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— fi. S. mgosa (Leefe) ; 1. greenish white and rather silky Be- 

 neath, stip. ^-cm-date, acute, style moderate, jstigmas linear broad 

 undivided. S. holoserifieci H., & A. — y. S, ferruginea (And.) ; 

 L greenish white and rather silky beneath,- «<i^. ^-waU or reni- 

 form, style elongate, stigmas linear-oblong undivided. E. B. S. 

 2665. Bushy;— Wet plades. Sh. IV. V. E.S.I. 



Subsec. 3. Fein'x (Dumort.). Stam. 2, jfree. Anth. becom- 

 ing' fuscoiis-yellow. Nectary cuneate. Catkin-scales discoloured. 

 Vernation equitant. 



i. Caprece. Style short. Stipules reniform, without basal 

 glands. L. rugose, not turning black ; puhescence crisped, not 

 sUky. — OinerecB Borr. 



12. S. acuminata (Sm.) ; I. lanceolate-oblong pointed finely 

 toothed glaucous ashy and downy scarcely silky beneath, stip. 5- 

 cordate,'caps. ovate tapering, style conspicuous, stigmas ovate 

 undivided, huds downy.— E. B. 1434. Lortd. 1464. — ^Ileight 25 — 

 30 feet— Damp woods and hedges. Sh. or T. IV. E. I. 



13. S. einerea (L.) ; 1. elliptic- or lanceolate-obovate pointed 

 subserrate downy and ashy beneath, stip. J-cordate, caps, lanceo- 

 late-subulate, stigmas simple or bifid, huds douniy. — Height 

 20 — 30 feet. — a. S. einerea (Sm.) ; 1. obovate-lanceolate rather 

 thick reddish beneath, stip. 5-cordate acute, style, very shprt 

 thick. — E. B. 1897,-/3. S. aguatica (Sm.) ; 1. ovate-elliptic 

 thinner downy and rather glaucous beneath, stip. reniform, style 

 inconspicuous. — ^.£.1437. — 7. S.oleifolia; L obovate-lanceo- 

 late rather rigid downy and rather glaucous beneath, stip. small 

 rounded. — E. B. 1402. — Varies greatly ; varieties scarcely dis- 

 tinguishable. — Wet places. T. or Sh. III. IV. Sallow. E. S; I. 



14. S. aurita (L.) ; I. ohovaie repand-denta^ recurved-apicu- 

 latemuch u-rinJckd more orless.downy above pubescent beneath, 

 stip. roundish or reniform hrge stalked^ caps. lanceolate-subulate, 

 stig. generally entire, biids glabrous or slightly downy. — E. B. 

 14§7.-^Height 3 — 4 feet. Edges of 1. deflexed, point hooked. 

 Stieriias and scales often reddish. — Damp woods. Sh. IV. V. 



E.S.I. 



15. S. cdprea (L.) ; I. ovate or elliptiG_^a< acute crenate-ser- 

 rate wavy at the margins deep green with a downy midrib 

 whitish abov« and cottony beneath, stip. subreniform, caps; lan- 

 ceolate-subulate, style very short, buds glabroik.^-E. B. 1488. 

 S. sphaeeUda E. B. 2383.— A small tree, 15—30 feet high. 

 Catkins very thick, blunt. L. mostly large and broad, rarefy 

 sublanceolate 5 spring 1. nearly entire. — ^^^oods and hedges in 

 dryishand'alsosubalpineplaces. T. IV.V. Gredt Sallow. E. S.I. 



