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612. ^^W. inoiitana,i. WychElm. Hertfordshire Elm. Wych Hazel. 

 TJ.fol. laUssimo scabro (Pet, Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 373 ; iii. 506. Syme E. B. viii. t. 1287. 

 Hedges and plantations ; rather rare. Tree. March, April. 

 I. Harefield, not frequent; BlacJcst. Fasc. 112. Hedges at Pinner! 

 Melv. 71. Bet. Ruislip and Pinner. 

 IT. Near Fulwell Station. Bet. Kingston Bridge and Hampton Court. 



III. Harrow Grrove ; Harrow Park ; Melv. 71. 



IV. Hedges to the north of Stanmore, and about Harrow Weald, abundant. 

 VI. Enfield Chase. 



VII. At Hoxton neere London ; Pet. Midd. Hampstead. Eegent's Park. 

 First record: Petiver, 1695. This has a greater appearance of nativity 

 than U. suherosa, yet it must be allowed to have been planted in most 

 of its localities. It is very conspicuous in May, when the large leafy 

 samarse are nearly ripe, and give to the tree an appearance of developed 

 foliage. Loudon mentions a fine tree at Muswell Hill, 85 ft. high, and 

 with a trunk 3 ft, in diameter {Arh. et Frut. 1403) ; it is usually small. 

 U. major, Sm., Dutch Elm (E. B. 2542), is probably to be referred to 

 this species, as is done by Mr. Syme. In the neighbourhood of London, 

 E. Eorster ; E. Fl. ii. 22. Miller says that this tree was brought from 

 Holland in King William's reign, and Loudon mentions (p. 1396) that 

 the elms in the old part of Kensington Gardens, near the palace, many 

 of which are more than 70 ft, high, are of this kind. 



AMENTIFER.ai. 

 SALIX, im^i.f 



[613. * Si pentandra, L. Bay-leaved Willow. 



S.fol. laureo, seu lato glabro odorato, Merr. (Blackst.). 



Cyb. Br. ii. 387 ; iii. 508. Syme E. B. viii, t. 1303. 



Moist places ; very rare. Tree. May, June. 



I. Amongst the willows near Mr. Ashby's brick-kiln at Harefield ; 

 Blackst. Fasc. 89. 

 VII. Chelsea, in the way to Eulham ; Mart. App. P. C. 65. 



First record: Blackstone, 1737; last, T. Marty n, 1763.] 



61ft. S. fragilis, L. Crack Willow. 



Cyb. Br. ii. 388 ; iii. 508. Syme E. B. viii. tt. 1306-7. 

 Sides of streams and ponds and damp situations ; common. Tree. 

 April, May. 



t This genus contains many species which, though included in our Ploras, have but 

 slight claims to be considered as native, or even really naturalised plants. This is the 

 case with many other trees and shrubs, and we cannot be sure that the localities here 

 given are natural ones. 



