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furrowed, young shoots furrowed. E. B. 1986. — Wet woods 

 and osier-grounds. Sh. or T. IV. V. E. S. I. 



Sec. 2. Capbisalix (Dumort.). Catkins lateral, sessile, 

 without leaves or with two or three small leaves or leaflike 

 bracts at the base ; stalk sometimes elongated in fruit so as to 

 resemble a leafy shoot, but deciduous with the catkin. Oatkin- 

 soales often discoloured at the end. Nectary simple (of one 

 piece), on the opposite side of the stam. or germen from the 

 catkin-scale. 



Subseo. 1. Selice (Dumort.). Filament 1 with a 4-oelled 

 anther, or forked with 2 anthers each of 2 cells. Anth. purple, 

 ultimately black. Nectary cuneate. Catkins bracteate at the 

 base. Vernation equitant. — PurpurecB Borr. 



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

 nate attenuate below finely serrate glabrous, caps, ovate very 

 downy sessile, style very short, stigm. ovate, anth. 1, stip. 0. — 

 a. S. purpurea (Sm.) ; decumbent, twigs purple, fertile catkins 

 very compact. E. B. 1388. — /3. 8. Woolgariana (Borr.) ; erect, 

 twigs yellowish grey, 1. cuneate-lanceolate glaucous beneath, 

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

 twigs pale yellowish, 1. oblong-lanceolate paler beneath, stigmas 

 sessile bifid. — 6. 8. Lambertiana (Sm.) ; erect, twigs purphsh 

 glaucous, 1. oblong-linear-lanceolate slightly narrowed and 

 somewhat rounded below, stigmas ovate emarginate. E. B. 

 1359. — e. 8. Helix (L.) ; caps, oblong-ovate, sti-gmas almost 

 linear emarginate, twigs pale yellowish or tinged with purple 

 poHshed. E. B. 1343. Hose Willow. — Marshes and river- 

 banks. T. III. IV. E.S.I. 



8. 8. rAbra (Huds.) ; linear-lanceolnte acuminate glabrous 

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

 long, stigrnas ovate undivided, anth. 2 (yellow ?) , filaments com- 

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

 Twigs usually tawny. L. like those of *Sf. viminalis but without 

 the white pubescence. — /3. 8. Forbiana (Sm.) ; 1. lanceolate- 

 oblong, style 'nearly as long as the linear " divided stigmas, 

 anth. 1." E.B.lMi. Twigs greyish yellow. L. rather paler 

 and somewhat 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,mon- or diadelphous. 

 Anth. becoming yellow. Nect. linear. Catkin-scales discoloured 

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

 Pubescence of the 1. silky. 



