168 DIOECIA— DIANDRIA. Salix. 



though very glaucous beneath, agree nearly with S. triamlra, of 

 which species Mr. Sieber, who sent me specimens from Saltz- 

 burgh, appears to think it a variety. 



2. S. Hoffriianmana. Short-leaved Triandrous Wil- 



low, 



Leaves ovate-oblong, serrated, smooth ; slightly rounded 

 at the base. Stamens three. Germen stalked, ovate, 

 compressed, smooth. Stigmas nearly sessile. 

 S. triandra. Hoffm. Sal. v. 1.45. <. 9, 10. t. 23./. 2. Curt. Lond. 

 fasc. 6.t. 72. Ehrh. Arb. 19? 



On the banks of rivulets. 



By the sides of streams in Sussex. Mr. Borrer. At Ditton near 

 Cambridge. Rev. J. Holme. 



Shrub. May. 



Mr. Borrer, to whom I am obliged for first calling my attention to 

 this Willow, as distinct from the Linnsean S. triandra, observes 

 that the ])resent is a shrub of more humble growth, being from 

 12 to 1.5 feet only in height. The leaves vary from 1^ to 2^ 

 inches in length, and are in no respect linear, (their sides being 

 no where parallel,) but either truly ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, 

 with a very taper point ; the under side light green, hardly 

 glaucous. In the catkins of either sort no remarkable difference 

 is to be found. Mr. Borrer has met with barren plants only ; 

 Mr. Holme noticed fertile ones also, but of the latter I have 

 not seen more than the leaves, which are narrower, and more 

 taper at the base, than the Sussex specimens, agreeing rather 

 better with Ehrhart's and Curtis's ; which two last may possibly 

 hereafter prove distinct from our Hoffmanniana, as they, doubt- 

 less, are from the real triandra. 



3. ^. lanceolata. Sharp-leaved Triandrous Willow. 



Leaves lanceolate, serrated, smootli ; tapering towards each 

 end. Footstalks decurrent. Germen stalked, ovate, 

 smooth. Style as long as the stigmas. 



S. lanceolate. Engl. Bot. v. 20. t. 1436. Comp. ed. 4. 1 60. Hook, 



Scot. 278. 

 8. undulata. Ehrh. Beitr. r. 6. 101 ? Arb. 108 ? 



In low meadows, woods, and osier-grounds. 



Near Lewes, in Sussex. Mr. H'oolgar. In Angusshire. Mr. G. 

 Don. 



Tree. April, May. 



Akin to the two preceding, casting its bark in the manner of S, 

 triandra, but not attaining to so great a height. It is cultivated, 

 and cut down annuallv, for the use ol" basket-makers^ the rods 



