318 78. AMENTIFEE^. 



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

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

 very compact. JEJ. B. 1388.— jS. S. Woolgariana (Borr.) ; erect, 

 twigs yellowish grey, 1 cuneate-lanceolate glaucous beneath, 

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

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

 sessile bifid. — 8. S. Lamhertiana (Sm.); erect, twigs purplish 

 glaucous, 1 oblong-linear-lanceolate slightly narrowed and 

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

 1359. — e. S. Helix (L.) ; caps, oblong-ovate, stigmas almost 

 linear emarginate, twigs pale yellowish or tinged with purple 

 polished. E. B. 1343. Rose Willow. — Marshes and river- 

 banks. T. m. IV. E.S.I. 



8. S, rubra (Huds.) ; 1. linear-lanceolate acuminate glabrous 

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

 Icmg, stigmas ovate imdimded, anth. 2 (yellow ?),_^Za?nenis eom- 

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

 Twigs usually tawny. L. like those of S. mminalis but without 

 the white pubescence. — /3. S. Forhiana (Sm.) ; 1. lanceolate- 

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

 anth. 1." E. B. 1344. Twigs greyish yellow. L. rather paler 

 and somewhat glaucous beneath. Stip. broader, variable. 

 Stigma entire in aU. that I have seen. — Low meadows. T. IV. 

 V. E. S. L 



Subsec. 2. Vimen (Dumort.). Stam. 2,'mon- or diadelphoua. 

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

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

 Pubescence of the 1. silky. 



* Stipules naiTow. 



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

 crenate white silky and shining beneath, stip. small sublanceo- 

 late, capsule very shortly stalked lanceolate-subulate, style 

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

 Branches wandlike, long, slender. Gland longer than the 

 stalk of the caps. — /3. inb-icata (Leefe) ; 1. broader, caps, shorter 

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

 flexed and entangled. — y. stipularis (Leefe) ; 1. lanceolate, stip. 

 linear-lanceolate denticulate or j-cordate acuminate, stigmas 

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



** Stipules broad. 



JO. 8. stipiddris (Sm.) ; 1. lanceolate very obscurely crenate 

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



