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11. S. Helix (L.); 1. oblong-lanceolate broader upwards acu- 
minate attenuated below finely and slightly serrate glabrous, 
“ germ, oblong-ovate very pubescent sessile, style short, stigmas 
almost linear emarginate,” anth. 1, slip. 0. — E. B. 1,'343. — Height 
10 — 12 feet. Twigs j)ale yellowish or tinged with purple, po- 
lished. “ Style nearly as long as the stigmas.” Closely allied 
to S. Lambertiana, but that is stated to have “ ovate-emarginate 
stigmas.” — Wet places. T. III. IV. Rose Willow. 
12. S. rubra (Iluds.); 1. linear-lanceolate acuminate glabrous 
green on both sides, germ, oblong-ovate very ])ubescent, style 
elongated, stigmas ovate undivided, anth. 2 : filaments combined 
below, slip, linear. — E. B. 1145. — Height 10 — 20 feet. Twigs 
usually tawny. L. like those of S. virninalis but without the 
white pubescence. — Low meadows. T. IV. V. 
13. S. Forbyana (Sm.) ; 1. lanceolate-oblong sen-ated glabrous, 
style nearly as long as the linear divided stigmas, anth. 1, slip, 
linear-lanceolate. — E. B. 1,344. — Height 5 — 8 feet. Tw'igs gray- 
ish-yellow. L. rather paler and somewhat glaucous beneath. 
I am unacquainted with this plant. — Wet meadows. Sh. IV. 
vi. Viminales (Borr.). Stam. 2. Anth. permanently yellow. 
Catkins bracteated at the base ; scales discoloured at the end. 
Stalks of the caps. 0, or shorter than the gland. Pubeseence of 
the 1. silky. 
14. S. virninalis (L.); 1. linear or linear-laneeolate obscurely 
crenate w'hite silky and shining beneath, slip, small sublanceo- 
late, capsule very shortly stalked lanceolate-subulate, style elon- 
gated, stigmas undivided. — E. B. 18118. — Height 10 — 20 feet. 
Branches wandlike, long, slender. Gland longer than the stalk 
of the germen. — /3. intricata (Leefe) ; 1. broader, germen shorter 
and broader, style very short, stigmas from the first cloven re- 
tlexed and entangled. — y. stipularis (Leefe); 1. lanceolate, stip. 
linear-lanceolate denticulate or semicordate-acuminate, stigmas 
elongated. — Mr. Leefe gives several other forms which show how' 
difficult it is to define the species of Salix. — Wet places. Sh. 
IV. V. Common Osier. 
15. S. stipularis (Sm.); 1. lanceolate very obscm’ely crenate 
white and downy beneath, slip, half cordate acute, caps, ovate 
nearly sessile, style very short (Sm.) elongjite (Hook.), stigmas 
linear undivided. — E. B. 1214. — Height 10 — 20 feet with up- 
right brittle reddish-brown twdgs. — Wet places. Sh. HI. 
16. S. Smithiana (Willd.); 1. elongate-lanceolate obscurely 
crenate white with satiny pubescence beneath, stip. small narrow 
acute, caps, stalked lanceolate-subulate, pedicel as long as the 
gland, style elongate, stigmas long linear mostly entire. — E. B. 
