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Salix (To the species and varieties)

To the species and varieties described on pp. 345-7, Vol. III., the following should now be added:

S. lasiandra lancifolia (hairy-anthered, lance-leaved). fl., catkins greenish-yellow, about 2in. long, borne on short, lateral shoots. l. lanceolate, acuminate, 6in. to 10in. long, finely serrated; stipules reniform. California. (R. G. 1887, pp. 409-10, f. 98.) S. repens. Creeping Willow. fl., catkins cylindrical, usually about 1/2in. long, sessile, at length pedunculate and 1in. long. Spring. l. oblong or lanceolate, less than 1in. long, rarely shortly ovate, or in luxuriant shoots narrow-oblong and 1 1/2in. long, nearly or quite entire, silky. Europe (Britain) and Asia. A low, straggling shrub. A series of forms of this species is figured in Sy. En. B. 1356-62.