120 Dr, Smith's Remarks on 



exifted no fpecific difference between the two. The leaves however 

 will fufficlently ferve to difcriminate them. Thofe of S, amygdaiina 

 are fhorter, fcarcely 2 inches long, of a broadilh ovate figure rounded 

 at the bafe, by no means linear ; they are moreover oblique, the 

 width of the two fides being unequal. The ftipulz are remarkably 

 large, varying from a roundilh to an half-heartfhaped form, crenate, 

 deciduous. Female flowers and capfules much like thofe of the lafl 

 fpecies. 



8. Sal IX penfandra. 



Bay -leaved Willow, 



S. pentandra, foliis elliptico-lanceolatis crenulatis glabris, germlnibus 



glabris fubfefTdibus. 

 Salix pentandra. Linn, Sp, PI, 1442. Hudf, 426. With, 46. 



^^S^lf' 595- 

 S. folio laureo, feu lato glabro odorato. Raii Syn. 449. 



Ad rivos Anglla; feptentrionalis et Scotiae auflralis. Fl. Maio, Junio. 



The fweet or bay-leaved Willow is fufficlently well known by its 

 broad odoriferous leaves, whofe ferratures exude a copious yellow 

 refin, and its numerous ftamina, which are commonly about 5 to 

 each flower. We have only to remark that the variety /3 of FL 

 Suevica feems to be a diflin6t fpecies, not yet found in England. 



9. Salix nigricans. 

 Dark broad'kaved Willoiv. 



S. foliis elliptico-lanceolatis crcnatis glabris fubtus glaucis, ger* 

 minibus pedicellatis lanceolatis acuminatis fcriceis. 



Sali* 



