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Curt. Fl. Lond. as identical with S. Hoffmannidna Smith; but has 
remarked that it may possibly prove distinct, and that it doubtless 
is so from the S, triandra, which he has described. There are plants 
at Henfield. 
& ¥ S.?¢. 3 Hoppeana; S. andrégyna Hoppe, quoted in Willd. Sp. 
Pl., iv. p. 654., under S. Hoppeana Willd. ; S. Hoppedna Willd. 
Sp. Pl., iv. p. 654., Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 2., Hayne Ab- 
bild., p. 218. t. 158.; S. triandra andrégyna Seringe, quoted in 
Hayne Abbild.; S. amygdalina, part of, Koch Comm., p. 18.—Smith, 
in his Eng. F/., iv. p. 167., has incidentally described this, after S. 
triandra, as follows: —“ S. Hoppedna Willd. is characterised by 
having some catkins composed partly of male and partly of female 
flowers. Its leaves, though very glaucous beneath, agree nearly with 
those of S. triandra, of which species Mr. Sieber, who sent me 
specimens from Salzburg, appears to think it a variety.” (Smith.) 
It is shown, under var. 2, that Hooker deems S, Hoppedna ap- 
parently identical with that variety. Introduced in 1820. 
a ¥ §.?¢. 4; S. triandra undulata Mertens, ined. — This is an approach 
to S. amygdalina; the twigs are of a yellowish grey as in that kind, 
and their young points grooved, but in a less remarkable degree. 
Mr. Forster regards this, and not the French willow of the Lewes 
basket-makers, as the S. contérta of Mr. Crowe. I have plants of 
‘both sexes from the Lewes osier grounds. (W. B.) 
% 13. S. Horrmanni4‘N4 Smith. Hoffmann’s Willow, or Oster. 
Identification. Smith Eng. F1., 4. p. 168. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 16. ; Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl., 
t. 2620. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3., p. 420. . 
Synonyme. S. triandra Hoff. Sal., 1. p. 45. t. 9, 10., 23. f. 2. (Smith) ? exclusively of vars. (Borrer 
in Hook. Br. Fl.) S. Hoffmanniana Sm. seems to be the S. triandra of German botanists in 
general. (Smithin Eng. Fi., 2. p. 167.) E 
The Sexes. The male is figured in Eng. Bot. Suppl., and in Sal Wob. ; a notice relative to what has 
been regarded as the female is given in Engl. Flora. 
Engravings. Hoff. Sal., 1. t. 9, 10., and 23. f. 2. ; Sal. Wob., No. 16.; Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2620. ; and 
fig. 16. in p. 1606. . 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate-oblong, serrated, smooth, slightly rounded 
at the base. Stamens 3. Ovary stalked, ovate, compressed, glabrous. 
Stigmas nearly sessile. (Smith E. F.) The male plant is a native of 
Britain, on the sides of streams, in Sussex, where it forms a much- 
branched shrub, or crooked tree, scarcely ever exceeding 12 ft. high; flower- 
ing in May. Mr. Forbes states that his plant, after having been cultivated 
for five years, had not exceeded the height of 5 ft. There are plants in the 
Goldworth Arboretum, and at Henfield. 
¥ 14. S. amyepa’Lina L. The Almond-leaved Willow, or Osier. 
Identification. Lin. Sp. Pl., 1443. ; Willd. Sp. Pl., p. 656.; Smith Eng. Bot., t. 1636.; Eng. Fl, 4. 
p. 169.; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 18.; Hook Br. Fl., ed. 3., p. 420.; Wade’s Salices, p. 14. ; 
Mackay Fl. Hibern., pt. 1. p. 245. 
Synonyme. S. amygdalina, part of, Koch Comm., p. 18. 
he Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t- 1636. ; Sal. Wob., No. 18.; our fig. 1298. ; and fig. 18. in p. 1606. 
Spec. Char. Sc. Leaves ovate, serrated, glabrous, rounded, and unequal” 
at the base. Stamens 3. Ovary ovate, compressed, smooth ; its stalks 
almost as long as the bractea. Stigmas nearly sessile. Young branches 
furrowed. Down of the seeds shorter, and less abundant, than in S. triandra. 
Mr. Crowe first accurately compared and distinguished these two by their 
leaves. (Smith E. F.) A native of Britain, on the banks of rivers and 
ditches, in the eastern counties of England, and in Scotland, where it 
forms a tree growing to the height of 20ft. or 30 ft.; flowering in April 
and May, and, for the second time, in August. “ If cut down every year, it 
-produces rods 6 ft. or 8 ft. long, in considerable plenty, for coarse basket- 
work, but not equal to S. triandra when peeled.” (Smth.) Among the in- 
. sects which live upon this species is the Phale‘na anastomosis L., the 
