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slightly downy above, while in S. Stuartinna they are sometimes nar- 
row oblong-lanceolate and very shaggy above; but these are extremes; 
and there is a complete transition in the form and pubescence. For 
our var. /3. we give no stations, because we have no reason to believe 
it indigenous, Mr. Don’s specimens now before us from the Clova 
mountains being the same as var. a., and belonging to S. urenaria E. 
Bot. ; it is commonly cultivated, being a handsome plant, and is com- 
mon in Switzerland, where we believe our var. a. does not occur. 
x. Stamens 2, distinct. Capsules shortly stalked, or almost sessile, 
somewhat lanceolate, hairy or silky. Style conspicuous. Catkins lateral, 
nearly sessile, appearing with the leaves, with leaf-like bracteas at the 
base ; their scales discoloured at the end. Trees cf a more or less 
considerable size with long pliant branches. Leaves lanceolate. Vi- 
minales Borr. 1 
* Stigmas long, linear, and slender. 
21. S . vimindlis L. (common O.); leaves linear or linear- 
lanceolate obscurely crenate white and silky beneath, stipules 
very small sublanceolate, ovaries almost sessile. E. B. t. 1898. 
Wet places, osier-grounds &c., frequent, h • 4, 5. — Branches 
straight and twiggy. This is held in great esteSm for basket-work. 
22. S. stipuldris Sm. ( auricled O ) ; leaves lanceolate very 
indistinctly crenate white and downy beneath, stipules large 
semicordate acute often with a tooth or lobe at the base, ovaries 
nearly sessile. E. B.t. 1214. 
Osier-grounds, hedges, and woods, near Bury St. Edmund’s. 
3 — 5. — Allied to the preceding in fructification; differing in its 
large and coarser leaves, less white beneath, and with large stipules on 
the autumnal shoots. 
23. S. Srnithidna Will'd, (sillty-leaved O.) ; leaves lanceolate 
obscurely crenate white and satiny beneath, stipules very small 
narrow acute, ovaries distinctly stalked. S. mollissima E. B. 
t. 1509. 
Meadows and osier-grounds. About Bury ; Glamorganshire ; 
near Warrington. Scotland. b_ • 4,5. — We place no dependence 
on the size of the stipules in this and the two preceding (which are 
perhaps forms of the same species), and besides they are not available 
to a student. The only other character between the present species 
and S. stipidaris consists in the almost sessile or distinctly stalked 
ovary, and we should therefore have conjoined them, did not Mr. Leefe 
consider that of sufficient importance to remove S'. Smithiana to a 
separate section, while he refers S. stipularis as a variety to S. vimi- 
nalis. Mr. Bentham unites the three. 
i We can scarcely paint out any certain character bv which to distinguish the 
second subdivision of this section from the Cinerece : in all those which we have I 
examined, the calkins of the present group appear along with the leaves, the cap- 
sule is on a shorter stalk, and the stigmas are never sessile. 
