Salix Salix, Scop.

32. S. glabra Scop. View in CoL , FI. Cam. ed. 2, 2: 255 (1772).

Erect shrub up to 1-5 m. Twigs dark brown, entirely glabrous even when young. Leaves broadly elliptical or obovate, sometimes oblanceolate, crenulate-serrate to coarsely dentate, coriaceous, glossy, with thick waxy bloom over whole lower surface, glabrous even when young, reticulation fine but prominent on both surfaces. Stipules rarely developed, semi-cordate, serrate. Catkins 7 x 1 cm; peduncles up to 20 mm, with small obovate, serrate leaves. Ovary entirely glabrous; pedicel c. | as long as ovary. E. Alps. Au Ge He It Ju. The hybrid with 29 (S. x subglabra Kerner) is not frequent and can be recognized by the young and adult leaves which are more or less hairy, at least along the midrib, and by the waxy bloom of the lower surface of the leaf which fades out below the apex.