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

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

 ceolate-subulate, stigmas simple or bifid, buds dovmy. — Height 

 20 — 30 feet. — a. 8. cinerea (Sm.) ; 1. obovate-lanceolate rather 

 thick reddish beneath, stip. J-oordate acute, style very short 

 thick. E. B. 1897. — ^. S. aquatica (Sm.) ; 1. ovate-elliptic 

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

 inconspicuous. E. B. 1437. — y. 8. oleifolia ; 1. obovate-lan- 

 ceolate rather rigid downy and rather glaucous beneath, stip. 

 small rounded. E. B. 1402. — Varies greatly. These varieties 

 are scarcely distinguishable. — Wet places. T. or Sh. III. IV. 

 Sallow. E. S. I. 



14. 8. aurita (L.) ; I. dboiiate repand-dentate recurved-apicu- 

 late much lorinkled more or less downy above pubescent beneath, 

 stip. roundish or reniform large stalked, caps. lanceolate-subuJate, 

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

 1487. — Height 3 — 4 feet. Edges of 1. deflexed, point hooked. 

 Stigmas and. scales often reddish. — Damp woods, Sh. IV. V. 



E. S. I. 



15. S. cdprea (L.) ; I. ovate or elliptic ^at acute crenate-ser- 

 rate wavy at the margins deep green with a dovniy midrib 

 whitish above and cottony beneath, stip. subreniform, caps, lan- 

 ceolate-subulate, style very short, buds glabrous. — E. B. 1488. 

 — ^A small tree, 15 — 30 feet high. Catkins very thick, blunt. 

 L. mostly large and broad, rarely sublanceolate ; spring 1. nearly 

 entire. — ^. 8. sphacelaia (Sm.) ; stip. often 0, 1. nearly entire. 

 E. B. 2333. A bush. — Woods and hedges in dryish and also 

 subalpine places. /3. Highland valleys. T. IV. V. Great 

 8allow. E. S. I. 



ii. Phylkifolice. Style long. Capsule stalked. 



* Nigricantes. L. punctate beneath, turning black in drying. 

 Stip. with basal glands. 



16. 8. nig'ricans (Fries) ; young shoots andl. downy,! ovate- 

 elliptic or lanceolate rather glaucous more or less glaucous 

 beneath thin, point of stip. straight. — Shoots dull-coloured. — a. 

 germen and stalk silky, st. erect. — a. 8. cotinifolia (Sm.) ; 1. 

 roundish elliptic or subcordate. E. B. 1403. — b. 8. nigricans 

 (Sm.) ; 1. eUiptic-lanceolate. E.B. 1213. — c. S.Forsteriana{^m.); 

 1. elliptic-obovate acute, stip. vaulted, catkins long. E. B. 

 2344. — /3. 8. rupestris (Donn) ; awlshaped germ, and stalk 

 silky orglabrous below, st. trailing, 1. elliptic-obovate. E. B. 

 2342. — y. germen glabrous its stalk downy or glabrous, st. erect, 

 — d. 8. Andersoniana (Sm.) ; 1. elliptic-oblong acute, caps, awl- 

 shaped not wrinkled. E. B. 2343. — e. 8. damascena (Forbes) 



