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lowel' obtuse. Stip. seraicordate. S. Iii the 

 Eymatte near Berne.— Koch. There seems no 

 difference between these two, except in the 

 pistil. 



82. incana. Caps, ovato-lanceolate, smooth, 

 4 times breadth, nearly sessile. Stalk twice 

 nectary. Style long. Stigma cloven. Scales 

 brownish, bearded, not hairy all over. L. lan- 

 ceolato-linear, acuminate, denticulate, hoary 

 with a densely-matted pubescence. s.S. 4. 

 Mountain streams, s. G. Sw. Er. / suspect 

 a creeping rhizoma, and that this species is 

 allied to the Rosmarinlfolise. 



F. Capre^, Sallows. 

 ic Cinerece, Borr. Germen silky. 



33. cinerea. Caps. 3 times breadth. Stalk 

 4 times nectaiy, -^ capsule, f scales {\ scales, 

 Sm.). Style short. L. obovato-eUiptic, more 

 or less glaucous above ; pubescent and reticu- 

 late beneath. Margin slightly recurved. (Buds 

 hoary, Koch.) Stip. semicordate. s.T. 4. 

 Banks of rivers a?id moist woods. 



34. aquatica. (Caps, twice breadth. Stalk 

 4 times nectary, \ scales, \ germen. — E. B.) 

 Style very short. L. obovato-elliptic, some- 

 what serrate, minutely downy, flat, rather 

 glaucous beneath. (Buds hoaiy, Koch.) Stip. 

 rounded, toothed. s.T. 4. Moist. 



35. oleifolia. (Caps, about twice breadth.) 

 Stalk short. Stem erect. Branches straight, 

 spreading. L. obovato-lanceolate, flat, rather 

 rigid, minutely toothed, acute, glaucous, re- 

 ticulate, and finely hairy beneath. Stip. 

 small, notched, rounded. Catkin oval, nearly 

 as broad as long. s.T. 3. Woods and hedges. 

 Norf. Tunbr. — Sm. Babington unites these 

 three. 



36. aurita. (Caps, twice breadth. StaUc 

 1^ nectary, \ scale, \ germen, E. B.) (Stalk 

 3 or 4 times nectary. Style very short. Stigma 

 ovate, emaj'ginate, Koch.) L. obovate, repan- 

 do-dentate, wrinkledwith veins, veryidowny be- 

 neath, with a small bent point, recm'ved at the 

 margin. Stip. roundish, semicordate. (Buds 

 nearly smooth, Koch.) S. or s.T. 5. Thick- 

 ets, 8fc. 



37. grandifolia. " Caps, long lanceolate, 

 on a nearly ovate base, tomentose. Stalk 6 

 times nectary. Style very short. Stigmas ovoid, 

 cloven. Catkins at first nearly ovate. L. ob- 

 longo-obovate, acuminate, flat, obsoletely un- 

 dulato-serrate, smooth above, pubescent and 

 glaucous beneath. Stip. reniform, very large. 

 Buds at last quite smooth. S. 3, 4. Suhal- 



pine woods. Alps. Perhaps a var. of Sp. 

 39."— Koch. 



38. silesiaca. " Caps, lanceolate, on an 

 ovate base, smooth or silky. Stalk 3 or 4 

 times nectary. Style moderate. Stigma ovate, 

 cloven. L. obovate, acuminate, undulato- 

 serrate, nearly of same colour beneath, when 

 full grown quite smooth ; the lowest very 

 blunt. Stip. reniformi-semicordate. S. .5, 6. 

 Mountain woods. Rieseng." — Koch. 



39. Caprea. (Caps, twice breadth. Stalk 

 twice nectary, \ scale, f germen, E. B.) (Stalk 

 4-6 times nectary. Style very short. Stigma 

 ovoid, cloven, Kocu.) (Stigma imdivided. 

 Hooker.) L. obovate or elliptic, acute, ser- 

 rate, waved on margin, downy and glaucous 

 beneath, (recm'ved, acuminate, Koch.) (Stip. 

 reniform, KocH; semicordate, Hooker.) 

 (Buds smooth, Koch.) S. or s.T. 4, 5. 

 Woods, 8fc. 



40. sphacelata. TJiere is somewhat of a 

 stalk to the catkin in E. B. Gennen ovato- 

 lanceolate, {2\ times breadth,) stalked, silky. 

 Stalk 4 times nectary, f scale, f germen. Stig- 

 ma emai-ginate, longer than style. L. elliptico- 

 obovate, even, veiny, downy on both sides, 

 discolom-ed at the point (not in E. B.). Stip. 

 semicordate, toothed, erect, Sm. S. 4, 5. 

 Finlarig near the head of Loch Tay, Scotland. 

 Koch considers this a synonym of the fol- 

 lowing. 



41. depressa. Cal. with a leafy stalk. 

 Gennen elongato-lanceolate, on an ovate base, 

 tomentose. Stalk 5 times nectary. Style very 

 short. Stigma ovoid, cloven. L. obovate or 

 elliptic, somewhat glaucous and velvety, some- 

 times, when old, quite smooth. Stip. reniform. 

 S. 4. Boggy ground. Tschirnan. Sil. Re- 

 sembles S. aurita ; but the barren Catkins are 

 more slender, the fertile more lax ; the adult 

 L. are flat, quite smooth, and quite entire : 

 those of the young branches are, however, ob- 

 tusely undulato-serrate. 



ii. Nigricantes, Boeree. 



42. cotinifolia. (Germen twice breadth. 

 Stalk 3 times nectary, f scale, f germen, E. B.) 

 Style cloven. Stigma roundish, emarginate. 

 L. subrotundo-elliptic, obtusely dentate, downy, 

 glaucous, and veiny beneath. S. 4, 5. Norf. 

 and Suff. — Hooker. 



43. hirta. " Stem erect. Branches densely 

 hairy. L. elliptico-cordate, acuminate, finely 

 crenate, downy on both sides. Stalk densely 

 downy. Stipule semicordate, flat, toothed, 

 green, and nearly hairless. s.T. 4, 5. Norf." 



