Salix Salix, Sm.

29. S. nigricans Sm. View in CoL , Trans. Linn. Soc. London 6; 120 (1820)

(5. myrsinifolia Salisb.). Often a shrub. Twigs slender. Young twigs whitish-pubescent, often glabrescent. Leaves orbicular-ovate to lanceolate, often glaucous beneath (but the apex always green), serrate or subentire, going black on drying; veins slender and not prominent. Catkins shortly pedunculate or subsessile, appearing before the leaves. Style and stigma long, slender. 2« =114. N. & C. Europe. Au Br Cz D a Fe G a Ge H b He It Ju N o Po Rs (N, B, C, W, E) Su.

The following hybrids occur frequently:

S. cinerea x nigricans . Often like 29 but more hairy, decorticated wood with ridges, and ovary more or less hairy.

5. nigricans x phylicifolia . Often like 29 but less hairy, waxy bloom of lower surface o f leaf more pronounced, and ovary more or less hairy.

S. myrsinites x nigricans . Leaves more or less green and shiny on both surfaces; catkins purplish.

S. atrocinerea* nigricans . Like 29 or intermediate; decorticated wood with ridges; ovary hairy; indumentum sometimes tending to be rust-coloured on the lower surface of leaf.