310 77. AMENTIPEEiE. 



sessile tifld.- — S: S. Lamhertiana (Sm.) ; erect, twigs purplish 

 glaucous, 1. oblong-lineaT-lanceolate slightly narro'wed' and some- 

 what-rounded below, stigmas ovate emarginate.' E. B. 1369. — 

 c. S. Helix (L.) ; caps, oblpng-ovate, stigmas almost linear emar- 

 ginate, twigs pale yellowish qr tinged with purple polished. 

 K B. 1343. Rose 'Willow. — Marshes and river-banks. T. III. 

 IV. E. S. 1. 



8. 8. rubra (Huds.) ; L linear-lanceolate acuminate glabrous 

 green on both sides, caps, oblong-ovate very pubescent, style 

 long, stigmas ovate mtdicided, anih. 2 (yellow ?).,Jilam^nts com- 

 bined below, stip. linear. — H. B. 1145. — Height 10 — 20 feet. 

 TvTigs usually tawny.,, L. like those of S. vimmalis but without 

 the' white pubescence. — ^. 8. Forhiana (Sm.) ;,1. lanceolate-ob- 

 long, style nearly as long as the linear " divided stigmas, anth. L" 

 E.B.lZiA. Twigs greyish yellow. , L. rather pkler and some- 

 what glaucous beneath. Stip. broader, variable. Stigma entire 

 in all that I have seen. — Low meadows. . T. IV. V. E. S. I. 



Subsec. 2, Vimen (Dumort). Stam. 2, monadelphous. Anth. 

 becoming yellow. Nect. linear. Oatkin-soales discoloured at the 

 end. Catkins bracteate at the base. Stigmas not sessile. 

 Pubescence of the 1. silky. 



, * Stipules narrow. , . 



9. 8. vimindlis (L.) ; I. linear or li^ienr-lariceolate obsourelj' 

 crenate white, silky and shining beneath, stip. small sublaneeo- 

 late, capsule very shortly stalked lanceolate-subulate, style long, 

 stigmas undivided. — E. B. 1898. — Height 10 — 20feet.' Branches 

 wandlike, long, slender. Gland longer than the stalk of the 

 caps.— ^^j intricata (Leefe) ; 1. broader, caps, shorter and broader, 

 style very short, stigmas from the first cloven reflexed and' en- 

 tangled; — y. stipularis (Leefe) ; 1. lanceolate, stip. linear-lanceo- 

 late denticulate or J-cordate acuminate, stigmas long. — Wet 

 places. Sh. IV. V. Common Osier. E. S. I. 



** Stipules broad. 



10. 8. stipularis (Sm.) ; 1. lanceolate very obscurely crenate 

 white and downy beneath, stip. ^-cordate acute, caps, ovate nearly 

 sessile, style verv short (<Sm.) or elongate (.Hbo/;.), stigmas linear 

 U4diyided:-->S, i?. 1214.— Height 10—20 feet with upright 

 brittle reddish -brown twigs. — Wet places. Sh. HI. E. 



11. 8. Smithidna (Willi.); I. long-lanceolate obscurely crenate 

 white satiny beneath, stip. reniform ^-cordate, caps, stalkedhm- 

 cedla,te-subulate, pedicel about as long as the gland, style long, 

 stigrtias long linear mostly entire. — Twigs erect, somewhat 

 downy, brittle.— a. S. Smiihiana (E. B. 1509) ; 1. rounded at 

 base white vrith satiny, doWn beneath, stip. small narrow j-lunate. 



