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Branches silky. — ^4 S. crerulea (Sm,) ; 1. less silky beneath. K B. 

 24.31. — y. S. vitellina (iSm.) ; branches bright yellow, 1. shorter 

 and broader,— Wet places. T. V. WhUe Willoio.. E. S. I. 



ii. Triandire. Stajn. 3. Catkin-scales perigiatent. ' L. lanceo- 

 late appibaCliiii* to ovate, glabrous. Catkins lax. — Osiers, lia- 

 turilly treesJ ■ ' ' ' ' ' 



*6.' S. imduldta (Ehrh.) ; 1. lanceolate much acuminate sen'ate 

 glabrous except -when young, stip. J-cordate acute, caps, stalked 

 ovate acuminate, pedicel twice as long as the gland, sti/le loni/, 

 stigma bifid, scales very shaggy. — S. lanceolata fern., JE. B. 1436. 

 — lleight 12 — 15 feet. — rL. sometimes wavy, often quite sillty 

 when young. G-ei'm. glabrous- in iS.'fa»eeototo (or downy in the 

 iovsipi 8. midulatd). — Near Lewes, Suss. T, IV. V. ' ■ E, I. 



G. S. trian'dra (LJ ; 1. oblong-lanceolate acute serrate gla- 

 brous, stip. 5 -cordate blunt, caps', stalked oblong-ovate glabrous, 

 stigma nearly sessile, scales glabrous.— E. S. 1435. — Height 20 — 

 30 feet. Germen not furrowed. L. naiTowing down to the 

 stalk, somewhat paler beneath, or (5^. triandra Curt.) lanceolate 

 wavy paler and glaucous beneath. — /3. S. Iloffmamiiai^a (Sm.) ; 

 1. somewhat romid,ed below ovate-lanceolate, stip.; larger, scales 

 shaggy towards their base. — E. B. S. 2620. — y. S, amygdalimi 

 (L.) ; 1. oblong-ovate acute rounded below, caps, ovate tumid 

 furrowed, young shoots fuiTowed. R B. 1936. — ^^'et woods 

 and osiei^groitndsj T. IV. V. E. S. I. 



\S. petioldris (Sm.) E, B. 1147, is stated by Lindley ilot to be 

 a European plant and is therefore omitted.] 



Sec. 2. Capiusalix (Dumort). Catkinslateral, sessile, with- 

 out leaves or with two oi' -three small lestvesior. leaflike bracts at 

 the base ; stalk sometimes elongated iu fruit so as to resemble 

 a leafy' shoot ' but deciduous with the catkin. Oatkiu-scales 

 often -discoloured at the end. Nectary simple (of one piece), on. 

 the opposite side of the stam. or -germen from the catkin-scale. 



Subsec. 1. Helice (Dumort). Filament 1 with a 4-ceUed 

 anther, - or forked with ^ anthers each of 2 cells. Anth. pitrple, 

 ultimaieh/ black. Nectary cupeate. Catkins i bracteate at the; 

 base. Vematiqn equitant. — Pnrpurece Borr. 



7. 8. purpurea (L.) ; 1. lanceolate broader upwards acumi- 

 nate attenuate below finely sen-ate glabrous, caps, ovate very 

 downy sessile,, style very short, stiyin. ovate, antht 1, stip. 0. — 

 a. 8. purpwrea^ (Sm.) ; decuiubent, twigs purple, fertile catkins 

 very compact. E. B. 1388.-t-j3. 8. Wqolgarlana (Borr.) ; erect, 

 twigs yellowiph gray, L cuneate-laneeolate glaucous ben^,ath, 

 stigmas blunt. E. B. 8, 2651. — y. 8, ramidosa (Borr.) ; erect, 

 twigs pale yellowish,!, oblong-lauceolate^paler beneath, stigmas 



