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S A L IX sp h a c e la ta .
Withered-pointed Willow.
DIO EC I A Diandria.
G en. Char. M a le, Cal. the scales o f a catkin. Cor.
none. Nectary a g lan d at the base o f the stamina.
Stam. 1— 5. Female, Cal. & Nect. lik e the male.
Cor. none. Stigmas 2. Caps, superior, o f 1 cell
and 2 valves. Seeds d own y .
Spec. Char. Leaves entire, e llip tica l, e v e n ; d ow n j
on both s id e s ; somewhat withered at the point.
Stipulas obsolete. Capsules tapering.
Syn. Salix sphacelata. Sm. Ft. Brit. 10 6 6 . Hull,
ed. 2. 2 9 5 .
S. lanata. Lightf. 6 0 2 . With. 50.
S. cap re* varietas. Hoffm. Sal. v. 1. 2 8 . t. 5. f . 4
t. 2 1 . ƒ . d.
A n inspection of Lightfoot’s herbarium, in the hands of
Her Majesty at Frogmore, enabled us accurately to determine
all his Salices, by comparison with those of the Linnrean collection,
taken thither on purpose. The present proved to be
Lightfoot’s lanata, though essentially different from that of
Linnaeus. The Kev. Dr. Stuart gathered it in a valley near
Finlarig, at the head of Loch Tay, flowering in April and
May. We have not met with it in any garden, and Mr.
Sower by unluckily is not certain how he came by the specimens
in the plate.' By Hoffmann it should seem no very uncommon
plant, and perhaps may not be confined to alpine situations,
having been overlooked as a variety of S. caprea,
t. 1488. From that species nevertheless it essentially differs.
It is less arboreous. The leaves are but an inch and half, or
thereabouts, in length, quite entire; their substance rather
thin and delicate; their surface even, not rugose; their points
often remarkably withered or blasted, as it were, but this is
scarcely seen in a young state. Both sides are downy, the
upper in time becoming smooth, at least towards the point.
Stipulas small or none. Catkins cylindrical, not tumid. Ger-
mens on long stalks, regularly tapering upward, at length
nearly smooth. Stigmas nearly sessile, undivided, or only
notched, not deeply cloven.
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