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LXXXV. SAI.ICACE/E. 
[ Salix. 
tical or obovato-lanceolate, autumnal ones pointed even serrate 
reticulated with prominent veins nearly glabrous and glaucous 
beneath with the margins somewhat recurved, stipules rounded 
toothed upper ones often half-cordate, style very short or none. 
E. B. t. 1897 (autumnal leaves narrow rigid and their margins 
recurved). S. aquatica Sm. : E. B. t. 1437 (autumnal leaves 
broader larger more pliant nearly flat). S. oleifolia Sm. : E. B. 
t. 1402 (autumnal leaves narrower rigid nearly flat). 
Banks of rivers, wet hedge-rows, moist woods, and swampy places, 
abundant. h . 3, 4. — Often only a shrub, with an erect stem and 
erect or spreading branches, but when protected it becomes a tree 
20 — 30 feet high, with hanging branches. It is of no beauty and 
little use. In specimens of “ S. cinerea," named by Sir J. E. Smith 
himself, the lower stipules are as reniform as in the two other sup- 
posed species, which we cannot distinguish as well marked varieties. 
28. S. aurita L. ( round-eared S.) ; leaves obovate repando- 
dentate wrinkled with veins more or less pubescent very downy 
beneath tipped with a small bent point recurved at the margin, 
stipules roundish, style very short. E. B. t. 1487. 
Moist woods and thickets, abundant. h • 4, 5. — A tall shrub 
or small bushy tree, with straggling branches. “ One of the least 
equivocal species, although its leaves vary in length and roundness : 
they are usually much wrinkled and vaulted, the stipules large and 
stalked.” Borrer. 
29. S. Cdprea L. ( great round-leaved S.) ; leaves roundish- 
obovate or ovato-elliptical even acute, at first entire downy 
above tomentose beneath, autumnal ones serrate and waved at 
the margin nearly glabrous above downy beneath, stipules 
somewhat reniform toothed, style very short or none. E. B. 
t. 1488. S. sphacelata Sm. : E. B. t. 2333. 
Woods and dry pastures, common, h ■ 4, 5. — A small tree, dis- 
tinguished by being in spring loaded with handsome yellow blossoms 
before any of its leaves appear. The catkins of both kinds are broader 
and shorter than in most of the. species with crowded flowers. Various 
species of Salix have occasionally their leaves sphacelate or discoloured 
at the point; and such varieties may sometimes be propagated by 
cuttings ; the one called S. sphacelata by Smith seems to be that state 
of the present species, and is probably not unfrequent, 
xii. Stamens 2, usually distinct. Capsules conspicuously stalked, coni- 
cal-subulate. Style elongated, bifid. Stigmas short. Catkins lateral, 
sessile, or on short bracteate but not leafy stalks ; the scales discoloured 
at the end. Leaves crenato-dentate or serrate, between roundish- 
obovate and lanceolate, stipules when conspicuous with glands on their 
inside at the base. Shrubs or small trees. Phylicifolioe ( Nigricantes 
and Bicolores Borr.J 
30. S. nigricans Sm. (darlt-leaved S .) ; young shoots densely 
1 Mr. Bentham unites all the species of this group under the name of S. phy- 
licifolin. 
