By Thomas Bruges Flower, Esq. 191 
“ Gough’s Camden.” This species has been more recently confirmed 
by Mr. James Hussey. 
North Division. 
5. North-east District. “ Neighbourhood of Marlborough.” 
Marlb. Nat. Hist. Report. 
Rare in the County. A small tree when zot cut down as an Osier. 
Branches long, slender, smooth, purplish. eaves of a fine grass 
_green, and smooth on both sides, being downy when young only. 
This is considered a hybrid between purpurea and viminalis. 
6. S. viminalis, (Linn.) twiggy or common Osier. Vimen is 
Latin for a twig or osier. Engl. Bot. t. 1898. 
Locality. In wet meadows, osier-holts, and on the banks of the 
Avon. Tree Fl. April, May. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. In all the 
Districts.1 One of the best marked species of the genus Salix, and 
the most frequently cultivated of all the Osiers for the use of the 
basket-makers. Left to itself it will become a tree of considerable 
size. Leaves very long, narrow, almost linear, acute, smooth above, 
silky and shining beneath, with a strong midrib. Catkins cylindrical, 
with brown, rounded, hairy scales. 
7. S. caprea, (Linn.) Goat’s or great round-leaved Sallow. Engi. 
Bot. t. 1488. 
Locality. In woods, thickets, and hedges, along streams, but 
preferring a dry soil. Tree Fl. April, May. Area, 1. 2.3.4. 5. 
General in all the Districts. This is one of the earliest flowering 
of the genus. It varies very much in the size and shape of the 
leaves, the amount of down, which gives them a considerable thick- 
ness; but is generally distinguished from all the preceding species 
by the cottony, not silky, down; and wrinkled leaves, and by its 
larger size. 
8. S. aurita, (Linn,) round-eared or trailing Sallow. Engl. Bot. 
t. 1487. 
Locality. In moist woods, and in wet places on heaths, and © 
commons. Shrub Fl. April,May. Area, 1.* 3.4.5. In all the 
Districts dué the South-middle. A large spreading shrub. Leaves 
1 “ Osiers—we have great plenty of them about Bemarton, &c., near Salisbury, 
where the osier beds doe yield four pounds per acre.” —Aubrey, Nat. Hist Wilts, 
