4* 



DIAND'R'lA. MONOGYNIA. Salix. 



A shrub, some feet in height ; bark smooth, dark brown 



or blackish. Branches upright but spreading* Male catkins 

 crowded, oblong, or egg-oblong, 1 to if inch long, on short 

 fruit-stalks. Stamens 2: nectary 1. Female catkins shorter 

 than the other when in flower, egg-oblong. Caps, on a pedicle, 

 very smooth. Leaves during the flowering, egg or inversely 

 egg-shaped, smooth on both sides, thin and nearly transparent, 

 finely and acutely toothed, on short stiff leaf-stalks. Afterwards 

 1 inch broad, more than I inch long, both ^ides of the same 

 colour, serrated all round, pointed at the end, Leafit often if 



furnished 



and 



Whortle-leaved Willow. On the slope of a high hill between 

 Kilhiay and ArnclifF, Yorkshire. Curt. — [Banks of a brook by 

 the road side at the foot of Orton Scar. Mr. Gough. On Ceraig 

 Vou, Breadalbane. Mr. Brown.] 



arbus'cula. Leaves somewhat serrated, smooth, semi-transparent 



glaucous underneath. Stem rather woody. 



„_ Plate XXXII. Fl. lapp. t. 8./. e. and m. I 



only. 



This plant changes wonderfully in the garden, there growin 

 5 or 6 feet in height. Linn. — Edges of some leaves smooth, an 

 others serrated on the same plant. — This new acquisition to the 

 British Flora was first discovered in Scotland by Dr. Walker, 

 and has been lately found on the banks of the river Isla in An- 

 &ushire« and at the foot of Ben Lawers bv Mr. Brown. 



herba'cea. S. Leaves circula: . 



offm. sal. i. 20- F/. lapp. 7- 3. male ; 8 h. a leaf 



117 



female-? Ink. 436 



The smallest tree I am acquainted with. Branches hardly 

 an inch long, and with seldom more than 3 leaves. Leaves 

 nicked at the base. Leaf-scales none. Fruit-stalk from the 

 same bud with the leaves. Pistils smooth. Flowers yellow. 

 Linn.— Stem about 1 inch high; bark ash-coloured or brown. 

 Branches irregular, knotty, striking root. Male catkins termi- 

 nating, upright, some lines in length, on fruit-stalks as long as 

 themselves. Stamens 2 ; nectaries 2. Fern. Catkins terminating, 

 shorter than the male, on fruit-stalks of the same length. Leaves 

 roundish or egg-shaped, very minutely serrated; the largest 

 near 1 inch diameter ; blunt, or slightly notched at the end ; 

 smooth ; on leaf-stalks. Hardly to be called herbaceous ; it is 



rather hard and woody. Horses and cattle are fond of it. — 

 Hoffman. 



Herbaceous Willow. On the sides of Snowdon, and on the 



mountains of Westmoreland, Yorkshire, and Scotland. [Among 





