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SALIX Andersoniana.
Green Mountain Sallow.
DIOECTA Diandria.
G en. Char. M ale, Cal. the scales o f a ca tkin. Cor.
none. Nectary a g lan d at the base o f the stamina.
Stam. 1— 5. Female, Cal. and Nect. like the male.
Cor. none. Stigmas 2. Caps, superior, o f 1 cell
and 2 valves. Seeds downy.
Spec. Char. Leaves elliptic-oblong, acute, finely
notched, slightly downy ; paler beneath. Stipu-
las half-ovate, nearly smooth. Branches minutely
downy. Germen stalked, smooth. Stigmas cloven.
F o r this also we are obliged to Mr. Anderson, by whose
name we have distinguished the species. The Rev. Dr. Walker,
it seems, used to call it S. dalbensis, but that appellation
is contrary to rule, and has never been published.
The plant is found in various parts of Scotland, forming a
considerable bush or small tree; flowering in May. The
branches, green the first year, are afterwards of a sooty brown;
at all times clothed with a dense, extremely short, curved down.
Leaves on shortish downy stalks, nearly elliptical, an inch or
inch and half long, acute, flat, finely crenate rather than serrated,
of a bright pleasant green ; paler beneath, more or less
downy on both sides, especially the rib and veins, with minute
hairs. Stipulas small, half-ovate, toothed, slightly downy,
at length vaulted. Female catkins short, ovate, with black
hairy scales. Their stalk is very hairy, and the floral leaves
are almost as long as the catkin. Germen on a longish smooth
stalk, ovate, taper-pointed, round, quite smooth and naked.
Style awlshaped. Stigmas deeply cloven. Even the catkin
of ripe seed is not above an inch long.
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