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

 stigmas linear nndiTided.— ^. S. 1214.— Height 10—20 feet 

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



in. E. 



11. S. Smithidna (WiUd.) ; I. long-lanceolate obscurely orenate 

 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. — p. S. rugosa (Leefe) ; 1. greenish white and rather 

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

 linear broad undivided. <S. holoserieea H. & A. — y. S. ferruginea 

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

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

 K£.S.26e5. Bushy.— Wet places. Sh. IV. V. E.S.I. 



Subsec. 8. Vetrix (Dumort.). Stam. 2, free. Anth. becom- 

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

 Vernation equitant. 



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

 L. rugose, not tm-ning black; pubescence crisped, not 

 silky. — Cinerece Borr. 



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

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

 cordate, caps, ovate tapering, style conspicuous, stigmas ovate 

 undivided, buds downy. — E. 11. 1434. Loud. 1464. — Height 25 

 —SO feet.— Damp woods and hedges. Sh. or T. IV. E. I. 



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

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

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

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

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

 thick. ^. -B. 1897. — /3. 8. aquatiea (Sm.); 1. ovate-elliptic 

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

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

 late rather rigid downy and rather glaucous beneath, stip. smaU 

 rounded. E. B. 1402. — Varies gTsatly. These varieties are 

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

 Sallow. E. S. I. 



14. 8. aurita (L.) ; I. obovate repamd-dentate recurved-apicu- 

 late much wrinkled more or less downy above pubescent beneath, 

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



