DIOECIA— DIANDRIA. ijalix. 231 



long, turgid, or in some measure elliptical, obtuse ; fertile half 

 as long again, cylindrical. Scales pale, ovate-oblong, somewhat 

 convolute at the base, brownish at the extremity, bearded with 

 long hairs. Stam. distinct, Antk. round, pale yellow. Germ. 

 ovate, downy, very nearly sessile. Slijle short. Stigmas four 

 times as long, linear, undivided, widely spreading. Nect. slender, 

 cylindrical, longest in the barren catkins, being about half the 

 length of their scales. 

 Easily known, at first sight, by its coarse tall habit, and conspi- 

 cuous stipulas, but not worthy of cultivation for any economical 

 purpose. Yet it was sent several times to the late Mr. Sowerby 

 to draw, as the true S. viminalis, whose valuable qualities every- 

 body knows. I humbly conceive that the botanical distinctions 

 of the three last, which have not been carelessly constructed, will 

 be found sufficient to identify them. 



64. S. alda. Common White Willow. 



Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, pointed, serrated, silky on both 



sides ; the lowest serratures glandular. Stamens hairy. 



Germen smooth, almost sessile. Stigmas deeply cloven. 



Scales rounded. 



S. alba. Linn. Sp. PI. 1449. Willd.v. 4.710. F/. Br. 1071. Engl. 

 Bot.v. 34.1.2430. Rees'sCycl.n.140. Hoffm. Sal. v.l. 41. t. 7, 8. 

 Ehrh.Arb.lO. PL Off. 189. 

 S. n. 1635. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 303. 

 Salix. Rail Syn. 447. Ger. Em. 1389./. Matth. Valgr. v.l. 180./. 



Camer. Epit. 107./ 

 S. folio utrinque glauco, viminibus albidioribus. Raii Cant. 142. 

 S. Dioscoridis. Lob. Ic. v. 2. 136./. 

 S. vulgaris alba arborescens. Bauh. Pin. 473. 

 S. maxima fragilis alba hirsuta. Bauh. Hist. v. I. p. 2. 212. f. 

 S. alba perticalis vulgaris. Dalech. Hist. 275. f. 

 /3. S. Cccrulea. Blue Willow. Engl. Bot. v. 34. t. 243 1 . Rees's Cycl. 



n. 141. Jit. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 5. 365. 

 S. albse varietas. FZ. i?r. 1072. 

 S. alba. Hook. Scot. 287- 

 In moist woods, low pastures, or meadows, and on the banks of 



rivers and ditches. /3. Most frequent in the North. 

 Tree. May; and often again in July. 



A tall tree, whose bark is thick, full of cracks, good for tanning, 

 and for the cure of agues, though inferior in quality to that of 

 S. Russelliana, the true Bedford, or Huntingdon, Willow j see 

 n. 20. The branches are numerous, spreading widely, silky when 

 young. Leaves all alternate, on shortish footstalks, lanceolate, 

 broadest a little above the middle, pointed, tapering towards 

 each end, regularly and acutely serrated, the lower serratures 



