Sdlix.'] 



LXXXV. SALICACE^. 



899 



Scotland. Tj . 5. 



Shrub 6 feet or more hiffli, 



resembling; 



5'. purpurea, but Mr. Borrer considers it correctly placed in the pre- 

 sent division, on account of its stalked germens, which have little 

 resemblance to those of the Moiiandra, but are closely analogous to 

 those of S. fusca, to which species he thinks tl^ere is considerable 

 affinity in the foliage also. We believe that the plant with sterile 

 flowers is unknown. Mr. Babington and Mr, Leefe, indeed, mention 

 that the stamens are said (on the authority of Koch) to be mona- 

 delphous, and the anthers ultimately yellowish-brown, not black ; but 

 perhaps one of the Monandrce has been mistaken for it. 



17. S.fusca L. (dwarf silky W.) ; leaves elliptical or elliptic- 

 lanceolate or linear-lanceolate broadest about the middle acute 

 entire or witli minute glandular serratures somewhat downy 

 glaucous and generally very silky beneath, ovaries upon a long 



stalk lanceolate very silky, 



stigmas bifid. 



S. repens Hook. 



Scot, 1. p. 284. — a, stem much branched upright decumbent 



below, leaves elliptical-lanceolate with a straight point. 

 fusca^. B. t. 1960. 



S. 



— /3. stem depressed with short upright 

 brandies, leaves elliptic-lanceolate with a straight point. S* 

 repens E, B. t. 183 (ivith young leaves only). — y. stem prostrate 

 with elongated straight branches, leaves elliptlc-oblong with 

 a curved point. S. prostrata ^ E. B. t. 1959. — S. stem recum- 

 bent, leaves elliptical. S. lioetida Sm, E. FL vol. iv. p. 208. S. 

 adscendens E. B. t. 1962. subvar. leaves smaller. S- foetida 

 /3. E. FL vol. iv. p. 208. S. parvifoiia E. B. t. 1961. : SalicL 

 Wob. p. 161. t.81. — £. stem procumbent or erect, leaves elliptic- 

 lanceolate with a recurved point. S, incubacea i. ; E, B. S. 

 t. 2600 (soon glabrous above), subvar. leaves long, covered with 

 dense gray pubescence above, and sometimes narrow. — ^. stem 

 erect or spreading, leaves elliptical with a recurved point very 

 silvery beneath usually long, covered with gray pubescence 

 above. S. argentea E. B. t. 1364. 



Moist and dry heaths, moors and sandy situations, Tj • 4, 5. 

 Mr, Borrer not only consents to the union of the above-mentioned 

 species of other authors, but has suggested the order of their arrange- 

 ment, with the single exception of S. fusca of Sm.^ which he is dis- 

 posed to consider different from that of Linn^us, at least as seen 

 growing in the garden ; for he allows that '* the dried specimens 

 show no character ;" in which latter opinion we cordially agree with 

 him. — The plant itself is usually a small shriib^ with rather long 

 straight branches, but varying exceedingly, according to situation and 

 other circumstances; as do the leaves^ which are more or less glabrous 

 above in the first four varieties, while in the two last they are often 

 downy above for a much longer period and do not acquire by dry- 

 ing the dark colour of the others : all are more or less silky beneath 

 where the nerves are prominent, and prominently reticulated above. 



FnrJllf Epving Forest ^' prostrata^ in E. FL, is, on the authority of Mr. E, 

 i* orster, one of the varieties of H. ambi^ua, ^ . . 



