/5. AMENTACE^. 
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22. S. Caprea (L.); 1. ovate or elli))tical flat acute erenate- 
serrate -wavy at the margins deej) green witii a downy midrib 
whitish above and cottony beneath, stip. subreniform, germens 
laneeolate-subulate, style very short, buds glabrous. — E. B. 1488. 
— A small tree, 15 — 80 feet high. Catkins very thick, blunt. 
L. large and broad. — Woods and hedges in dr 3 ish plaees. T. 
IV. Y. Great Sallow. 
28. S. sphacelata (8m.); 1. elliptic-obovate even veiny entire 
or slightly serrate dou'nv on both sides discoloured at the ])oint, 
stij). half cordate toothed erect, germens stalked ovate-lanceo- 
late, stigmas notched longer than the style. — E. B. 2888. — AVith 
this I am unacquainted. — T. IV. V. S. 
R. Nigricantes Borr. 
Glands at the base of the sti])ules. Borr . — This section forms 
the S. nigricans of Fries and Koch. I must confess myself un- 
able to distinguish the sj)ccies satisfactorily and have compiled 
the characters from those given by Smith and Borrer. 
24. S. cotinifolia (Sm.); 1. roundish-elliptical j)ointed obso- 
letcly toothed slightly downy above glaucous and downy beneath, 
stip. rounded or ovate, germens ovate-lanceolate silky, style elon- 
gate deeply bifid, stigmas notched. — E. B. 1403. — A low shrub, 
u])i'ight. L. rectangularlj' reticulated beneath. Young shoots 
downy. — i\orfolk. Glenluce and Forfar. Sh. IV. V. E. S. 
25. S. hirta (Sm.) ; 1. elliptic-heartshaped pointed finely 
toothed downy on both sides, stip. half heartsliaped flat toothed 
nearly glabrous, germens , style shortly bifid, stigmas emar- 
ginate. — E. B. 1404. — A small tree. Young shoots and petioles 
with white cottony hair. — Norfolk. Castle Eden, Durham. 
T. IV. V. E. 
20. S. nigricans (Sm.); 1. elliptic-lanceolate acute crenate 
glabrous with a downy midrib (even when young) glaucous with 
a few hairs beneath, stip. large obliquely cordate serrated smooth, 
germ, lanceolate downy, st\le longer than the stigmas. — E. B. 
1218. — A bushy shrub. Bunch of 5 0 ung leaves tipped with a 
tuft of deciduous down. Young shoots downy. — Wrongay fen, 
Norf. Shobden Court, Hereford. Sh. IV. 
27 . S. Forsteriana (Sm.) ; 1. elliptic-obovate acute notched and 
very slightly downy except uj)on the midrib where it is dense 
glaucous beneath, stip. rounded recurved vaulted, germ, awlshaped 
.silky, style as long as the blunt emarginate stigmas. — E. B.2844. 
— A small -tree. A'oung shoots minutely downy. Germens 
crowded. Catkins elongated. — Breadalbane Mountains. New'- 
castle-upon-T^Tie. T. V. YT. E. S. 
