THE BRITISH WILLOWS 15 



unless where casually planted. Frequent in the South of Ireland, 

 rare in the North, probably introduced in all localities. Europe 

 generally ; Asia Minor, Syria, Persia, Caucasus, Armenia, Western 

 and Central Siberia. 



S.fragilis x alba (p. 19). 



x pentahdra (p. 19). 



X triandra (p. 20). 



SALIX FRAGILIS X PENTANDRA. 



Syn. S. cuspidata Schultz, Suppl. Fl. Starg. p. 47 (1819). 

 Anderss. Sal. Monogr. 37, and in DC. Prodr. xvi. (2), 208. Hart- 

 nian, p. 360. B. White, Eevision, p. 360. — S. fragilis-pentandra 

 Wimm. Schles. Fl. ed. 3, 208. — S. pentandra-j e rag 'His Wimm. Sal. 

 Eur. 131.— S. Meyeriana Kostkov. in Willd. Berl. Baumz, ed. 2, 427. 



Icon. E. B. 2961, 2962 (S. cuspidata). Forbes, Sal. Wob. t. 

 33 ? (S. Meyeriana). Anderss. Sal. Monogr. fig. 26. 



Exs. Kerner, Hb. (Esterr. Weiden, Nos. 10, 26. E. F. & W. R. 

 Linton, No. 51. Toepffer, Nos. 33, 35, 128, 179, 275; 276 (as 

 S. Pokornyi). 



A bush or small tree, 18-25 ft. high, branches with shining grey- 

 brown bark, twigs glabrous ; buds oval rounded above, glabrous. 

 Stipules J-round or ^-cordate-acuminate obliquely pointed. 

 Petioles short, often bearing glands near the blade. Leaf- blades 

 2-4 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, attenuate to a fine point, cuneate 

 at the base, finely serrate, glabrous, not glutinous (as in S. pent- 

 andra), scarcely fragrant, shining green above, pale green reticu- 

 late with dark green beneath. Catkins intermediate in size, 

 appearing rather late with the leaves or soon after ; bracts obovate- 

 oblong rounded above deciduous, + hairy, yellowish ; stamens 

 3-5 somewhat dense ; ovaries conic glabrous, stigmas rather 

 large, style stout, not long ; pedicels 2-4 times as long as the 

 short nectaries. 



Peaty districts, Salop, Cheshire ; Ireland, Kildare, Co. Mayo. 

 Europe : France, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Russia. 



SALIX FRAGILIS X TRIANDRA. 



Syn. S. alopecuroides Tausch. Ind. Hort. Canal. (1821). — 

 S. speciosa Host. Sal. 2. — S. amygdalina-fragilis Wimmer, Flora, 

 xxxi. 333. — S. fragilis-triandra Wimmer, Denkschr. Schles. Ges. 

 (1853), 156. — S. decipiens B. White, Revision, p. 348. — S.fragilis 

 X amygdalina Seemen, iv. 211. 



Icon. S. speciosa Host. Sal. 2, t. 17. 



Exs. Baenitz, Herb. Europ. as S.fragilis x triandra f. andro- 

 gyna Bassum, Hanover, leg. C. Beckmann, with catkins $ below 

 and 3 towards the tip. E. F. & W. R. Linton, No. 78. Toepffer, 

 No. 26. 



Shrub or small tree, branchlets dark brown (dry) glabrous 

 shining. Buds glabrous. Stipules rather large, obliquely i-cir- 

 cular or |-ovate, bluntly rounded or acuminate. Leaf-blades 

 3-5 in. long, f-l-g- in. broad, oblong-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, 

 ± attenuate, cuneate at the base, sharply serrate with close teeth, 

 shining green above, pale green or sub-glaucous beneath, glabrous. 



