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approaching to ovate, with evident deciduous stipules, serrated, 

 glabrous. Catkins lax. Germens stalked, mostly glabrous. — 

 Most of the species constitute excellent Osiers, and become trees if 

 left to themselves. 



6. S. lanceolata, Sm. Sharp-leaved Triandrous Willotv. 

 Leaves lanceolate, serrated, smooth ; tapering towards each 

 end ; footstalks decurrent ; germens stalked, ovate, smooth ; 

 style as long as the stigmas. E. Fl. v. iv. p. 168. E. Bot. t. 

 1436. Saliet. Wob.p. 27. t. 14. 



Hedges between Coleraine and Magilligan, 1833, where it has subse- 

 quently been found by Mr. D. Moore. " Fl. April, May. T? .—It is 

 said to be cultivated and cut down annually for the use of basket- 

 makers, the rods serving- for brown hampers, crates, &c. The leaves 

 are truly lanceolate, and not at all undulated. The true £. nndulata, 

 which 1 received twelve years ago from Mr. M'Nab of the Edinburgh 

 Botanic Garden, who had it from Germany, is, as Mr. Forbes observes, 

 a totally different plant, with linear-lanceolate undulated leaves. 



7. S. triandra, Linn. Long-leaved Triandrous Willow, Tri- 

 androus; leaves oblongo-lanceolate, acute, serrated, glabrous; 

 germens stalked, oblongo-ovate, glabrous, as well as the retuse 

 scale; stigmas sessile, retuse. Br. Fl. 1. p. 415. E. Fl. 

 v. iv. p. 166. E. Bot. t. 1435. Saliet. Wob. p. 29. t. 15. 



Wet woods and hedge-rows at Florencecourt, County of Fermanagh. 

 Fl. May — Aug. J? . — Becoming a tall tree, twenty feet high and up- 

 wards, if left to itself, casting its bark in the autumn. It is said to be 

 much cultivated in osier-grounds, and reckoned among the most valu- 

 able of the Osiers. 



8. S. amygdalina, Linn. Almond-leaved Willotv. Trian- 

 drous; leaves oblongo-ovate, acute, rounded at the base, ser- 

 rated, glabrous ; germens much stalked, ovate, glabrous ; stigmas 

 sessile, bifid; young branches furrowed. Br. Fl. 1. p. 416. 

 E. FL v. iv. p. 169. E. Bot. t. 1936. Saliet. Wob. p. 35. 

 t. 18. 



Banks of rivers and ditches. River-side near Castle-Hyde, County 

 of Cork ; Mr. J. Drummond. By the side of the Bann at Fairhead, 

 among rocks ; Mr. Templeton. Fl. April, May. 1? . — A low tree, 

 with much furrowed, yellowish young brunches. Stipules deciduous, 

 serrated, glabrous. 



H< * * Pentandree. Borr. Stamens more than three, usually 

 Jive. Moderately sized trees, with ample, glossy, fragrant 

 foliage, exuding a resin from the glandular serratures of the 

 leaves. Stamens, in each catkin, so numerous and long as to 

 render the flowers, which too are in perfection at the same time 

 with the foliage, quite handsome, while the tree itself is the most 

 ornamental of the whole genus. Germens glabrous. 



9. S. pentandra, Linn. Bay -laved Willow. Stamens five ; 



