Salix Salix, Rech. fil. Salix Salix, Willd.

45. S. cantabrica Rech. fil. View in CoL , Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 109: 374 (1962).

Shrub 2-3 m. Young twigs covered with shiny hairs, the older twigs glabrescent. Decorticated wood with scattered but distinct ridges. Leaves broadly lanceolate, rounded or rarely cuneate at the base, acute at apex, more or less entire, with indumentum of silky, appressed hairs, denser beneath; midrib prominent; veins scarcely impressed above and scarcely prominent beneath; petiole short. Stipules lanceolate, acute, shorter than petiole. Ovary silky-white-tomentose; pedicel shorter than bract. Along mountain rivers. • N. Spain (C. part o f Sierra Cantâbricà). Hs. Only female flowers are known. (46-47). S. starkeana group. Shrubs or rarely trees. Leaves broadly lanceolate, orbicular-obovate or oblanceolate, thin. Catkins 1-5-3 x 0-5—1 cm, lax; peduncle up to 2-5 cm. Pedicel almost as long as ovary, densely covered with grey-white hairs. Nectaries slender, ovate, as long as the bracts. Twigs and leaves ±glabrous; petiole up to 5 mm; filaments glabrous 46. starkeana Twigs and leaves hairy; petiole 6-8 mm; filaments hairy

47. xerophila

46. S. starkeana Willd. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 4 (2): 677 (1806)

( S. livida Wahlenb. ).

Low shrub, rarely up to 1 m, with ascending branches. Twigs slender, pale and glabrous in the first year. Buds appressed, greenish-orange-yellow, with flattened apex. Leaves broadly lanceolate to orbicular-obovate, slightly pubescent and reddish when young, soon glabrous, bright green, more or less shiny above, pale green or greyish with very prominent veins beneath; margin glandular serrate; lateral veins 5-7 pairs. Stipules well developed, broadly elliptical or |-reniform, with glandular margin. Bracts lanceolate, usually greenish-yellow. Filaments glabrous. Stigmas erect, ovoid, more or less urceolate. N. & C. Europe, extending to N. Ukraine and C. Russia. Cz Fe Ge He No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W) Su.