Salicacese. 
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3. Scales of the catkins blackish. Capsules villous-woolly 
or (v. leiocarpa) glabr- Style long, red. Ls obovate-ob- 
long or obovate-lanceolate, denticulate-glandular *), net- 
veined, glabr. or feebly hairy, rarely (var. lanata) villous- 
woolly.—Central Alps (wanting in XJ.). 6 
Myrsinites L. 1991. 
— Scales of the catkins pale. Capsules gen. glabr. Style short. 
Ls glabr. ........ 4 : 
4. Ls net-veined, orbicular or broad-oval, dentate-crenate. 
A shrub of 3—8cm.—High Alp.; distrib. 7 
herbacea L. 1992. 
— Ls with almost parallel veins, obovate or oblong-cunei¬ 
form, entire or denticulate towards the base. Type of 
S. rd^sct . ... ... i . 5 
5. Catkins many-fld. Capsules cylindric-conic. Ls with a 
truncate or slightly emarginate top. — Varied; larger 
(v. Kitaibeliana Scop.) and with rough hairy capsules 
(v. trichocarpa).—Alp., subalp. and Jura; distrib. 6, 7 
retusa L. 1993. 
— Catkins 3—7-fld, the stalks shorter. Capsules oblong- 
conic, shorter and more obtuse than in the last. Ls 
smaller and gen. narrower, the top not, or scarcely, 
emarginate, sometimes slightly pointed —Especially the 
central and calc. Alp., but growing with the last and 
sometimes even lower; G. W. Vaud, Uri. 7 
serpyllifolia Scop. 1994. 
6 (1). Scales of the catkins concoloured, greenish or greenish 
yellow. (Trees or tall shrubs; capsules glabr.) . 7 
— Scales of the catkins 2-coloured, brownish or blackish 
at the top ... . . . . . .11 
7. Catkins preceding the ls, sessile, arched. See S. in- 
cana. 22. 
— Catkins at the same time as the ls, supported by feeble 
stalks ......... 8 
8. Scales of the catkins persistent. Ls lanceolate or 
oblong-lanceolate, entirely glabr., not viscous, green on 
both sides or rather paler underneath (a. concolor Koch). 
or glaucous underneath (b. discolor Koch). Catkins very 
slender. Stas 3! S. amygdalina Koch.—Water-side; dis¬ 
trib. 4.triandra L. 1995. 
— Scales of the catkins deciduous before the fr. is ripe ,9 
9. Ls oval-elliptic, short-acuminate (1 : 2 — 3),**) glabr., 
very shiny (as if varnished) above. Stas 4 — 8. — b. angusti- 
foliaAnd. (Friesii Kern.) Ls narrower, 1 : 3—7.—Alpine 
*) The variety Jacquiniana Willd., with entire ls is wanting In Switz. 
**) That is to say: 2—3 times as long as they are broad. 
