402 



LXXXV. SALICACE^. 





X. 



silky hairs found on both sides being rubbed off, leaving them o\^y. 

 ecus beneath ; the catkmsare more constantly on lateral leafy shoot' 



StameMS % distinct Capsules shortly stalked, or almost sessile 

 somewhat lanceolate j hairy or silky. Style conspicuous. Catkins lateral 

 nearly sessile, appearing with the leaves, ivith leaf-like hracteas at thl 

 base ; their scales discoloured at the end. Trees of a more or less 

 considerable size, with long pliant branches. Leaves lanceolate, Vi- 

 niinales Borr,^ 



* Stigmas long, linear and sletider, 



21. S. vimindlis L, (common Osier) ; leaves linear or linear- 

 lanceolate obscurely crenate white and silky beneath, stipules 

 very small sublanceolate, ovaries almost sessile. E, B. 1. 1898 



Wet places, osier grounds, &c., frequent. Tj . 4, 5. — Branches 

 straight and twiggy. This is held in great esteem for basket-work. 



22. S. stipiddris Sm. (auricled O,) ; leaves lanceolate very 

 indistinctly crenate white and downy beneath, stipules laro*e 

 seniicordate acute often with a tooth or lobe at the base, ovaries 

 nearly sessile. £. B, t. 1214* 



Osier-holts, hedges and woods, near Bury St. Edmund's. T^ . 3 5. 



Allied to the preceding in fructification ; differing in its laro-e and 

 coarser leaves, less white beneath, and with large stipules on the 

 autumnal shoots. 



23. S. Smithidna Willd. (silky-leaved O.) ; leaves lanceolate 

 obscurely crenate white and satiny beneath, stipules very small 

 narrow acute, ovaries distinctly stalked. S. mollissima E. B, 

 t. 1509. 



Meadows and osier.grounds. About Bury; Glamorganshire ; near 

 Warrington. Scotland. Ij • 4, 5. — We place no dependence on 

 the size of the stipules in this and the two preceding (which are per- 

 haps forms of the same species), and besides they are not available to 

 a student. The only other character between the present species and 

 S. stipularis consists in the almost sessile or distinctly stalked ovary, 

 and we should therefore have conjoined them, did not Mr. Leefe con- 

 sider that of sufficient importance to remove S, Smithiana to a sepa- 

 rate section, while he refers S, stipularis as a variety to S. viminalis, 



** Stigmas thick, oblong, or linear -^oblong. Ovary distinctly stalked ; 



the stalk scarcely twice as long as the nectary, 



24. S. "" acuminata Sm. (long-leaved Sallow)-, leaves lanceolate- 

 oblong pointed wavy finely toothed glaucous and downy be- 

 neath, stipules half-ovate, stigmas oblong or oblong-linear. 

 E. B. t, 1434. ^ ^ b 



fill 



ji 



sea 



1 We can scarcely point out any positive character by which to distingnish the 

 second subdivision of this section from the Cinere^ : in aU those which we have 

 examined, the catkins of the present group appear along with the leaves, the cap- 

 sule IS on a shorter stalk, and the stigmas are never sessile. 1^ ^'^^ • 



h 



