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date, caps. ovate tapering, style conspicuous, stigmas ovate un- 
divided, buds downy.— E. B. 1434. Loud. 1464.—Height 25—30 
feet.—Damp woods and hedges. Sh. or T. IV. 
vii. Capree (Koch). Stam. 2. Anth. becoming yellow or 
brown. Catkins bracteated at the base. Stalks of the caps. at 
least twice as long as the gland. Trees or shrubs with an exposed 
trunk. 
A. Cineree (Borr.). L. rugose not turning black ; pubescence 
crisped not silky. Stigma subsessile. Stip. without basal 
glands. 
15. S. cinerea (L.); 1. elliptic- or lanceolate-obovate pointed 
subserrate downy beneath, stip. -cordate, caps. lanceolate-subu- 
late, stigmas simple or bifid, buds downy.— E. B. 1897. —Height 
20—30 feet.—o. S. cinerea (Sm.); 1. obovate-lanceolate rather 
thick reddish beneath, stip. }-cordate acute, style very short 
thick. £. B. 1897.—8. S. aquatica (Sm.); 1. obovate-elliptical 
thinner downy and rather glaucous beneath, stip. reniform, style 
obsolete. E. B. 1437.—y. S. oleifolia (Sm.); 1. obovate-lanceo- 
late rather rigid downy and rather glaucous beneath, stip. small 
rounded. EE. B.1402.—Very variable——Wet places. T. or Sh. 
TW. IV. Sallow. 
16. S. aurita (L.); 1. obovate repand-dentate recurved-apicu- 
late much wrinkled more or less downy above pubescent beneath, 
stip. roundish or reniform large stalked, caps. lanceolate-subulate, 
stig. generally entire, buds glabrous or slightly downy.—E. B. 
1487.—Height 3—4 feet. Edges of 1. deflexed, point hooked. 
Stigmas and scales often reddish—Damp woods. Sh. IV. V. 
\7. S. Caprea (L.); 1. ovate or elliptical flat acute crenate- 
serrate wavy at the margins deep green with a downy midrib 
whitish above and cottony beneath, stip. subreniform, caps. lan- 
ceolate-subulate, style very short, buds glabrous—E. B. 1488, 
—A small tree, 15—30 feet high. Catkims very thick, blunt. 
L. large and broad; spring 1. nearly entire.—f. S. sphacelata 
(Sm.); 1. elliptic-obovate discoloured at the point. E. B. 2333. 
—Woods and hedges in dryish places. §8.subalpine. T. IV. V. 
Great Sallow. 
B. Nigricantes (Borr.). L. punctate beneath, turning black in 
drying. Style very long. Stip. with basal glands. 
18. 8. nigricans (Fries); young shoots and 1. downy, 1. ovate- 
elliptical or lanceolate more or less glaucous beneath thin, point 
of stip. straight—e. germen and stalk silky, st. erect.—a. S. co- 
tinifolia (Sm.); 1. roundish elliptical or subcordate. EF. B. 1403. 
—b. S. nigricans (Sm.); 1. elliptic-lanceolate. E. B. 1213.— 
