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iSALICA CE^E. SA'LIX.

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stem is much branched, elongated, and decumbent. Branches elongated, wand-like, 1 ft. or 1 ft. 6 in. long, spreading obliquely, or else procumbent; very denselyclothed with innumerable leaves, round, thiclcish, hairy or silky. Leaves spread-ing or recurved, about ^ in. long, of a broad elliptical figure, with curved points jthe margin slightly revolute, either quite entire, or marked here and there witha minute glandular tooth ; the upper surface is of a dull lightish green, and nearlyglabrous; the under surface glaucous, and more or less silky. Footstalks veryshort, and broad. Catkins of the female ovate, dense, yellowish. Both sexes arefigured in Sal. Wob .; the female is described in Eng . Bot.

Both these kinds or subvarieties are distinguished by their strongfishy smell. “ This odour becomes powerfully offensive, when freshspecimens have been confined in a box for several days.” (Eng . FI.,iv. p. 209.)

a S. /. 5 incubacea; S. f. 5 Hook. Br. FI., ed. 3.; S. incubacea Lin.Sp. PI., 1447., FI. Suec., ed. 2., 351., Smith Eng. FI., iv. p. 212.,exclusively of all the synonymes, according to Borrer in Eng . Bot.Suppl., except the two of Linnaeus quoted above, Forbes in Sal.Wob., No. 79., our Jig. 79. in p. 1618., Borrer in Eng . Bot. Suppl.,t. 2600., Hayne Abbild., p. 243. t. 185. The female is described inEng. Flora and Eng. Bot. Suppl., and figured in Eng . Bot. Suppl.,Sal. Wob., and Hayne Abbild. —Mr. Borrer, in Eng . Bot. Suppl., hastreated of this as a species, although he has since regarded it as avariety. The following is the specific character, given in Engl. Bot.Suppl., and it will serve to portray the characteristic features of thekind, whether viewed as a species or a variety. Leaves elliptic-lan-ceolate, nearly entire, acute, with a twisted point; glaucous and silkybeneath. Stipules stalked, ovate, acute. Stem procumbent.Branches erect. Catkins erect, oblong-cylindrical. Stalk of thesilky ovary about as long as the obovate bractea (scale). (Borrer.)Wild in England, at Hopton in Suffolk , in Anglesea on sandyshores; and in Switzerland and Germany . A shrub, about 4 ft.high. It shows “ the closest affinity' to S. argentea Smith, in itsmode of growth, flowers, stipules, and silky pubescence; and fromwhich it differs in little besides the shape of the leaf.. Serraturesare, indeed, more frequently found, and more apparent whenpresent; but in S. argentea the leaves are not always strictlyentire. We have seen, on Swiss specimens, the male flowers of S.incubacea, but they afford no distinctive marks.” (Borrer.)

•* S /. 6 argentea; S. f. 6 Hook. Br. FI., ed. 2.; S. argentea SmithEng. Bot., t. 1364., Bees’s Cyclo., No. 98., Willd. Sp. PL, iv. p. 693.,Smith Eng. FI., iv. p. 206., Walker’s Essays, p. 435., Forbes in Sal.Wob., No 78., ouryfg. 78. in p. 1618., Hayne Abbild., p. 240. 1.182.;S. repens Koch 7 Koch Comm., p. 47. — Stem erect, or spreading.Leaf elliptical, with a recurved point; the under surface very silvery.The following information on this kind is derived from Engl. FI.and Sal. Wob., chiefly the former:—Leaves elliptical, entire, some-what revolute, with a recurved point; rather downy above, silky andshining beneath, as well as the branches. Stem upright. Ovaryovate-lanceolate, silky; its silky stalk nearly equal to the linearoblong bractea. Style not longer than the stigmas. (Smith E. FI.)A native of England, on dry heath and sandy situations, chieflynear the sea; flowering in April and May. Stems mostly spreading,but, if sheltered, erect; 4 ft. or 5 ft. high, with numerous, upright,leafy branches, beautifully downy or silky. Leaves on short,stout, downy footstalks, scattered; 1 in., or often less, in length,and half as much in breadth; truly elliptical, with a small curvedpoint; the margin entire, slightly revolute; the upper side of a dullgreen, at first silky, then downy, finally naked, reticulated with smallveins; under side covered at all times with the most brilliant, silvery,satin-like, close, silky hairs, very soft, almost concealing the strongmidrib and transverse veins. Catkins appearing before the leaves.

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