fom Briti/Jj Species of Sallx, 113 



The firll fpecies on our lift of Britiili Willows Is thc> 



I. Sal IX purpurea* 

 Bitter Purple JVillow. 



S. monandra, folils obovato-lanccolatis ferratis glabris, ftigmatibus 



breviffimis ovatis fubfeffilibus. 

 Salix purpurea, Linn. Sp. Pi. 1444. Hudf. 427. 

 S. monandra. JVith. 45. Curt, hond.fafc, 6. /. 71. Hoffm. Sal 



V. I. 18. /. I. f. T, 2. r. 5. /. I. t. 23. f. r. 

 S. humilior, foliis aiiguftis fubcaerulcis, ex adveiTo bin is. Rait Syn. 



448. Cant, 144. n. 5. 



In paluftribus, et ad fluvios. Fl. Martio^ 



This is a buftiy fhrub, three or four feet high, with long, flcnder, 

 tough, purple, fhining branches. The leaves are cither oppofite or 

 alternate, nearly linear, but broadcft upwards, ierrated chiefly 

 towards the fummit, very fmooth, glaucous beneath, deftltute of 

 ftipulGE. The male catkins are very (lender, {Ctircely an inch Jong, 

 nearly fefllle, confifling of many thick-fet flowers, the uppermoft of 

 which expand firft. Scales black at the tip, hairy. Neftary a foli- 

 tary ^land oppofite to each fcalc. Stamen one foHtary fimple fila- 

 ment, never dividing, bearing an orange-coloured double, or i"our- 

 Jobed, anthcra. Female catkins exaclly like the male in lize and 

 form. Gcrmen fefllle, fmall, of an ovate or rather elliptic form, 

 filky. Style very fhort, or fcarcely any. Stigmas fmall, feflile, 

 Ibmewhat ovate, undivided, marked with a longitudinal farrow oa 

 the upper fide. Capfule ovate, fmall, filky. 



The leaves and twigs of this fpecies are extreir.ely bitter, and 

 therefore authorize the Englith name given by Mr, Curtis, who has 



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