Ii8 Dr. Smith's Remarks on 



or purpl ilia bark. Leaves on footftalks, elliptical, or inclining to 

 obovate, fomewhat pointed, fcarcely an inch and half long, (lightly 

 ferrated or rather crenate, fniooth on both fides ; bright-green and 

 lliining above ; glaucous and veiny beneath. Catkins nearly fcffile, 

 of a lliort fomewhat ovate form. Scales obovate, black, very hairy. 

 Stamina pale lemon-coloured, longilh, their filaments united from 

 the bafe to a greater or lefTer diflance, fometimes ahnoft to the top. 

 Antherae reddifh. The female flowers are as yet unknown. 



This fpecies of Sa/ix feems to have efcapcd the notice of every 

 botanift hitherto, and 1 have given it the name of its difcoverer. 

 It is moft certainly very diftin6t from all others, and eafily known 

 by its united ftamina, and ihort broad leaves. It is deftitute of the 

 valuable properties of an Ofier, having fliort and rather brittle, not 

 long and flexible, twigs. It has therefore to all appearance never 

 been cultivated, but is truly wild in Norfolk. 



6- Salix tiiandra. 



Long- leaved Trlandrous Willow. 



S. trlandra, foliis lineari-oblongis ferratis glabris, germinibus pedi- 



cellatis. 

 Salix triandra. Unn. Sp. PL 1442.' Hudf. 425. JVith. 45. Curt. 



Lond.fqfc. 6. /. 72. ^#«. Sal. v. I. 45. /. 9. lo. /. 23./ 2. 

 S. folio amygdalino utrinque aurito, corticem abjiciens. Rati 



Syn. 448' 

 In falicetis et ad ripas fluviorum frequens. Fl. Maio, etiam Augufto. 



This is naturally a tree 30 feet or more in height, but being one of 

 the beft Ofiers for the ufe of balker-makers, is generally cut and 

 kept low. The bark of the ftem and branches peels off fponta- 

 jieoufly, almofl like that of the plane-tree. The branches are up- 

 right. 



