6o4 DiOECIA DIANDRIA. 



kipf^^'-tiv: XI SaLIX tbiiis integerrimis hirfutis lanceoiatjs. % 

 /;/. 144-^. (Flor. lappon. 366. /. 8./. T.) 

 . ] Woolly Lapland Willow. Anglis. 



On the Highland mountains, as on Creg-chaiUech 

 .,;-• - , ,; and Mal-ghyrdy, in Ereadalhane^ &cc, Mr.Stuari. 



--;-;. ■ 'Jhis fhiub grows to the hicight of four or five 



i fetrt. The bark is fmooth and reddifri, the 



young twigs white and hoary. The leaves grow 

 • . : '■ ' ■ alternate, are lanceolate and entire, very woolly 

 on both fides, but mofcly on the under fide ^ 

 ' ■' ' about an inch and a quarter long, and half an 

 - 1 ■ ' inch v/ide. The longjtudinal nerve fometimes 



• ■' divides the leaf unequally, fo that one fide of it 



is a little wider than the other, and the edges 

 are often flightly waved. The capfules are co- 

 vered v/ith a thick white woolly down. The 

 \ipper furface of the leaver, when old, lofes 

 inoft of its down, and becomes of a dark green 

 colour. 

 This willow, ^nd ihs Betnln na;ia^ are the conftant 

 Summer fuel of the Laplanders, while they at- 

 tend their rhein-deer dairy on the alps of the 

 North. 



i-rcnana i: 



SALIX foliis intcgris ovatis acutis, fupra fubvillo- 

 f)s, fubtus tomentofis ? Sp. pi. 1447. (Fwr. lap- 

 pon. L 8./. 0. fK foUis patch nimis knceolatis pro 

 pcjlra phvita. GrneL Sibir. L p. 164. /. 36. /. i. 



