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growing into a small tree. Leaves long and narrow, often 4 or 5 inches, of 
a silvery white underneath, with the silky down more copious than in any 
other long-leaved species. Catkins cylindrical, sessile or nearly so, with a 
few bracts at the base, an inch long or rather more, with rather long, silky 
hairs. Stamens 2, as in all the following species. Capsules downy, about 2 
lines long, tapering towards the top. 
In wet places, throughout Europe and Russian Asia, except the extreme 
north, and the most commonly cultivated Osier. Frequent in Britain. 7. 
spring. S. Smithiana, Willd., or S. mollissima, Sm., is a broader-leaved 
. hay [or hybrid with Caprea|, with the capsules more distinctly pedi- 
cellate. 
7. S. Caprea, Linn. (fig. 922). Sallow Willow, Common Sallow.—A 
tali shrub or bushy tree. Jueaves ovate or oblong, often rather large, 
seldom tapering at the top, either narrowed, rounded, or broadly cordate 
at the base, usually of a greyish green, more or less wrinkled, and whitish 
_underneath with a short crisp down not silky, entire or toothed, especially 
when old. Stipules usually conspicuous, broad and oblique. Catkins 
sessile, the males usually closely so, with a few broad, scale-like bracts at the 
base, oblong-cylindrical, an inch long or rather more, and very silky-hairy ; 
the females not quite so close; the bracts often more leafy, and when in 
fruit 2 inches long or more. Capsules downy-white, pedicellate, 3 or 4 lines 
long, tapering into a long beak. 
In woods, thickets, and hedges, along streams, &c., throughout Europe 
and temperate Asia to the Arctic Circle. Common in Britain. VU. early 
spring. It varies very much in the size and shape of the leaves, the amount 
of down, &c., but it is generally distinguished from all the preceding species 
by the cottony, not silky down, and wrinkled leaves, from most of the 
following by its larger size. The grey Sallow (S. cinerea, Linn.) is distin- 
guished by some as being more downy, by others as less so, with the leaves 
usually smaller, and the catkins not quite so thick and silky. 
8. S.aurita, Linn. (fig. 923). Round-eared Willow.—Allied to 8. 
Caprea and perhaps a variety, but more bushy ; the leaves smaller, usually 
obovate, about an inch long, but varying from orbicular to oblong, and then 
often 2 inches long ; they are also more wrinkled than in S. Caprea, waved 
on the edges, grey and downy, especially on the under side; the stipules 
very conspicuous. Male catkins closely sessile but much smaller than in 
S. Caprea, and the silky hairs less prominent; the females about half an 
inch long when in flower, an inch when in fruit, on a short stalk, with 
small leafy bracts. Capsules pedicellate, 2 to 3 lines long, tapering at the 
top. 
In woods and thickets, in Europe and Russian Asia, from the Mediter- 
ranean to the Arctic regions. Common in Britain. 7. early spring. 
9. S. phylicifolia, Linn. (fig. 924). Tea-leaved Willow.—A bushy 
shrub, very variable in its foliage, some of the larger forms coming very 
near S. Caprea, whilst the smaller ones appear to pass gradually into S. 
Myrsinites. Young shoots and leaves often downy, when old usually 
glabrous. Leaves ovate-oblong or rarely lanceolate, usually 1 to 2 inches 
long, and pointed, not wrinkled, but the veins rather prominent above, often 
toothed at the edge, and glaucous or whitish underneath, but not closely 
silky. Catkins more slender and less silky than in S, Caprea, the males 
