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herbacea, but much stouter, ^vith the steins less deej.Iy Imi-icd, and 

 much more of the branches exposed, fornun;^^ hir<^r(; flakes oiU-n \ ov 2 

 feet across; branches chestnut, shinin*^^, tortuous, witli numerous 

 short ascending twigs, with 3 to 5 leaves on each subdivision. Leaves 

 I to 2 inches long, exclusive of the petiole, wliicli is usually half the 

 length of the lamina. The persistent bud-scales might readily be 

 mistaken for stipules. The catkins are produced in precisely the same 

 manner as in S. herbacea, i.e. apparently terminal, from the bud at the 

 base of the uppermost leaf remaining undeveloped until the succeeding 

 season. In both S. reticulata and S. herbacea I have seen abnornud 

 specimens in which this terminal bud had grown out into a barren 

 shoot during the same season, and in which conse(juently the 

 peduncle was lateral and leafless. Peduncles | to 2 inches long, 

 generally curved, glabrous or finely downy. Catkins \ to 1 inch 

 long, the scales much shorter than the stamens and germen. Anthers 

 reddish purple. Capsule obtuse; style scarcely any. Coma of the 

 seeds dirty white. Leaves very unlike those of any other of tin; 

 British willows, somewhat resembling those of Cotoniaster, which 

 (Mr. H. C. Watson suggests) may have been mistaken for S. reticulata 

 in the county of Carnarvon. 



Reticulate-leaved Willoio. 



t French, Saule reticule. 



although it is often planted in situations where it might be mistaken 

 for a native tree. 



QUERCUS CERRIS. Linn. 



I have had this sent me from various places, but it has no more 

 claim to be admitted to the British Flora than the laburnum or horse- 

 chestnut. 



BETULA INTERMEDIA. Thomas. 



It is reported that B. intermedia has been found in Forfarshire. — 

 Wats. Cyb. Brit. p. 382. 



POPULUS DILITATA. AU. 



The Lombardy poplar, a subspecies of P. nigra, is often planted. 

 I have seen only the male plant. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES. 

 JUGLANS REGIA. Lhm. 



