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DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Salix, 
Thin-leaved Willow. Amongst rocks on the banks of rivers. Dis¬ 
covered by Sir J. E. Smith above the bridge at Kirkby Lonsdale. Near 
Hertford. Mr. J. Woods, jun. in Bot. Guide. S. May—June. E.) 
22 . S. myrsini'tes. Leaves egg-shaped, serrated, smooth, veiny: 
(capsules awl-shaped, downy: young branches hairy. E. Bot. 
E.) 
(E. Bot. 1360. E.)— FL Dan. 1054— FI. Lapp. 7. 6. Leaves only ; 8. e. f. 
(A little sturdy shrub scarcely two feet high. Young leaves silky. Leaf- 
scales serrated, smooth, spreading, often very large. Catkins terminal, 
erect, thick and obtuse, purplish. Anthers bluish. Scales inversely-egg- 
shaped. Nectary notched. Capsule tapering, downy when young. Stigmas 
oblong, cloven. E. Bot. (Somewhat resembling a Vaccinium, but still 
more like Betula nana. Wahl. E.) 
Green Whortle-leaved Willow. S. myrsinites. Linn. S. retusa. Dicks. 
Discovered by Mr. Dickson on rocks upon Ben Lawers, in Scotland. 
Glen-co. Rev. Dr. Stuart. S. April—May. E.) 
(The plant represented in our PI. XXXI. was originally communicated by 
Mr. Griffith, (to whom Dr. Townson sent roots from Scotland, under the 
name of S. retusa. Mr. Winch has also more recently furnished the 
Editor with specimens precisely similar, gathered in Breadalbane. E.) 
(23. S. frunifo'lia. Leaves egg-shaped, serrated, naked, smooth 
above, glaucous beneath: branches rather downy: capsule egg- 
shaped, silky. 
E. Bot. 1361— Hoff. Sal. v. 1. if. 19. 
Stem three feet high, much branched, but less constantly erect than in 
S. myrsinites ; the young branches clothed with soft, short, curved down, 
not rigid, prominent hairs. Leaves larger, egg-shaped, flat, serrated; 
quite smooth, green and shining, without any prominent veins on the 
upper side, glaucous, veiny, and often silky beneath. Leaf-scales very 
minute, half-egg-shaped, convex, notched, often wanting. Catkins from 
short lateral branches, erect, cylindrical, not half so thick as in the real 
S. myrsinites, with round, very hairy, or silky scales. Nectary oblong. 
Capsules smaller than in that species. Stigmas short, thick, roundish, 
cloven. E. Bot. An erect shrub. Winch. 
Plum-leaved Willow. S. myrsinites. Lightf. 599. Not uncommon in 
the Highlands. Breadalbane. Mr. Winch. S. April—May. E.) 
(24. S. vacciniFfolia. Leaves egg-shaped, serrated, smooth and even 
above, glaucous and silky beneath; capsules egg-shaped, silky ; 
stems decumbent. 
E. Bot. 2341. 
Differs from S. prunifolia in its humble, partly procumbent growth, smaller 
size, slender branches, and narrower leaves, which are much more silky 
beneath, with close-pressed hairs. E. Bot. Trails on the ground, anthers 
scarlet. Winch. 
Bilberry-leaved Willow. S. prunifolia. var. FI. Brit. Not uncommon 
in the south of Scotland. E.) 
(25. S. venulo'sa. Leaves egg-shaped, serrated, smooth, reticulated, 
with prominent veins above, rather glaucous beneath: capsules 
elliptical, silky. E. Bot. 
