124 I^!'- Smith's Remarks on Br'ttijli Species of Salix. 



and extremity of each leaf are entire, deftitute of glands r all the-- 

 leaves are either perfeiftly fmooth in every part, or a little fpriakled 

 with minute inconfpicuous hairs; dark-green above; glaucous and 

 reticulated with veins beneath. Footftalks flender, fmooth. Sti- 

 pulae crefcent-lliaped, moftly ferrated, various in fize. 



To the tribe which this paper is intended to illuftrate belong (be-- 

 fides a few fmaller fpecies, which have little affinity with thofe al- 

 ready mentioned) two well-known trees, the S. vltelUna and the 

 S. fragiUs. Thefe will have a place in the Flora Brltannica, though 

 it may be doubted whether the former be really indigenous. As, 

 however, I have nothing new to fay concerning them, but, on the 

 contrary, am waiting for more information than I have yet been 

 able to obtain concerning the fru6lification of both, I will not add 

 to the length of this treatife by any imperfedl defcriptions.. Some 

 remarks of ProfefTor Hoffmann lead me to fufpedl we may have 

 more than one fpecies m England underthe name oi fragiUs^ but 

 that I muft leave for future inquiry. 



My worthy friend the Rev. Mr. Abbot of Bedford, fo wel- 

 known to this Society, has favoured me with one, if not two, en- 

 tirely new Englifh Willows, which belong to this firll feftion of the 

 genus, and which promife to be important in an oeconomical view. 

 L lament that the want of their fru£tification, and a longer time to 

 obferve their growth and different appearances, oblige me to poft- 

 pone any further mention of them at prefent.^ 



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