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— Catkins appearing with the Is, supported by leafy stalks 
with rusty brown scales, covered with long, very white, 
and at last crisp hairs. Branches not pruinose. Ls 
rather shiny above or dull, green or rather bluish 
underneath, net-veined. Pedicels of the capsules equal 
to or almost twice as long as the gland. Style of a me¬ 
dium length. —A larger variety: b. vegeta And. (S. vibur- 
noides Schl., S. Hegetschweileri Heer p. p.); a smaller 
var. : c. alpestris And. —Alp. and subalp., distrib.; Creux 
du Van in the Jura. 6 . . . . hastata L. 2001. 
14. Style very short. Ls lanceolate-oblong, broader towards 
the top, at last glabr., rarely the full-grown ones silky 
(v. sericea), finely denticulate towards the top. Stas 
with their filaments united throughout their whole length 
and appearing as a single sta. with a 4-celled anther, 
more rarely only as far as the middle, very rarely en¬ 
tirely free. Anthers purple, yellow after shedding the 
pollen, finally blackish. Catkins sessile, gen. appearing 
before the ls.—Varied with broad or narrow ls, catkins 
slender or compact, and (v. styligera) the style longer. 
— Water-side, up to 2000 w; distrib. 3 purpurea L. 2002. 
•— Style short or of a medium length. Ls elliptic or ob- 
ovate, entire, always entirely glabr., when full-grown 
rather stiff, very glaucous and dull on both sides. Anthers 
purple, violet after shedding pollen. Catkins small, on 
leafy stalks.—Valleys of the high Alp., rare; Parpan, 
Filisur, Albula, Rhone-glacier, Gemmi, Enzeindaz. 7 
csesia Vill. 2003. 
— Style gen. of a medium length. Ls lanceolate or linear- 
lanceolate, at first silky-pubescent, shining, when full- 
grown glabr. and dull above, sinuate-denticulate. Stas 
with their filaments more or less united (to 1 js or 3 /4 
their height); anthers sometimes yellowish, sometimes 
reddish. S. purpurea-viminalis! S. elseagnoides Tausch. 
(f. subviminalis), S. Forbyana Sm. (f. subpurpurea).— 
Not rare, almost commoner than S. viminalis, because 
it is gen. distributed by cuttings; Orbe, Payerne, Thun, 
Bale; Aarau, Zurich, &c. 3 . . * rubra Huds. 2004. 
— Style (and stigs) long. The filaments of the stas free 15 
15. Catkins appearing before the ls, almost sessile. Branches 
slender, tapering. Ls long, linear or linear-lanceolate 
(1 : 8—10), entire or sinuate-wavy, when full-grown 
silvery-silken underneath with long, applied hairs. Stigs 
linear, undiv. Stas glabr.—By brooks and rivers, not 
common and perhaps only cultivated; W. V. B. Z. 3 
viminalis L. 2005. 
Catkins gen. appearing with the ls, on leafy stalks. 
Shrubs of the high mount., with short, thick, knotty 
