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Series ix. Arbusculae (p. 39). Undershrubs of Arctic- Alpine distribution. Branches numerous, 
short, erect or decumbent. Laminae lanceolate or oblong-elliptical, acute, margin not recurved, 
shining above, subglaucous below, glabrous or puberulent at maturity. Catkins lateral, peduncled 
or sessile, appearing with the leaves. Bracts discolorous. Nectaries oblong, yellowish. Anthers 
reddish-yellow before dehiscence. Style long, slender. Stigmas divided, filiform, yellowish. Capsules 
pubescent, shortly stalked. 
Series x. Phylicifoliae (p. 41). Shrubs or small trees of northern or sub-Alpine distribution. 
Laminae broadly obovate to oval-lanceolate, margin serrate, glabrous or hairy, often turning more 
or less blackish on drying. Catkins oval or oval-cylindrical, subsessile or on short leafy peduncles. 
Filaments free. Anthers yellow. Styles rather long, longer than the stigmas, not more than half 
as long as the capsules. Capsules stalked, glabrous or pubescent. 
Series xi. Rosmarinifoliae (p. 48). Undershrubs with creeping rhizomes. Young branches 
thin, somewhat viscous when young. Stipules narrow when persistent. Laminae lanceolate to oblong- 
elliptical, margin more or less recurved, often with silky hairs especially when young and on the 
under surface, becoming strongly reticulated, turning blackish on drying. Catkins appearing a little 
before the leaves, sessile or on short peduncles, subrotund to shortly elliptical. Anthers yellow. 
Styles rather short. Stigmas short. Capsules usually with short stalks, conical, usually pubescent. 
Series xii. Capreae (p. 51). Shrubs or small trees. Stem aerial. Young branches rather thick. 
Stipules broad. Laminae broadly lanceolate, obovate, or broadly oblong-elliptical. Catkins appearing 
before the leaves, sessile or shortly peduncled. Style short. Capsules with long stalks, usually pubescent. 
Series vi. Lanatae 
Lanatae Koehne Deutsche Dendrol. 87 (1893) \ Chrysantheae Koch Sal. Comment. 52 (1828) ; Hastatae Borrer 
in Hooker Brit. FI. 433 (1830) excluding S', hastata. 
For characters, see page 28. 
Species and chief hybrids of Lanatae 
8. S. lanata (see below). Laminae large, covered with long soft woolly hairs especially on 
the upper surface when young. Bracts discolorous. Catkins golden yellow, large. 
S', herbacea x lanata (p. 30). 
(A) x S. sadleri (p. 30). Less hairy than S. lanata. Bracts subconcolorous, greenish. 
(B) x S. stephania (p. 30). Smaller than S. lanata. Bracts subconcolorous, brownish. 
•S. lanata X lapponum (p. 30). Young branches and buds with long caducous hairs. Bracts dis- 
colorous. 
8. SALIX LANATA. Plates 31, 32; 51 
Salix lanata L. Sp. PI. 1019 (1753)!; Wahlenberg FI. Lapp. 259 (1812); Smith in Rees’ Cyclop, xxxi 
no. 88 (1815)!; Eng. FI. iv, 205 (1828); Syme Eng. Bot. viii, 251 (1868); A. et G. Camus Classif Said, ii, 66 (1905). 
leones : — FI. Dan. t. 1057, as 5 . chrysanthos (repeated in Forbes Sal. Woburn, t. 71, with a leaf of the 
Scottish plant); Hooker in Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2624; A. et G. Camus op. cit. y Atlas ii, t. 3 (36) fig. A — E. 
Cambr. Brit. FI. ii. Plate 31. (a) Shoots with pistillate catkins. ( b ) Barren shoot. ( c ) Pistillate flowers. 
(d) Pistillate flowers (enlarged). (e) Ripening capsules (enlarged). Edinburgh Botanic Garden (I. B. B.). 
Plate 32. (a) Shoots with staminate catkins, (b) Shoot with pistillate catkins. ( c ) Staminate flower, (d) Stami- 
nate flowers (enlarged). ( e ) Pistillate flowers. (/) Pistillate flowers (enlarged). Staminate plant from Perthshire 
(D. A. H.). Pistillate plant from the Edinburgh Botanic Garden (I. B. B.). 
Exsiccata : — Fries, viii, 59 ; E. F. et W. R. Linton, 44. 
Undershrub, from half a metre to a metre high. Branches thick, somewhat shining; young 
branches hairy. Stipules hairy, ovate, large (4 — 12 mm.), glandular especially when young. Petioles 
hairy, stout, up to about 1 cm. long. Laminae suborbicular to broadly ovate-elliptical, sometimes 
more or less cordate at the base, margin entire, apex rounded to acute, often with a short and 
more or less oblique acumination, covered with long soft woolly hairs especially on the upper 
surface when young, hairs more or less deciduous, subglaucous and markedly reticulate below at 
maturity. Catkins the most beautiful in the genus, usually erect or suberect, appearing before the 
leaves ; May. Bracts whitish towards the base, blackish towards the summit, ovate or obovate, 
