290 77. AMENTIFERE. 
when young. Germ. glabrons (sometimes downy in foreign 
specimens).—Near Lewes, Suss. T. IV. V. 
6. S. triandra (L.); 1. oblong-lanceolate acute serrated gla- 
brous, stip. }-cordate blunt, caps. stalked oblong-ovate glabrous, 
stigma nearly sessile, scales glabrous.—E. B. 1435.—Height 20— 
30 feet. Germen not furrowed. L. narrowmg down to the 
stalk, somewhat paler beneath, or (S. triandra Curt.) lanceolate 
wavy paler and glaucous beneath.—8. S. Hoffmanniana (Sm.); 
1. somewhat rounded below ovate-lanceolate, stip. larger, scales 
shaggy towards their base. FE. B. S. 2620.—y. S. amygdalina 
(L.); 1. oblong-ovate acute rounded below, caps. ovate tumid 
furrowed, young shoots furrowed. E. B. 1936.—Wet woods and 
osier-grounds. T. IV. V. E.S. 
[S. petiolaris (Sm.) E. B. 1147. is stated by Lindley not to be 
a European plant and is therefore omitted. ] 
II. SEssILES LATERALES. 
Catkins lateral, sessile, without leaves or with two or three 
small leaves or leaflike bracts at the base, stalk sometimes elon- 
gated in fruit so as to resemble a leafy shoot but deciduous with 
the catkin. Scales discoloured or purple at the end. 
v. Purpuree (Koch, Borr.). Filament 1 with a 4-celled an- 
ther, or forked with 2 anthers each of 2 cells. <Anth. purple, 
ultimately black. Catkins bracteated at the base. 
7. S. purpurea (L.); 1. lanceolate broader upwards acumi- 
nate attenuated below finely serrate glabrous, caps. ovate very 
downy sessile, style very short, stigm. ovate, anth. 1, stip. 0.— 
a. S. purpurea (Sm.); decumbent, twigs purple, fertile catkins 
very compact. FE. B. 1388.—f8. 8. Woolgariana (Borr.); erect, 
twigs yellowish-gray, 1. cuneate-lanceolate glaucous beneath, 
stigmas obtuse. E. B. S. 2651.—y. S. ramulosa (Borr.); erect, 
twigs pale yellowish, 1. oblong-lanceolate paler beneath, stigmas 
sessile bifid—é. S. Lambertiana (Sm.); erect, twigs purplish- 
glaucous, |. oblong-linear-lanceolate slightly narrowed and some- 
what rounded below, stigmas ovate emarginate. EE. B. 1359.— 
Marshes and river-banks. T. III. IV. 
8. S. Helia (L.); 1. oblong-lanceolate broader upwards acu- 
minate attenuated below finely and slightly serrate glabrous, 
caps. oblong-ovate very pubescent sessile, style short, stigmas 
almost linear emarginate, anth. 1, stip. 0.— E. B. 1343.—Height 
10—12 feet. Twigs pale yellowish or tinged with purple, po- 
lished. ‘Style nearly as long as the stigmas.” Closely aihed 
to S. Lambertiana, but that is stated to have “ ovate-emarginate 
stigmas.” —Wet places. T. III. IV. Rose Willow. 
