2/8 DIffiCIA. DIAND. 



2. S. Helix {Rose JVillotv), monandrous erect, leaves lanceolate 

 broadest upwards serrated glabrous, germeus oblongo-ovate 

 verv pubescent sessile, style short, stigma small 2-lobed. 

 Light/: p. 597. E.B.t. 1343. 



Hab. Marshes and the banks of rivers, frequent. F/. March, Apr. fj . 



Surely Hoffman was right in uniting this and the last species. There 

 is no difference in the shape of the leaves. That in the stigma and 

 style is very trifling.— I have this species from Switzerland^ with 

 pubescent leaves on both sides. 



3. S. Lamierliana [Boyton ^Fz7/oz^), monandrous erect, leaves 

 lanceolate broadest upwards serrated glabrous, germens shortly 

 ovate very pubcscentsessile,stigmanearlysessile. E.B. 1. 1359. 



ILvB. Banks of the Water of Leith ; above Coltridge ; and banks of 



the Esk, above Musselburgh. Ft. April, l^ . 

 A very slight var. indeed, in my opinion, of S. purpurea or Helix. 



4. S. rubra {green Osier), stani. 2 united at the base, leaves 

 linear-lanceolate serrated glabrous green on both sides, cap- 

 sules oblongo-ovate very pubescent sessile, style elongated, 

 stigmas rarely 2-lobed linear. E.B. t. 1145. 



H.\B. Hedges and osier grounds, frequent, D. Don. Fl. April, May, 



h • 

 Leaves 4 — 5 inches long. Reckoned among the most valuable of the 



osier tribe. 



5. S. Crowecwa {broad- leaved 7nonadelphnus Willow)^ " mo- 

 nadelphous, leaves elliptical" (obovato-elliptical acute) "sub- 

 serrated quite glabrous glaucous beneath," Sin. E.B.t, 114G. 



Hab. Glen Nevis, Mr. Borrer. Fl. April, May. fj . 



1 have no flowering specimens of this plant ; nor has Smith himself 

 seen the germens. 



C. S. triandra {shorl-leavcd iria?idro7is IVilloiv), leaves ob- 

 longo-lanceolate acute serrated glabrous, germens pedicellate 

 oblongo-ovate glabrous as well as the scale, stigmas sessile bi- 

 fid. E.B.t.U'So. 



Hab. Marshy places, not unfrequent, D. Don. Near Craigcrook;3 

 m. N.W. of Edinb., Mrt«5'/(. F/. April, May. ^- . 



An excellent osier. Stipules, hh in its affinities, ovate, oblique, toothed. 

 Germens brown, rather lax. Scales yellow. 



7. S. lanceolata {long-leaved triandrous IVillow), triandrous, 

 leaves lanceolate acuminate serrated glabrous, germens pedi- 

 cellate oblongo-ovate glabrous, style elongated, stigmas bifid, 

 scales very villous. E.. J5. /. 1436. 



Hab. Angus-shire, G. Don. Fl. April, May. T2 • 



A small tree, and, like the last, according to Smith, casting its bark. 

 Said to be not so valuable as an osier, since the rods are apt to split 

 when peeled, but very useful for brown hampers, &c., Sm. — The 

 scales are almost equal to the germens in length. 



S, S. amy^duliiia { Almond- leaved JViUow), triandrous, leaves 

 oblongo-lanccolate acute serrated glabr,ous, germens pedicel- 



