326 78. AMENTIPER^. 



* Stipules narrow. 



9. S. vimindlis (L.) ; I. linear or linear-lanceolate obscurely 

 orenate white silkt/ and abining beneath, stip. small sublanceo- 

 late, capaiile very shortly stalked lanceolate-subulate, style 

 long, stigmas undivided.— JJ. B. 1898.— Height 10—20 feet. 

 Branches -wandlike, long, slender. Gland longer than the 

 stalk of the caps. — fi. intricata (Leefe) ; 1. broader, caps, shorter 

 and broader, style very short, stigmas from tlie first cloven re- 

 flexed and entangled. — y. stipulans (Lsefe) ; 1. lanceolate, stip. 

 linear-lanceolate denticulate or ^-cordate acuminate, stigmas 

 long. — Wet places. Sh. IV. V. Common Osier. E. S. I. 



** Stipules broad. 



10. 8. stipuldris (Sm.) ; 1. lanceolate very obscurely orenate 

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

 nearly sessile, style very short (Sm.) or elongate (Hook.), 

 stigmas linear undivided. — JE. B. 1214. — Height 10 — 20 feet 

 with upright brittle reddish-brown twigs. — Wet places. Sh. 

 UI. E. 



11. iS. iSOTjiAiano (Wind.) ; /. ?ora^-fareceofaie obscurely crenate 

 white satiny beneath, stip. reniform -J-cordate, caps, stalked 

 lanceolate-subulate, pedicel about as long as the gland, style 

 long, stigmas long linear mostly entire. — Twigs erect, some- 

 what downy brittle. — a. S. Smithiana (E. B. 1509) ; 1. rounded 

 at base white with satiny down beneath, stip. small narrow ^- 

 lunate. — /3. S. rugosa (Leefe); 1. greenish white and rather 

 silky beneath, stip. ^-cordate acute, style moderate, stigmas 

 linear broad undivided. S. holosericea H. & A. — y. S. ferruginea 

 (And.) ; 1. greenish white and rather silky beneath, stip. ^-ovate 

 or reniform, style elongate, stigmas linear-oblong undivided. 

 K B. 8. 2665. Bushy.— Wet places. Sh. IV. V. E. S. I. 



Subsec. 3. Vetrix (Dumort.). Stam. 2, free. Anth. become 

 ing fuscous-yellow. Nectary cuneate. Catkin-scales discoloured. 

 Vernation equitant. 



i. Canrece. Style short. Stipules reniform, without basal glands. 

 L, rugose, not turning black; pubescence crisped, not 

 silky. — CinerecB Borr. 



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

 toothed glaucous ashy and doiony scarcely silky beneath, stip. ^- 

 oordate, caps, ovate tapering, style conspicuous, stigmas ovate 

 undivided, buds downy. — E. B. 1434. Loud. 1464. — Height 25 

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



