404 



LXXXY, SALICACE^. 



[ Sdlix, 



little use. In specimens of " S, cinerea,'*^ named by Sir J. E. Smith 

 himself, the lower stipules are as reniform as in the two other sun. 

 posed species, which we cannot distinguish as permanent varieties. 



28. S. aurlta L. (^roimd- eared S.) ; leaves obovate repando- 

 dentate wrinkled with veins more or less pubescent very downy 

 beneath tipped with a small bent point recurved at the maro-ln 

 stipules roundish, style very short. E. B. t. 1487. 



Moist woods and thickets, abundant. Tj . ^^ 5, — A tall shrub 

 or small bushy tree, with straggUng branches, " One of the least 

 equivocal species, although its leaves vary in length and roundness; 

 they are usually much wrinkled and vaulted, the stipules large and 

 stalked." Borrer^ 



29. S, caprea L. (great round-leaved S.) ; leaves roundish- 

 obovate or ovato-elliptical even acute, at first entire downy 

 above tomentose beneath, autumnal ones serrate and waved at 

 the margin nearly glabrous above downy beneath, stipules 

 somewhat reniform toothed, style very short or none. E, B. 

 t. 1488. S. sphacelata Sm. : E. B. t. 2333. 



Woods and dry pastures, common. T^ • 4, 5. — A small ^r^c, dis- 

 tinguished by being in spring loaded with handsome yellow blossoms 

 before any of its leaves appear. The catkins of both kinds are broader 

 and shorter than in most of the species with crowded flowers. The 

 Highlanders employ the bai^k to tan leather, and the handles of various 

 agricultural implements are made of the wood. The bark has been 

 used with success, instead of that from Peru. Various species of 

 Sallx have occasionally their leaves sphacelate or discoloured at the 

 pomt ; and such varieties may sometimes be propagated by cuttings; 

 that called S, sphacelata by Smith seems to be that state of the present 

 species, and is probably not unfrequent. 



xii. Stamens 2, usually distinct. Capsules conspicuously stalked, 

 conical' subulate. Style elongated, bifid. Stigmas short. Catkins 

 lateral^ sessile, or on short bracteated but not leafy stalks ; the scales 

 discoloured at the end. Leaves crenate- dentate or serrate, between 

 roundish- obovate and lanceolate^ stipules when conspicuous with glands 

 on their inside at the base. Shrubs or small trees. Phylicifolio? 

 (Nigricantes and Bicolores Borr.), . 



30. S. nigricans Sm. (dark-leaved S.) ; young shoots densely 

 pubescent or hairy towards the summit, leaves usually dull more 

 or less glaucous beneath turning black by drying (especially 

 the younjT ones). — a. ovaries and stalks silky, stems erect. 

 S. cotinifolia 5*???.. ; B. B. t. 1403 (leaves elliptical-orbicular 

 and often cordate at the base), S. nigricans E. B. t. 1213 

 (leaves elliptic-lanceolate). S. Forsteriana Sm. : E. B. t. 2344 



where covered by the scale,' stalk hairy, "Sterns erect (leaves 

 elliptical acute U— 2 Inches long). S. propinqua^orr.: E.B.S. 



■/3. ovaries glabrous at the base 



II' 



t. 2729.— y. ovaries silky or glabrous at the base where covered 



2|i. 



