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1 6. S. cinerea (p. 54). Young branches blackish, very hairy, hairs persisting for more than 
a year. Laminae about a third to half as broad as long. Catkins narrowly oval-elliptical. 
S. cinerea x repens (p. 55). Less creeping, taller, and more erect than S. repens. Laminae and 
catkins intermediate between the putative parents. 
17. S. aurita (p. 55). Young branches like S. caprea as regards hairiness, but more slender 
than in either 5. caprea or S. cinerea. Laminae more rugose and smaller than in 5. caprea or .S'. 
cinerea. Catkins shorter and slenderer than in S. caprea or S', cinerea. The last of the series to 
come into flower. 
S. aurita X cinerea (p. 56). Intermediate between the putative parents. 
S. aurita x repens (p. 57). Young branches as in S. aurita. Laminae elliptical-lanceolate to oboval- 
oblong, more or less rugose. Catkins subsessile, rather dense. 
[A plant collected in Linlithgowshire, in 1831, by H. C. Watson, was said by Andersson (see Bot. Gaz. iii, 62 
(1851)) to have leaves very similar to those of S. grandifolia Seringe Essai 20 (1815). This is a central European 
species scarcely likely to occur as an indigenous plant in the British Isles. It belongs to the series Capreae.] 
15. SALIX CAPREA. Palm or Goat Sallow. Plate 49; 50, 51, 63, 64 
Salix caprea rotundifolia Gerard Herb. 1203 (1597) including 5 . caprea latifolia ; S. latifolia rotunda Ray 
Syn. ed. 3, 449 (1724)- 
Salix caprea L. Sp. PI. 1020 (1753)!; Syme Eng. Bot. viii, 233 (1868); A. et G. Camus Classif. Saul. 
202 (1904); v. Seemen in Ascherson und Graebner Syn. iv, 98 (1909); Rouy FI. France xii, 204 (1910). 
Small tree or large shrub. Young branches terete, glabrous or only slightly hairy by autumn. 
Buds eventually glabrous. Stipules often persistent, especially on the leaves of the summer-shoots 
and then rather large and dentate. Petioles about one-sixth as long as the laminae. Laminae 
broader than in S. cinerea , broadly ovate or oblong-ovate or elliptical, broadest near the middle, 
subcordate or rounded or attenuate at the base, margin serrate or entire, apex subobtuse to 
subacute often with a short oblique acumination, up to about 6 cm. long and 3 — 4 broad, softly 
hairy when young, with a tendency to become glabrous on the upper surface, persistently grey 
with soft hairs underneath. Catkins sessile or subsessile, with a few rudimentary leaves at the 
base, appearing before the leaves ; March and early April, the earliest member of the Capreae to 
come into flower. Bracts obovate to elliptical, with long silky hairs. Nectary yellowish-green. 
Staminate catkins up to about 2^5 — 3’5 cm. long and 1 *5 — 2‘o broad, dense-flowered. Anthers 
yellow. Filaments more or less pilose in the lower half. Pistillate catkins rather longer and 
narrower, less dense-flowered. Ovaries pubescent, large, up to about 6 — 7 mm. long and 3 broad at 
the base, on stalks often as long as or nearly as long as the ovaries. Style short but usually 
distinct at maturity, rarely conspicuous. Stigmas usually rather stout, yellowish, often bifid, erect 
or suberect at maturity. Capsules tomentose, on long stalks ; May. 
Several leaf-forms are described by Andersson ( Monogr . Sal. i, 76 (1867)). 
(a) S. caprea var. genuina Syme Eng. Bot. viii, 234 (1868); S. caprea Smith Ft. Brit. 1067 (1804)!. 
leones : — Smith Eng. Bot. t. 1488, as S. caprea ; Forbes Sal. Woburn, t. 122, as 5 . caprea ; Ft. Dan. t. 2603, 
as S. caprea ; Reichenbach Icon. t. 2024 [1214], as 5 . caprea ; Hartig Forst. Culturpfl. t. 48, as S. caprea ; A. et 
G. Camus op. cit ., Atlas , t. 17, fig. A — G, as S. caprea. 
Camb. Brit. FI. ii. Plate 49. (a) Shoot with staminate catkins, (b) Shoot with pistillate catkins. ( c ) Barren 
shoot, (d) Pistillate flower, (e) Pistillate flowers (enlarged). Huntingdonshire (E. W. H.). 
Exsiccata : — Billot, 462, as S. caprea ; A. et J. Kerner ( H '. S. A.), 48, 70, as S. caprea\ Leefe, 60, 61, 64, 
as S. caprea\ 62, 65, 66, as 5 . caprea var.; Linton, 19, as 5 . caprea\ 54 (a form with a conspicuous style), as 
S', caprea forma ; Herb. Ft. Ingric. viii, 566, as S. caprea. 
A much larger plant than var. sphacelata , not infrequently a small tree or large shrub. 
Laminae larger and broader, usually subcordate or rounded at the base, serrate, and usually 
with a characteristic acumination at the apex. Catkins larger and broader. Bracts usually shorter. 
Both this and S. cinerea are gathered as “ palm ” on Palm Sunday. 
This variety is the common lowland plant of woods and hedgerows. 
