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Exsiccata : — Fries, vi, 56; A. et J. Kerner, 79, 80, as 5. angustifolia\ Leefe, i, 19 (“received from 
Mr Borrer many years ago as the plant of Smith, but not as a British species ”) ; i, 24 (“ received originally 
from the Cambridge Botanic Garden as 5. arbuscula) ; E. F. et W. R. Linton, 72, as S', repens var. rosmarinifolia 
(ex hort. Kew.); Herb. FI. Ingric. v, 74. 
Undershrub or dwarf undershrub, with creeping rhizomes. Young branches slender, often more 
or less tomentose, often ultimately glabrous. Stipules often caducous, small, lanceolate. Petioles 
usually very short. Laminae linear or linear-lanceolate, about 6 or more times as long as broad, 
with about 8 — 12 pairs of lateral veins, often with white silky silvery hairs underneath. Catkins 
small, oval or subglobose, sessile or subsessile ; April. Bracts oboval, hairy. Stamens with very 
long filaments. Style rather short or almost absent. Stigmas reddish. Capsules usually hairy, 
stalked ; May. 
There are two or three old unlocalised records of this species (see Smith Eng. Bot. iv, 214 (1828)), and a definite one 
by Winch (El. Northumb. and Durham 63 (1831); cf. also Winch Bot. Guide i, 70 (1805)) from the “banks of the 
Derwent, Friar Side, near Ebchester,” Durham. This last record is supported by a specimen in herb. Forster (in Herb. 
Mus. Brit.), from the “banks of Derwent, Durham,” and is by Winch. There is also a specimen in Herb. Univ. Cantab, 
sent by Winch, from Scotland. 
There is a remarkable similarity about the British history of S. rosmarinifolia and S. helvetica (see page 38). There is 
the same early confusion of names, then later the same correct but garden specimens finding their way into herbaria, then 
the same correct specimens “ from Scotland,” then the same localised record by Winch, and finally the same unanimity 
among mid-nineteenth century systematists in ignoring Winch’s localised records. We can scarcely assume that these 
botanists were unfamiliar with Winch’s records : perhaps they thought he mixed his specimens or planted specimens (as not 
a few botanists have done, thinking it no wrong) in order to “enrich” our flora. In any case, confirmation of these records 
is desirable. 
Southern Scandinavia, eastern Denmark, Germany, France(P) 1 , central Europe, Russia, Italy; Asia, eastwards 
to the Amur region. 
14. SALIX REPENS. Creeping Willow. Plates 47, 48 ; 40, 54, 68 
Salix kumilis Gerard Herb. 1205 (1597); S', pumila angustifolia inf erne lanuginosa Ray Syn. ed. 3, 447 
(1724); S. pumila angustifolia prona parte cinerea Ray loc. cit. ; S. alpina pumila rotundifolia repens inf erne 
subcinerea Dillenius in Ray op. cit., p. 448 ; S. pumila foliis utrinque candicantibus et lanuginosis [= var. argentea\ 
Dillenius in Ray Syn. ed. 3, 447 (1724). 
Salix repens L. Sp. PI. 1020 (1753) including S'. incubacea et S. fusca et S. arenaria part.; Syme 
Eng. Bot. viii, 246 (1868); A. et G. Camus Classif. Saul. 161 (1904) excluding subsp. rosmarinifolia ii, p. 78; 
v. Seemen in Ascherson und Graebner Syn. iv, 123 (1909) excluding race rosmarinifolia p. 127; Rouy FI. 
France xii, 207 (1909) excluding race rosmarinifolia p. 208. 
leones; — FI. Dan. t. 2489; Hartig Forst. Culturpfl. t. 51; Host Sal. t. 51, as S . pratensis \ t. 53. 
Exsiccata: — Billot, 1959, as S. repens var. argentea\ Fries, vi, 55; A. et J. Kerner, 58, 59; Leefe, i, 2, 
as S. incubacea\ E. F. et W. R. Linton, 68, 69, 70, 71 ; Schultz, ii, 56; Wirtgen, xv, 856, as S. repens var. 
vulgaris ; xv, 857, as S. repens var. fusca ; xv, 858, as S. repens var. argentea. 
Undershrub, attaining, in some of its forms, a height of a metre and a half. Rhizomes creeping. 
Branches numerous, more or less pubescent when young. Stipules variable. Petioles short. 
Laminae very variable, oval or elliptical or elliptical lanceolate or lanceolate, rounded or attenuate 
at the base, margin entire or somewhat revolute or glandular-denticular, apex obtuse or acute and 
asymmetrical, usually more or less hairy at least underneath. Catkins subsessile or on short leafy 
peduncles, appearing before the leaves ; April ; often a second crop in summer and autumn. 
Bracts elliptical to obovate, hairy. Nectary greenish. Staminate catkins oval or elliptical. Anthers 
bright yellow. Filaments tending to be coherent at the base. Pistillate catkins subglobular to 
elliptical, up to about 2 '5 cm. long at maturity or rather longer. Ovaries stalked, elongate, usually 
hairy. Style distinct. Stigmas entire or bifid. Capsules stalked, usually hairy ; June. 
(a) S. repens var. ericetorum Wimmer et Grabowski FI. Sites, iii, 380 (1829) including var. repens ; 
5. repens Smith FI. Brit. 1061 (1804)!; including S. prostrata ! ; S', repens var. vtilgaris Koch Syn. 656 (1837); 
A. et G. Camus Classif. Saul. 167 (1904); Rouy FI. France xii, 208 (1910); S. repens var. genuina Syme Eng. 
Bot. viii, 246 (1868) including var. prostrata p. 247, et var. ascendens p. 247, et var. parvifolia p. 247. 
leones: — Smith Eng. Bot. t. 183, as S. repens\\ t. 1959, as S. prostrata \\ t. 1961, as S. parvifolia \ \ t. 1962, 
as S. adscendens ! ; Forbes Sal. Woburn, t. 84, as S. repens ; t. 81, as S', parvifolia ; t. 80, as S', adscendens ; 
Reichenbach Icon. t. 589, fig. 2039 [1239]; A. et G. Camus op. cit., Atlas t. 14, fig. A — D, G — H. 
M. II. 
Given for France by Rouy, but not by MM. Camus. 
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