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Barren Catkins only half the size of those of S. nigricans. Stamens much 
shorter, perfectly smooth; not hairy at their base. Leaves also of a 
brighter green, their margin inclined to be revolute, and rather toothed 
than crenate. Germens shorter, blunter, and less tapering. The branches 
are not endued with much flexibility or toughness. Linn. Tr. v. 6. FI. 
Brit, and E. Bot. 
Shining Dark-green Willow. S. laurina of Sm. Linn. Tr. S. bi¬ 
color ofEhrh. and FI. Brit. In willow-beds and other marshy situations. 
Not uncommon in woods in Norfolk. Mr. Crowe. (On the banks of 
Wear, near Lumley Castle Durham. Winch. E.) S. T. April—May. E.) 
(15. S. petiola'ris. Leaves spear-shaped, serrated, smooth, glaucous 
beneath: germen stalked, egg-shaped, silky: stigmas sessile, 
cloven. 
E. Bot. 1147. 
Fertile plants only known. A small spreading tree. Branches slender, 
flexible, round, smooth, more or less purple or brown. Leaves four or 
five inches long, almost an inch broad when full grown, and generally 
unequal at the base. Foot-stalks remarkably strong and slender. Stipulas 
small, lunate, smooth, toothed. Fertile Catkins scarcely an inch long, 
on stalks. Scales small, obtuse, often notched, black and hairy. The 
very young leaves are tinged with an elegant ferruginous hue. 
FI. Brit, and E. Bot. 
Dark Long-leaved Willow. (Possil Marsh, north side of the canal. Mr. 
D. Don. Marshes, Angus-shire. Mr. G. Don. Hook. Scot. E. 
T. April. E.) 
(16. S. phylicifoTia. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, with many, often 
wavy, serratures, smooth, glaucous beneath: stipulae somewhat 
lunate, glandular on the inside: germen stalked, silky: style 
elongated. 
E. Bot. 1958— FI. Lapp. t. 8./. d. n. 351. 
Branches spreading and decumbent, taking root on all sides. Young twigs 
purplish or brown. Leaves scattered, not much spreading, two inches 
long, smooth, harsh, bitter, upper side dark and shining. Catkins from 
separate buds, stalked, cylindrical. Scales strap-shaped, silky at the 
back. Style smooth. Stigmas small, cloven. E. Bot. 
Tea-leaved Willow. Highlands of Scotland. At Finlanrig, Breadal- 
bane. Rev. Dr. Stuart. FI. Brit. Prestwick Carr, Northumberland. Mr. 
Winch. The real S. phylicifolia of Linnaeus, now ascertained to be such 
by Sir J. E. Smith, also described in FI. Brit, as S. radicans, not S. phy¬ 
licifolia of Jacq. S. T. May. E.) 
( S. Borreriana. Leaves lanceolate, with shallow even serratures, very 
smooth; glaucous beneath. Stipulas obsolete. Branches upright. Scales 
of the catkin acute, shaggy. 
A bushy shrub eight or ten feet high, found in Breadalbane and Glen 
Nevis, by Mr. W. Borrer; considered distinct from other British species 
by Smith. E S. T. May. E.) 
((S', nitens. Leaves elliptical, acute, unequally serrated; very smooth 
and laucous beneath; minutely downy, with a downy mid-rib above. 
Stipulas obsolete. Branches spreading. Catkins nearly sessile, with 
acute, shaggy scales. 
A bushy shrub, ten or twelve feet high, with branches dark brown or 
