form Brtti/Jj Species of Sal'ix. 1 19 



right, long, flonder, pljable and tough, though fomewhat brittle at 

 their infertion ; their bark is brownilh and fnooth. Leaves about 

 3 or 4 inches long, of a linear oblong figure, tapering away towards 

 the bale, and their breadth on e; ch fide the nerve is as nearly equal 

 as poffible ; they tern)inate in a point; their margin is thickly fer- 

 ratcd, the ferratures incurved and rounded, a little glandular; both 

 fides finooth, the under rather glaucous. Stipuiae ovate, oblique, 

 crenate, veiny, fmooth, often wnnting. Catkins at the ends ot fmall 

 leafy young branches, ere6t, flender, ycllowifh, with bluiit downy 

 fcalcs. Stamina generally 3 to each fcde, Veiy rarely (in the fame 

 catkin) only 2. Germen llalked, ovate, pointed, warty. Stigmas 

 fliort, fpreading, notched. Capfule very fmooth, green. 



7. Sal IX amygdal'ina. 



Broad-leaved Trlandrous JVillow. 



S. triandra, foliis ovatis obliquis ferratis glabris, germinibus pedi- 



cellatis, Oipulis maximis. 

 Salix amygdalina. Linn. Sp. PL 1443. Hut^f 426. Lightf. 596. 

 S. folio auriculato fplendente flexilis. Rati Syn. 448. Cant. 144. 



In falicetis et paluftribus. Fl. Aprili, Maio. 



On Badley moor by Dereham, Norfolk. Mr. Croive, 



Mod botanifts confound this with the preceding, and I fhould 

 fcarcely have cfcaped the fame error but for the oblervations of Mr. 

 Crowe, who was led to invcQigate their botanical diftindions by the 

 different qualities of the two plants for ceconomical purpofes. This 

 is but rarely prefcrved in ofier grounds, being a bad Ofier, greatly 

 inferior to the true S. triandra. It nev^cr rifes into a tree. The bark 

 indeed is deciduous, as in the preceding, which added to the trr- 

 androus flowers, peihaps led Mr. Curtis and others to fufpecl there 



exifted 



