6o6 DIOECIA DIANDRIA. 



npens 1 3. SALIX foliis integerrimis lanceolatis utnnque iub- 

 pllofis, caule repente. Sp. pL 1447. (Ger. em, 

 1 391, /. 6. l^otia. Flor. lappon. t. 8. /. R. quae pro 

 S. fufca defignatur, noftram bene reprsfentat.) 



Little creeping Willow. Anglis. 

 ■" ' " This is frequent in moorifli grounds, heaths, and 

 fometimes in woods, if . V. 



This feldom rifcs above fix or eight inches high- 

 the twigs are dark, red, and decumbent. The 

 leaves are generally oval, but are fometimes 

 lengthened fo as to become lanceolate -, their 

 general fize about 2-5ths of an inch long, and 

 i-5th wide, often iefs than that. They are 

 fmooth on both fides, except at their firft erup- 

 tion, when they are flightly hairy, but particu- 

 larly fo underneath This villofity foon wears 

 off, and the uppei furfacc becomes of a dark 

 green colour, the under one glaucous : the up- 

 per ones are altei r.ate, the lower ones nearly op- 

 pofite, and fupported on fliort footftalks The 

 catkins are lateral, oval, and numerous ; the 

 fcaks brown and hairy, the filaments and anthe- 

 rs yellow, the capfules white and woolly at firft, 

 but reddifti and almoft fmooth when ripe. We 

 have never yet been able to difcover any effential 

 difference between this and S. fujca Lin^ and it 

 is probable that S. rofmarinifclia may be only a 

 variety of t!ic fame. See Halkr hiJL ;/. 1644. 



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