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SALIX 
[*SALIX INCANA] 
Salix incana Schrank Baier FI. i, 230 (1789); A. et G. Camus Classif. Saul. 220 (1904); v. Seemen 
in Ascherson und Graebner Syn. iv, 189 (1909); Rouy FI. France xii, 198 (1910). 
leones: — Forbes Sal. Woburn, t. 89, as linearis ; Reichenbach Icon. t. 596, fig. 1247; A. et G. Camus 
op. cit., Atlas t. 21, fig. H — L. 
Exsiccata : — Billot, 645, 645 bis; A. et J. Kerner, 3, 17; Reichenbach, 958; Wirtgen, ii, 95; xi, 631. 
Small shrub, up to about 2 m. high. Petioles short. Laminae acuminate, up to about 10 — 15 cm. 
long and 5 — 10 mm. broad, lower surface white or grey with appressed hairs. Catkins shortly 
peduncled in fruit, about i’5 — 2*0 cm. long, appealing a little before the leaves; April — May. 
Bracts concolorous, whitish, elliptical or oboval, hairy at the margin. Filaments pilose. Style dis- 
tinct. Stigmas purple, rather short, bifid. Capsules glabrous or covered with short hairs, shortly 
stalked; June. 
Ambleside, Cumberland (Rev. Dr F. R. Tennant). 
Dr Tennant informs us (in lift.) that his specimen “was gathered at Ambleside in 1894. I cannot be absolutely certain 
as to the spot ; but I am almost certain the bush grew on the edge of a stream, either the Rothay or a tributary, and 
quite close to the town. I cannot remember any garden being near, nor any signs indicating that the plant had escaped. 
I have never preserved any specimens of Salix that I have not gathered myself.” 
The distribution of the plant is rather against the view that A. incana is indigenous in the British Isles. We can only 
surmise that the plant, a pistillate one, seen by Dr Tennant was planted or that it is a descendant of a planted specimen. 
Banks of streams in sub-Alpine and mountainous districts in central Europe (ascending to 1800 m. in France) 
and southern Europe (to 37 0 N. in Spain) ; Asia Minor. 
Series xv. Viminales 
Viminales Koch Sal. Comment. 27 (1828); Borrer in Hooker Brit. FI. 423 (1830); Du Mortier in Bull. 
Bot. Soc. Belg. i, 143 (1862); A. et G. Camus Classif. Saul. 214 (1904) as a section; v. Seemen in Ascherson 
und Graebner Syn. iv, 173 (1909) excl. S', lapponum. 
For characters, see page 58. 
Species and hybrids of Viminales 
19. S. viminalis (see below). Young branches long, straight, flexible, pubescent. Laminae 
longer and narrower than in the hybrids. Catkins smaller. Capsules sessile or subsessile. 
S. aurita x viminalis (p. 61). Young branches less stout and less permanently pubescent than in 
S. caprea x viminalis and S. cinerea x viminalis. Catkins smaller. Capsules smaller and stalked. 
•S. caprea x viminalis (p. 62). Young branches stout and very pubescent. Catkins stout. Capsules 
rather stout, stalked. 
S. cinerea x viminalis (p. 64). Very like S. caprea x viminalis. Stipules larger. Laminae often 
more hairy above and more tapering. Catkins rather narrower. Capsules stalked. 
19. SALIX VIMINALIS. Common Osier. Plates 59, 60, 61 ; 27, 28, 62, 63, 64, 69 
Salix folio longissimo Ray Cat. Cantab. 146 (1660); Syn. ed. 3, 450 (1724). 
Salix viminalis L. Sp. PI. 1021 (1753)!; Smith FI. Brit. 1070(1804); Syme Eng. Bot. viii, 223 (1868); 
A. et G. Camus Classif Saul. 214 (1904); v. Seemen in Ascherson und Graebner Syn. iv, 173 (1909); Rouy 
FI. France xii, 200 (1910). 
Shrub, attaining a height of about 4 — 8 m. Branches long, straight, flexible, slender, smooth 
and polished, pubescent at least when young.* Buds pubescent. Stipules caducous or persistent, 
variable in size and shape, often linear-lanceolate, shorter than the petiole. Petioles about as long 
as the laminae are wide. Laminae linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, margin entire, more or less 
undulate and recurved, gradually attenuate to the apex, up to about 20 — 25 cm. long and 1 broad, 
upper surface glabrous, lower surface almost silvery white with close silky hairs. It holds its 
