fame Bnt'tJJ? Species of Salix. 115 



refpe<?i:s, that they Ihoukl agree in thh. The female catkins arc 

 fomewhat longer, and twice as thick, as in the laft, and ftand on 

 loiiger fta^ks. The germen is fclTile, ovate and filky, but the flyle is 

 confiderably lengthened out, quite fmooth and naked. Tiic ftlgnias 

 alfo, hitiead of being Ihort and ovate, are linear and confiderably 

 elongated. To thefe Iritis fa ci;ory marks may be added that the 

 leaves are lefs glaucous beneath, and not fo bitter as thofe of the 

 S. purpurea, 



3, Salix fp. 

 Bajhct OJter, 



S. monadelpha, foliis lanceolatis acutis fubdenticulatis glabris: 



fubtus glaucis. 

 Salix fiila. Hofm. Sal. v. i. 61. t. 13, 14. 



In falicetis. Fl. Aprili, Maio. 



In feveral ofier-grounds near Lynn, Norfolk. Mr. Crowe, At 

 Prickwillow near Ely. Rev. Mr, Hevifted, At Finch am, Nor- 

 folk. Rev. Jofeph Forby, 



' This is a fhrub 4 or 5 feet high, with upright, flexible and very 

 tough branches, of a yellowifh afh-colour, often purplifh. Leaves 

 alternate, on footftalks, lanceolate, pointed, 2 or 3 inches long, mi- 

 nutely toothed, or fomewhat ferrated, principally towards the top; 

 fmooth on both fides except when very young; glaucous beneath; 

 dark-green above. Stipulce none. Catkins on fliort flalks, cyhn- 

 drical, blunt, firft red, then yellow, flowering firfl: at the top. 

 Stamina 2, united from the bale about half way to the top. hn- 

 therae of 2 lobes, yellow. Germen ovate, acute, hairy. Style fhort. 

 Stigmas oblong, blunt, undivided. 



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