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LXXXV. SALICACEjE. 
[ Salix. 
late with glandular serratures acuminate more or less silky 
beneath often so above, capsules lanceolate sessile glabrous, 
style short, stigmas bipartite, scales lanceolate pointed longer 
than either stamens or style. E. B. t. 1389. 
Hedges and osier-grour.ds, in many places. h . 5. — This is 
rendered striking by the bright yellow colour of its branches, and the 
leaves often partake of the same tint. With this exception, the plant, 
as Mr. Borrer observes, is “ extremely nearly allied to S. alba.’’ Mr. 
Leefe, and many others, conjoin them ; and our only doubt arises 
from the long scales of the catkin imparting quite a peculiar aspect, 
a character, however, which Mr. Borrer does not notice, and none of 
the others are of much value. 
[vi. Stamens 2, distinct. Capsules on long stalks, silky. Catkins short, 
lax, appearing before the leaves on short lateral stalks with sometimes a 
few leafy bracteas at their base ; their scales dark at the point, short, 
persistent. Leaves lanceolate, serrate, silky when young, with small 
stipules. Grisete Borr. 
13. S. * petioldris Sm. {dark long-leaved TF.) ; leaves when 
young gray with long silky hairs especially beneath, capsules 
ovato-laneeolate, stigmas ovate nearly sessile, scales villous 
(black) scarcely longer than the pedicel. E. B. t. 1147. 
Scotland : Dickson, h • 4. — Not uncommon in North America, 
and certainly not a European species. It is not now (even in culti- 
vation) in Possil-marsh, where it was said to have been found by 
G. Don. A species very distinct from any of the preceding, nearly 
allied to S. grisea Willd., if not the same ] 
vii. Stamens 2, distinct {or sometimes combined at the base?). Cap- 
sules distinctly stalked, silky. Style short. Catkins sessile, short and 
rather dense, bracteated at the base ; scales discoloured at the end. 
Leaves small or narrow, or with a satiny pubescence. Small, erect, 
or procumbent shrubs. Argent ere Koch (Rosmarinifolue, Fuscre, and 
Ambigute Borr.). 1 
14. S. * rosmarini folia L. {Rosemary-leaved TF.) ; erect 
slender, leaves linear-lanceolate with a straight point silky (the 
young ones especially) quite entire or with a few very minute 
glandular teeth, catkins at first shortly ovate or oblong after- 
wards more lax, ovaries stalked silky oblong-lanceolate acumi- 
nate, style about as long as the linear divided or entire stigmas, 
scales short villous. E. B. t. 1365. 
> We have conjoined Mr. Borrer’s three groups. Between some forms of S. 
fusca with the upper side of the leaves downy or silky and S. ambigua there is 
absolutely no difference, except that the leaves of the former then exhibit less 
evident serratures. a more prominent venation above, and have the point of the 
leaves conspicuously bent back to one side. 5. fusca and S ambigua have broad 
leaves: the first has them usually glahrous above, and there, when dried, pro- 
minently reticulate and often black ; the latter always of an ashy colour. S. 
rosmarinifolia has narrow silky leaves with linear stigmas ; S. angustrfoha narrow 
leaves, broad erect stigmas, and lax short catkins ; S. Ooniana usually narrow 
leaves and dense catkins. Mr. Bentham seems disposed to unite all the species of 
this section into one. 
