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SALIX hirta.
Hairy-branched Willow.
DIOECIA Diandria.
G e n . C h a r . Male, Cal. the scales of a catkin. Cor.
none. Nectary a gland at the base of 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.
S p e c . C h a r . Leaves elliptic-heartshaped, pointed, finely
notched, downy on both sides. Stipulas half heart-
shaped, flat, toothed, nearly smooth. Branches
hairy.
M r . CROWE has discovered this Willow in Norfolk some
time since, but, as is the case with some others, we were not
sufficiently acquainted with its distinctive marks to admit it
into the Flora Britannica. On further examination however
it appears to be distinct. It flowers in April or early in May,
and is most allied to the species described in our two last pages,
but the following marks will serve to discriminate it.
In height it is a small tree. The branches are thick, and
most remarkably hairy with very close prominent horizontal
hairs. Leaves 2 inches long, of a broad elliptical figure, heart-
shaped at their base, and ending in a sharp point; their edges
furnished with shallow notches rather than teeth or serratures;
their upper side dullish green; the under pale or glaucous, finely
veined ; both clothed with fine short pubescence. Footstalks
longish, very hairy. Stipulae nearly smooth, flat, half heart-
shaped, acute, minutely toothed. Male catkins cylindrical,
rather slender. Scales somewhat acute, brown, hairy. Nectary
blunt and papillary. Stamina yellow, long.
The leaves in drying are still more inclined to turn black than
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