218 OSIER WILLOW 



beneath, up to 15 18 times long as 

 broad, alternate. 



Salix viminalis, L. Osier. The common Osier (Fig. 

 63), characterised by its very long narrow linear-lanceolate 

 leaves, glabrous above, silky beneath, and with the margins 



Fig. 63. Osier, Salix viminalis, p. 218 (Sc). 



