CHAP. CII. SALICA‘CE. SA LIX. 1503 
Group iv. Penténdre Borrer. 
Trees having Flowers with 3—5 Stamens. 
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Stamens in a flower more than 3, in most instances 5. Ovary glabrous. 
The plants trees of moderate size. Leaves large, glossy, fragrant, serrated, 
and having glands in the serratures, from which a resin exudes. Stamens 
in each catkin so numerous and long, as to render the flowers, which, too, 
- are in perfection at the same time as the foliage, quite handsome, and the 
trees, in this condition, more ornamental than those of any other group. 
(Hook, Br. Fl., ed, 2., with adaptation.) 
¥ 16. S. penra’NpRA L. The five-stamened-fowered Willow. 
‘Identification. Lin. Sp. Pl., 1442.3 Willd. Sp. PI, 4. p. 658.; Hayne Abbild., p. 221.; Smith Eng. 
Bot., t. 1805.; Eng. Fl.,4. p. 171.; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 34.; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3., p. 420. ; 
Wade's Salices, p. 36.; Mackay FI. Hibern., pt. 1. p. 246. ; Host Sal. Austr., 1. p. 1. 
Sunonymes. S. pentandra, part of, Koch Comm., p. 13. ; the sweet Willow, or Bay-leaved Willow. 
The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Sal. Wob. and Hayne’s Abbild., and the male in Eng. Bot., 
with two views of an ovary. Both sexes are figured in Host’s Sal. Austr. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1805.; Hayne Abbild.,t. 161.; Sal. Wob., No. 34.; Host Sal. Austr., 1. 
t.1.f.2.; our fig. 1299. a; and fig. 34. in p. 1610. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate, pointed, crenate, glandular, glabrous. Foot- 
stalks glandular at the summit. Stamens 5 or more, hairy at the base. 
Ovary ovate, tapering, smooth, nearly sessile. (Sal. Wobd., p. 67.) A native 
of Britain, on the banks of rivers and watery places ; x 
most frequent in the north. In 1804, this, and five or ~~ 
six other distinct sorts were abundant on the banks of ©. 
Gogar Burn, near Edinburgh, between Gogar House 
and the junction of the burn with the river Almond. 
It forms an upright tree, 18 ft. or 20ft. high, with 
smooth shining branches, and large, copious, shining 
foliage, so as to give the plant, in the summer season, 
the appearance of an evergreen. It is one of the latest- 
flowering willows, the flower seldom expanding till 
the beginning of June. The flowers are remarkably 
fragrant, as are the leaves, especially when bruised : 
the fragrance, which is similar to that of the sweet 
bay (Latrus nébilis), but less powerful, is exuded 1299 a 
from the resinous notches of the leaves, and from the barren catkins. It is one 
of the most desirable species of the genus for planting in pleasure-grounds, on 
account of the fine display made by the blossoms, their abundant fragrance, 
the smooth, shining, rich deep green of the leaves, and the comparatively 
slow growth and compact habit of the tree. Mr. Ferbes states that, when 
* cut down, this species produces tough flexible rods, fit for basketwork ; 
but, in a wild state, on the banks of Gogar Burn, where its five or six other 
sorts were periodically cut down for basketwork and for hoops, the shoots 
of S. pentandra were considered rather short and brittle, as compared with 
those of the others. Phalz‘na typicdides, the Gothic moth, which, Donovan 
(in his Insects, &c., vol. xv. p. 2. pl. 505.) says, is inuch esteemed by col- 
lectors in Britain, on account of its scarceness, inhabits this willow. ' Not- 
_ withstanding its being generally rare, it appears that it was seen in 1826, in 
Cheshire, in immense quantities, during a thunder storm. (See Mag. Nat. 
Hist., vol. iii., p. 404.) There are several plants in the Horticultural Society’s 
Garden, which, in 1834, after having been 10 years planted, were from 
‘15 ft. to 18 ft. high; and others in the Hackney and Goldworth arboretums, 
and at Flitwick, Henfield, and Woburn. 
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#'s, p. 2 hermaphroditica; S.hermaphroditica Lin. Sp. Pl, p. 1442., 
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