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THE CATKIN FAMILY. 



and Asia, and in the mountains of central Europe. In Britain, only in 

 the Highlands of Scotland. Fl. summer. It varies much in stature 

 and the size of the leaves, but is always distinguished from the creeping 

 W. by the stem not creeping underground, and the much larger catkins, 

 more like those of the Sallow W., and from the latter species by the 

 entire leaves and sessile capsules. 



12. Woolly Willow. Salix lanata, Linn. (Fig. 021.) 

 (Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2624.) 



A stout, much branched shrub, attain- 

 ing about 2 feet in height, allied to the 

 downy W., but the leaves are usually 

 ovate, covered on both sides with a thick, 

 soft, silky wool, and the catkins longer, 

 clothed with dense, long, silky hairs, of 

 a fine golden-yellow ; when in fruit they 

 attain near 3 inches in length. Capsules 

 sessile, cottony, tapering at the top, 

 more than 3 lines long. 



A high northern and Arctic species, 

 both in Europe and Asia. Yery local 

 in Britain, and only in a few rocky glens 

 in the eastern Grampians in Scotland,. 

 Fl. early summer. 



Fig. 921. 



13. Whortle Willow. Salix myrsinites, Linn. (Fig. 922.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 1360, 8. procumbens, Suppl. t. 2753.) 



A low, scraggy, much branched shrub, 

 sometimes closely procumbent, though 

 not creeping underground, sometimes 

 rising to the height of a foot or more. 

 Leaves small, orbicular, ovate or lanceo- 

 late, bright green, with prominent veins, 

 and finely toothed ; usually with long, 

 silky hairs when young, becoming gla- 

 brous when old. Catkins loosely cy- 

 lindrical, \ to 1 inch long in flower, \\ 

 to 2 inches when in fruit, always borne 



Fig. 922. 



