LXVIII. SALICA‘CEE: SA‘LIX. 767 
Group xi. Fusce Borrer 
Mostly procumbent Shrubs. Prin. sp. 52 and 48. 
Lu 
Stamens % to a flower, as far as to the kinds whose male flowers have been 
observed. Ovary silky, stalked. Catkins ovate or cylindrical. Leaves 
between elliptical and lanceolate; mostly silky beneath ; nearly entire. 
—Plants small shrubs. Stem, in most, procumbent. S. fasca L., Hooker, 
var. 1., and S. Donidna Smith, have a likeness in aspect to the kinds of the 
group Purptre, except S. riibra Huds. (Hvok.) 
« 52. S.Fu’sca L. The brown Willow. 
Identification. Wook. Br. Fl, ed. 2., p. 417. ; ? Hayne Abbild., p. 242. 
Synonymes. _S. répens Hook, Fl. Scot. 1. p. 284. ; S.r&pens Kock, part of, Koch Comm. p. 47. 
The Sexes. The female is figured in Hayne Abbild., if the S. fasca of that work is the S. fiisca L. 
Engravings. Hayne Abbild., t. 184.; Sal. Wob.; and our fig. 83. in p. 806. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stems more or less procumbent. Leaves elliptical or 
elliptic-lanceolate, acute; entire, or serrated with minute glanded serra- 
tures ; somewhat downy; glaucous, and generally very silky beneath. 
Ovary lanceolate, very silky, seated upon a long stalk. Stigmas bifid. 
(Hook.) A decumbent shrub. Britain, on heaths. Height 6 in. to 1 ft. 
Stamens yellow; May. 
Varieties. 
a S. fi 1 vulgaris. S. f. var. « Hook. Br. Fl. ed. 2.; S. fisca Smith 
Eng. Bot. t. 1960., Forbes in Sal. Wob. No. 83.; S. répens Koch 
B Koch Comm. p.47.; and our fig. 83. in p.806.— Stem decum- 
bent below, then upright, much branched. Leaves elliptic lan- 
ceolate, 
x S.f.2 répens. S.f. 8 Hook. Br. Fl. ed. 2.; S. répens Lin. Sp. Pl. 1447., 
Forbes in Sal. Wob. No. 84. ; and our fig. 84. in p. 836. — Leaves 
elliptic-lanceolate, straight, somewhat pointed, nearly entire ; almost 
naked above, glaucous and silky beneath. Stipules none. Stem 
depressed, with short upright branches. 
x S. ff 3 prostrata. S.f. var. -y Hook. Br. Fl. ed. 2.; S. prostrata Smith 
Eng. Bot. t.1959., Forbes in Sal. Wob, No. 82.; and our jig. 82. 
in p. 806. — Leaves elliptic-oblong, convex, somewhat toothed, 
with a curved point; glaucous, silky, and veiny beneath. Stipules 
minute. Stems prostrate, with elongated straight branches. Ovary 
stalked, ovate, silky. Styles shorter than the stigmas. 
« Swf 4fe'tida, S. f. var.8 Hook. Br. Fl. ed. 2.; S. foe’tida Smith 
Eng. Fi. iv. p. 208.—Stem recumbent. Leaves elliptical. 
2S. f. 5 incubdcea, S.f. 5 Hook. Br. Fl. ed. 3.; S. incubacea Lin. Sp. 
Pl, 144:7., Forbes in Sal. Wob. No. 79.; and our fig. 79. in p. 806.— 
Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, nearly entire, acute, with a twisted point ; 
glaucous and silky beneath. Stipules stalked, ovate, acute. Stem 
procumbent. Branches erect. Catkins erect, oblong-cylindrical. 
Stalk of the silky ovary about as long as the obovate bractea (scale). 
(Borrer.) 
xS.f 6 argéntea, S.f. 6 Hook, Br. Fl, ed. 2.; S. argéntea Smith 
Eng. Bot. t. 1364., Forbes in Sal. Wob. No. 78.; and our jig. 78. in 
p. 806. — Leaves clliptical, entire, somewhat revolute, with a re- 
curved point; rather downy above, silky and shining beneath, as 
well as the branches. Stem upright. Ovary ovate-lanceolate, silky ; 
its silky stalk nearly equal to the linear oblong bractea. Style not 
longer than the stigmas. 
