124 Dr. Smith's Remarks on Brltlfi Speciei of Sal'ix, 



and extremity of each leaf are entire, deftitute of glands: all the 

 leaves are either perfe6lly frnooth in every part, or a little fprinkled 

 with minute inconfpicuous hairsj dark-green above; glaucous and 

 reticulated with veins beneath. FootCtalks (lender, fmooth. Sti- 

 pule crefcent-fliapsd, moftly lerrated, various in fize. 



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To the tribe which this paper is intended to illuftrate belong (be-- 

 fidcs a few fmaller fpecies, which have httle affinity with thole al- 

 ready mentioned) two well-known trees, the S. vitellina and the 

 S, fragiiis, Thefe will have a place in the Flora Brltannica^ though 

 it may be doubted whether the former be really indigenous. As, 

 however, I have nothing ncr/ to fay concerning them, bur, on the 

 contrary, am waiting for more information than I have yet been 

 able to obtain concerning the fructification of both, I will not add 

 to the length of this treatife by any imperfe6t defcriptions. Some 

 remarks of ProfefTor Hoffinann lead me to fufpe£l we may have 

 more than one fpecies in England underthe name oi fragUis^ but 

 that r mufl leave for future inquii-y* 



My worthy friend the Rev. Mr. Abbot of Bedford, fo wel- 

 known to this Society, has favoured me with one, if not two, en- 

 tirely new Englifh Willows, which belong to this firft fe«5fion of the 

 genus, and which promife to be important in an ceconomical view, 

 I lament that the want of their fru6lification, and a longer time to 

 obferve their growth and different appearances, oblige me to pofl- 

 pQne any further mention of them at present. ^ 



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