DIOECIA DIANDRIA. ' 599 



We know no other difference between this and the 

 preceding, except in the colour of the bak, and 

 the fizc of the leaves, for their pofition and fiaure 

 IS the fame, and therefore wc arc inclined to 

 think, with Haller, that it is only a variety of 

 the foregoing. The bark is of a dark red co- 

 lour ; the leaves are from two to three inches 

 Jong, and from one half to three quarters of an 

 inch wide. 



mrjfiws 6 SALIX foliis ferratis glabrls ovatis venofis ? Sp. pi. 

 1445. (P^^^^- Lappon. ^52- ^- ^-f- F. iff t. 7./. 



6.; 



Whortle-leav'd Willow. Anglis. 

 Upon the Highland mountains, as upon Ben-Achu- 

 lader, in Gltniirchy, Mal-ghyrdy^ in Breadalbane^ 

 and on Craig-vore, a high-proje6ling rock on the 

 weft fide of Loch-Laraig-an-lochainy a fmall lake 

 between Loch-Tay and Glen-Lyon. Mr. Sluart. h . 

 VI. 

 The plant vv-e intend is about a foot high, the twigs 

 w r,,;:,t ^^ ^l^g female reddifh, of the male dull green. 



The leaves are exactly oval and acute, fmooth 

 vein'd, finely and regularly ferrated, glaucous 

 underneath, about 3 4ths of an inch long, and 

 '- -• ' 2-5ths of an inch wide. The female catkins are 



about half an inch long, the male Ihorter. Three 

 Imall, fpurious, oval, entire leaves, covered 

 .V; •• with a filken down on the under fide, are placed 



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