con- 

 vertible into Osiers. Catkins nearly sessUe, 

 with a few imperfect L. at base. Germens 

 stalked. L. broadest above the middle. 



i. Cinerece, Borree. Sp. 33-41. 



ii. Nigricantes, Boreer. These generally 

 (not always) become black in drying, or 

 obtain a peculiar, dingy, glaucous hue 

 underneath, which is not the case with 

 the Cinerece. There is also a little group 

 of glands at the base of the stipules, lUf e 

 eggs in a nest. In the Cinerece it is very 

 rare to tind any glands on the stipules ; 

 and when they do occm-, they are not 

 thus disposed. Most of the species have 

 long, forked styles. Sp. 42-50. 



iii. Bicolores, Borrer. L. firmer, smooth- 

 er and more grey beneath, than in the 

 two preceding divisions. Sp. 51-67- 



G. Arenari^ differ from P. in having ses- 

 sile catkins. Sp. 68-70. 



H. Vacciniieoli^. Small Shrubs, with 

 small parts. Scales hardly discolom-ed. 

 Sp. 71-76. 



J.. Repentes. Shrubs with a creeping stem, 

 more or less subterraneous, and decumbent 

 branches. Sp. 77-79. 



K. RosMARiNiFOLi.E. Shrub erect. Other- 

 wise as I. Sp. 80-82. 



Sect. III. Catkins terminal. 



Ij. Myrsinites. Catkin apparently termi- 

 nal, proceeding only from the ultimate buds 

 of each branch. Sp. 83-86. 



DI. Reticulata. Catkin opposite the ter- 

 minal L., vrith an intervening bud. Sp. 

 87. 



W. Glaciales. Catkin truly terminal ; the 

 Stalk being a small branch producing leaves 

 and buds. Sp. 88-90. 



Sect. I. Catkins lateral, on a, leafy stalk. 



Scales of one colour. 



A. Feagiles. 



i. Stamens more than 2. 



1. pentandra. Stamens 5-10. (Length 

 of Fr. 2i times breadth, E. B.) (Fr. nearly 

 sessile. Hooker.) (Stalk about twice nectary, 

 Koch.) (Style hardly any. Hooker ; mode- 

 rate, Koch.) L. ovate, ovato-lanceolate, or 

 eUiptico - obloug, acuminate, with numerous 

 glands at the base. SeiTatures small, nume- 

 rous, blunt. Stipules ovato-oblong, equal- 

 sided. l.S. 5, 6. Banks of streams. Eng. 

 Ir. n. G. Alps. Aust. 



2. cuspidata. Stamens 3-5. Germen 

 ovate at base, prolonged, smooth. Stalk 3 or 

 4 times nectary. Style moderate. L. oblongo- 

 eUiptic or oblongo-lanceolate, acuminate, gene- 

 rally widest above middle, densely glandiiloso- 

 serrate, with 2 or 4 glands at base. Stip. 

 semicordate, oblique. — Koch. T. 5, 6. Hoist 

 meadows, n. Eng. Pom. Mecklenb. The mode 

 of growth, the longer stalk to the germen, the 



fewer glands at the base of the L., and the 

 form of the stipules, distinguish this from 

 Sp.l. 



ii. Stamens 2. 



3. decipiens. Germen tapering, stalked, 

 smooth. Style longer than cloven stigmas. 

 L. of Stalk of Catkin shorter in proportion 

 than the others, obovato-laneeolate ; other L. 

 lanceolate. Bark grey, poKshed. T. 3Ioist 

 meadows. — Sm. The pale, polished hack, and 

 the fewer and shorter floral L., seem to he 

 all we have to depend upon in separating this 

 species or var. from the following. Smith 

 adds, however, that the Style is equal to one- 

 third of germen. 



4. fragilis. L. ovato-lanceolate, acute, ser- 

 rate, smooth. Germen on short stalk (quite 

 sessile, E. B.), oblongo-ovate. Style short. 

 Stigmas bifid. (Length of Fr. twice breadth, 

 E. B.) (Scales pubescent and much ciliate, 

 Hooker.) T. 4, 5. I copy this description 



