800 77. AME>'TIFER^. 
V. Aottif oli (V (BoYT.). Filaments 2. Anth. uUimately yeUow. 
Catkins pei"sistently sessile. Scales discoloured at the end. 
Stj'le long. Bark of young shoots powdery. 
+7. S. acutif6lia (lA'illd.); 1. liQear-laneeolate acuminate cre- 
nate-serrate glabrous glaucous beneath, stip. lanceolate acute 
sub-|-cordate below, " caps, ovate-conic glabrous sessile, stig. 
linear-oblong." — Shoots purple with a glaucous bloom. Male 
catkins short, thick, very hairy. Fertile plant not yet found in 
England.— North Yorkshire. " T. IV. E. 
vi. PurpurecB (Koch, Borr.). Filament 1 with a 4-ceIIed an- 
ther, or forked with 2 anthei-s each of 2 cells. Anth. purple, 
tdtimately black. Catkins bracteate at the base. 
8. S. purpurea (L.) ; 1. lanceolate broader upwards acumi- 
nate attenuate below finely serrate glabrous, caps, ovate very 
downy sessile, style very short, stigm. ovate, auth. 1, stip. 0. — 
a. S. purpurea (Sm.) ; decumbent, twigs purple, fertile catkins 
verj- compact. E. B. 1388. — /3. <S'. Woolgariana (Boit.) ; erect, 
twigs yellowish gray, 1. cuneate-lanceolate glaucous beneath, 
stigmas blunt. E. B. S. 26.51. — y. S. ramulosa (Borr.) ; erect, 
twigs pale yellowish, 1. oblong-lanceolate paler beneath, stigmas 
sessile bifid. — S. S. Lumhertiana (Sm.) ; erect, twigs purplisli 
glaucous, 1. oblong-linear-lanceolate slightlv naiTowed and some- 
what rounded below, stigmas ovate emargmate. E. B. 1359. — 
f. S. Helix (L.) ; caps, oblong-ovate, stigmas almost linear 
emarginate, tvn^ pale yellowish or tinged \s-ith purple polished. 
E. B. 134:3. Bose WiUoic. — Marshes and river-oanks. T. lU. 
IV. . E. S. I. 
9. S. rubra (Huds.) ; 1. linear-lanceolate acuminate glabrous 
green on both sides, caps, oblong-ovate very pubescent, style 
long, stigmas ovate undivided, anth. 2 (yellow?), Jiluments com- 
bined belotv, stip. limar. — E. B. 114.5. — Height 10 — 20 feet. 
Twigs usually tawny. L. like those of S. viminalis but without 
the white pubescence. — ^3. 6'. Forbiami (Sm.); 1. lanceolate-ob- 
long, style nearly as long as the linear "divided stigmas, anth. 1." 
E. B. 1344. Twigs gi-aj-ish yellow. L. rather paler and some- 
what glaucous beneath. Stip. broader, variable. Stigma entire 
in all that I have seen. — Low meadows. T. IV. V. E. S. I. 
vii. Viminales (Borr.). Stiim. 2. Anth. becoming yeUorc or 
brown. Catkins bracteate at the base ; scales discoloured at 
the end. Stigmas not sessile. Pubescence of the 1. silky. 
• Capsules nearly or qttite sessile. 
10. S. viminalis (L.) ; /. linear or linear-lanceolate obscurely 
crenate white silky and shining beneath, stip. small sublanceo- 
