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41. Salix prostrata. Prostrate willow. 
Leaves rather toothed, elliptical, pointed ; beneath glau- 
cous, silky ; stem prostrate ; petiole short, thick. 
Salix prostrata, Smith Flor. Brit. 1060. 
Salix polymorpha, Ehrh. Arb. 490. 
Moist mountains ; small shrub; June, July. 
Branches long, slender; leaves scarcely revolute ; above 
dark green, slightly veined, rather pubescent ; ovary ovate, 
silky ; pedicell very short ; style short, thick ; stigmata 
cloven. 
42. Salix fusca. Brown willow . 
Leaves rather denticulated, elliptical, oblong, pointed; 
above bald ; beneath glaucous, silky ; petiole attenuated ; 
stem erect, spreading. 
Salix fusca, Lin. S. P. 1447. 
Moist heaths and mountains ; small shrub ; May. 
Small branches rather straight, pubescent; leaves glandu- 
lar on the edge ; above brownish green ; stipules lanceolate, 
awlshape; capsules awlshape, silky; stigmata 2-parted. 
43. Salix parvifolia. Small-leaved willow . 
Leaves elliptical, scarcely cut, hooked ; beneath glaucous, 
silky; stem decumbent; stipules ovate, not in the least 
notched. 
Salix parvifolia, Eng. Bot. 1961. 
Damp fields ; small shrub ; April, May. 
Foetid ; branches many, entangled, wandlike, 18 in. long ; 
leaves about half an inch long; female ament ovate, dense; 
ovary pedicelled, silky; style short, thick; stigmata thick, 
obtuse, deeply divided. 
44. Salix adscendens. Ascending willow. 
Leaves elliptical, oblong, somewhat serrated, hooked ; 
heneath glaucous, silky; stem ascending; stipules ovate, 
serrated. 
Salix adscendens, Eng. Bot. 1962. 
Moist places ; shrub ; May. 
Shrub foetid, low creeping, twice as large as salix parvi- 
folia ; branches long, straight, obliquely ascending ; leaves 
oblong, slightly silvery ; female ament ovate ; ovary silky. 
