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AMENTACEiE. 
pedicel twice as long as the gland, style elongate, stig. bifid, scales 
very shaggy. — S. lanceolata (Sm.) E. B. 1436. Height 12 — 15 
feet. L. sometimes undulated, often quite silky when young. 
Stip. half cordate acuminate. Germ, glabrous (sometimes downy 
in foreign specimens). — By streams. T. IV. V. 
8. S. triandra (L.) ; 1. oblong-lanceolate acute serrated gla- 
brous, germen stalked oblong-ovate glabrous, stigm. nearly ses- 
sile, scales glabrous. — E.B. 1435. — Height 20 — 30 feet. Germen 
not furrowed. L. narrowing down to the stalk, somewhat paler 
beneath. L. lanceolate wavy paler and glaucous beneath. " S. 
triandra Curt." Borr. — /3. hoffmanniana ; 1. somewhat rounded 
below ovate-lanceolate, stip. larger, scales shaggy towards their 
base. S. hoffmanniana (Sm.) E. B. S. 2620. — Wet woods and 
osier-grounds. T. V. 
9. S. amygdalina (Sm.) ; 1. oblong-ovate acute rounded below 
serrated glabrous, germen stalked ovate tumid furrowed glabrous, 
stigm. nearly sessile, scales glabrous, young shoots furrowed. — 
E. B. 1936.— Height 20—30 feet. Scales usually slightly hairy 
below.— By water. T. IV. V. E. S. 
[S. petiolaris (Sm.) E.B. 1147. is stated by Lindley not to 
be a European plant and is omitted.] 
II. Sessiles laterales. 
Catkins lateral, sessile, without leaves or with 2 or 3 small 
leaves or leaflike bracts at the base, stalk sometimes elongated 
in fruit so as to resemble a leafy shoot but deciduous with the 
catkin. 
v. Purpurea (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 ; scales dark 
or purple at the end. 
10. S. purpurea (L.) ; 1. lanceolate broader upwards acumi- 
nate attenuated below finely senate glabrous, germ, ovate very 
downy sessile, style very short, stigm. ovate, anth. 1, stip. 0. — 
" ec. S. purpurea (Sm.) ; decumbent, twigs purple, fertile catkins 
very compact. E.B. 1388. — /3. S. woollgariana (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. — S. S. lambertiana (Sm.) ; erect, twigs purplish- 
glaucous, 1. oblong-linear-lanceolate slightly narrowed and some- 
what rounded below, stigmas ovate emarginate." E.B. 1359. — 
Marshes and river-banks. T. III. IV. 
11. S. Helix (L.) ; 1. oblong-lanceolate broader upwards acu- 
minate attenuated below finely and slightly serrate glabrous, 
