320 78. AMENrrCEEiE, 



stig. generally entire, bttds glahrom or slightly downy. — jS, S, 

 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 flat acute crenate-ser- 

 rate waw at the margins deep green with a downy midrib 

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

 ceolate-subulate, style very short, hidf gldbrous. — 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. — ^. S. sphacelata (Sm.) ; stip. often &, 1. nearly entire. 

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

 subalpine places. ^, Highland valleys. T, IV, V. Great 

 Sallow. E. S. I, 



ii. Fhylicifoli<e. Style long. Capsule stalked. 



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

 Stip. with basal glands. 



16. 8. nig'rieans (Fries) ; young shoots and 1. downy, 1. ovate- 

 elliptic or lanceolate more or less glaucous beneath thin, point 

 of stip. straight. — a. germen and stalk silky, st. erect. — a. 8. ee~ 

 tinifoUa (Sm.) ; 1. roundish elliptic or subcordate. JE. B. 1403. 

 — b. 8. nigricans (Sm.) ; 1. elliptic-lanceolate. E. B. 1213. — 

 c. 8. Forsteriana (Sm.) ; 1. elliptic-obovate acute, stip. vaulted, 

 catkins long. E, B. 2344. — fi. 8. rupestris (Donn) ; awlshaped 

 germ, and stalk silky or glabrous below, st. trailing, 1. elliptic- 

 obovate. E. B. 2342. — y. germen glabrous its stalk downy or 

 glabrous, st. erect. — a. 8. Andersoniana (Sm.) ; 1. elliptic-ohlong 

 acute, caps, awlshaped not wrinkled. E. B. 2343.— b. Si damas^ 

 cena (Forbes) ; 1. broadly elliptic or subrhomboidal acute, caps, 

 not wrinkled. E. B. 8. 2709. — c. 8. petrisa (And.) ; L oblong 

 OT sublanceolate, caps, wrinkled near the top. E. B. 8. 2725. — 

 ? 8. hirta (Sm.) ; 1. elliptic-cordate pointed, "caps, very pubes- 

 cent " (Leefe) or " glabrous " (Arnott) not wrinkled. E. B^ 

 1414. — 8.Jloribunda (Forbes) ; 1. long elliptical glaucous be- 

 neath thinly hairy on both sides. Fem. catkins unknown. E. 

 B. 2188. — The varieties are scarcely distinguishable. — Sides of 

 streams, osier-grounds, and mountains. Sh. IV — VI. E. S. L 



** Virentes. L. smooth, scarcely any crisped pubescence be- 

 neath, not turning black unless gathered when very young. 



17. 8. phylidfdlia (L.) ; shoots and leaves soon quite glabrous, 

 dark green above and more or less shining glaucous beneath. — 

 Stip. none or very small. — a. germen and stalk silky. — a. jS. radicam 



