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78. AMENTIFEE.*:. 
5. S. al'ba (L.) : 1. elliptic lanceolate glandular-sei rate acute 
silky on both sides when young, stip. minute, mps. iiearJy sessile 
ovate acuminate glabrous, style short, stigmas thick recurved 
l)ifid.— ]). 2430.— Height 50—80 feet. "Scales shorter than 
stam., as long as caps, in a and /3, exceeding them both in 7. 
Branches silky. — 'fi. S. aerulea (Sm.) ; 1. less silky beneath. 
E. B. 2431. — 7. >S'. viteJlina (L.) ; branches bright vellow, 1. 
shorter and broader. /i. 1389.— Wet places. T. Y. White 
Willov. E. S. I 
ii. Triandra. Stam. 3. Catkin -scalespersistent. L. lanceo- 
late approaching to ovate, glabrous. Catkins lax. — Osiers, 
naturally trees. 
*6. S. la)>,ceoldta{Sm.y ; 1. lanceolate much acuminate serrate 
glabrous except when young, stip. A-cordate acute, caps, stalked 
ovate acuminate, pedicel twice as long as the gland, sU/le lowj, 
stigma bifid, scales veri) shaggy. — -S'. undulata Syme, E. B. 1436. 
— Height 12 — 15 feet. L. sometimes wavy, often quite silky 
when young. Germ, glabrous in .S". lanceolata (or downy in 
the foreign S. vnchdata (Elirh.)). — Lewes, Suss, [an i eiaewinuc]. 
Sh. or T. IV. V. E. 1. 
7. <S'. triandra (L.) ; 1. oblong-lanceolate acute serrate gla- 
brous, stip. i-cordate blunt, caps, stalked oblong-ovate glabrous, 
stigma nearly sessile, scales glabrous. — E. B. 1435. — Height 20 
— 30 feet. Germen not furrowed. L. narrowing down to the 
stalk, somewhat paler beneath, or (.S. triandra Curt.) lanceolate 
wavy paler and glaucous beneath.— .3. <S'. Hoffmaiiniana (Sm.) ; 
1. somewhat rounded below-ovate-lanceolate, stip. larger, scales 
shaggy towards their base. — E. B. S. 2620. — y. S. amygdaUna 
(L.) ; 1. oblong-ovate acute rounded below, caps, ovate tumid 
furrowed, young shoots furrowed. E. B. 1936. — Wet woods 
and osier-grounds. Sh. or T. IV. V. E. S. I. 
Sec. 2. Capkisalix (Dumort.). Catkins lateral, sessile, 
without leaves or with two or three small leaves or leaHike 
bracts at the base ; stalk sometimes elongated in fruit so as to 
resemble a leafy shoot, but deciduous with the catkin. Catkin- 
scales often discoloured at the end. Nectary simple (of one 
piece), on the opposite side of the stam. or germen from the 
catkin-scale. 
1 S. tTvmd,Tay.mniin<xXxSf Dr White. S. (rfimira xa!''fi, K. I". T/iiitun.— 
H. Si J. G. 
