Leaf-stalks about one fourth as long-as the leaves, slightly
dilated at the base, channelled and downy on the upper
side. Stipules deciduous, small, obliquely lanceolate, with
glands on the edge and on the inner surface. Catkins
abundant and showy, about an inch long, on short silky
stalks beset with two or three small fringed bracteal leaves;
flowers rather loosely set, with lanceolate, blackish, very
shaggy scales. Stamina two, considerably longer than the
scales. Female plant unknown to us.
This Willow is a native of the Highland valleys of Scotland.
A cutting brought from Killin, in Breadalbane, in
1810, produced the plant from which the specimens here
figured were taken. It flowers about the beginning of
April, earlier than the generality of mountain willows. No
foreign author appears to have noticed the species, for
FI. Dan. 1.1052, can scarcely have been taken from it. It is
nearly allied to S.phylicifolia, t. 1958, but seems distinct,
differing much in its mode of growth and habit, and its narrower
and truly lanceolate leaves. W. B.