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but generally w^anting. The male catkins I have not fcen, I pie- 

 lume them from analogy to have monadelphous ftamina. The 

 females differ but little from the preceding, except in having rather 

 thicker, almoft ovate, ftigmas. 



This fpecies appears to be bnt little known, though among the 

 moft valuable as an Ofier. The habit of the plant, figure and 

 length of its leaves, agree with the Common Ofier S. viminalis ; but 

 their bright green colour on both fides, and v/ant of all pubefcencc, 

 exceiM: when very young, render them eafily diflinguifhable from 

 that f^>ecies, while their great length, linear form, and narrownefs, 

 and their colour being not at all glaucous, prevent their being con- 

 founded with S. fjfa. 



Specimens obligingly communicated by my friend Mr. Lambert, 

 V. P. L. S. from Mr. Hudfon's own herbarium, have removed all 

 uncertainty as to its being his S. rubra. The name is lefs appofite 

 than might have been wiQied: virens ox concolor womXA. hztt&x hzve 

 expreflTcd the peculiar charadler of the fpecies. Of the fynonym of 

 Ray there can be no doubt. That of Vaillant I learned from the 

 Sherardian herbarium. 



5. Sal IX Croweana. 



Broad-ieaved Monadelphous iViUow. 



S. monadelpha, foliis ellipticis fubferratis glaberrimis : fubtus 

 glaucis. 



In paluftribus. Fl. Aprili, Maio. 



At Cranberry Fen in the parilh of Eaft Winch, and in other parts of 

 Norfolk. Mr. Crowe. 



This fcarcely rifes to the height of a tree. The branches are 

 fliort and fpreading, rather brittle, clothed with a ihining yellowifli 



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