HgS ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. I'AllT 111. 



at the summit a pair of glands, or minute leaflets ; not abrupt at the 

 base, but decurrcnt, each nieetinj^ with a projection of the branch, 

 taperinf^ downward, and forming a kind of buttress; which character 

 is clear and invariable." {Ibid.) There is a plant of S. lanceoliita 

 in the Botanic Garden, Twickenham ; and there are also plants 

 in the Hackney and Goldworth arboretums, and at Henfield and 

 Flitwick House. Mr. Forbes observes that this sort deserves cultiva- 

 tion, as the rods are much used for hampers, crates, &c. although 

 not so well adapted for tying bundles, and for the finer sorts of 

 wicker work, as tiie S. triiindra. 

 ^ « S. u. 4, having the catkins androgynous. S. undulata occurs in this 

 case. {Koch C'omm.,p. ^JO.) 



a 11. 5. WIPPOPHAEFO^LIA Thutllier. The Sea-Buckthorn-leaved Willow, 



or Osier. 



Identification. Thuil. Paris., p. 514. ; Scring. Sal. exsicc, No. 44. ; Koch Comm., p.'20. : Link 



Eiium. 

 Stfnoriffme. S. undulftta Treviranits Obs. But., p. 17-, Koch in Kcgtnsb. Bot. Zeitunp, 1820, p. 311. 



S. /lippophaefMia TliuU. is so similar to S. undulkta, as to be, perhaps, but a variety of that species. 



{Borrer in a letter.) 

 The Sexes. Both are noticed in the specific character. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaf lanceolate, obsoletely crenulate in a repand manner ; 

 toothed with glanded teeth, so small as to seem to consist of glands only ; 

 acuminate through much of its length, downy, eventually glabrous. Stipules 

 half-heart-shaped. Catkin borne on a leafy peduncle, which is a twiglet. 

 Bractea hairy. Stamens 2. Capsule ovately conical, tomentose, downy, 

 or glabrous ; seated on a stalk that is as long as the gland. Style long. 

 Stigma bifid. (Kuc/i.) Wild in the plains and lower valleys of the Pala- 

 tinate, Wetteravia, Silesia, and the north of Germany. Treviranus thinks 

 that this is the true S. undulata of Ehrhart ; " but I," says Koch, " have 

 not been able to find any of its leaves undulated, among many specimens 

 observed growing wild; but, perhaps, Ehrhart included this in his .S*. 

 undulata, to which it is too near akin to be a species distinct from that." 

 (Id.) 



* ¥ 12. S. tria'ndr.a L. The S-stamened-^owered Willow, or Osier. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1442.; Willd. Sp. PI, 4. p. 654., Smith Eng. Bot., t 14.55.; Eng Fl 

 4. p. 166.; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 15.; Hook. Fl. Br., ed. 3., p. 419.; Wade's Salices p ti • 

 Mackay Fl. Hibcrn., pt. 1. p. 24.5. ; ? Hayne Abbild., p. 219. ' ' 



Synonyme. S. «mygdalina, part of, Koch Comm., p. 19. 



The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Kng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. 



Encravings. Gmel. Sib., 1. 155. t. 34. f. 3. ; ? Hayne Abbild., t. 159. ; Eng. Bot., t. 14J5 ; Sal. Wob . 

 No. 1.5. ; our^^'. 1297. ; and^g. 15. in p. 1(«J5. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves linear-oblong, serrated, glabrous, rather unequally 

 sloping at the base. Stamens 3. Ovary stalked, ovate, compressed, gla- 

 brous. Stigmas nearly sessile. {Smith E. Fl.) Bractea (or scale) clothed 

 externally with fine, long, spreading, more or less plentiful hairs. {Ibid.) 

 Bractea glabrous. {Hook. Br. Fl.,3A ed.) Mr. Woollgar used to distin- 

 guish this species by the dark-barked smooth shoots of the female plant. 

 The male one he never met with at Lewes. {Ibid.) A native of Britain, 

 in wet woods and osier grounds, where it forms an upright tree, rising 

 naturally, when not injured, to the height of 30 ft. Leaves always perfectly 

 glabrous. This species is extensively cultivated for the long tough rods 

 which it produces when cut down, which are in frequent u.se for wicker- 

 work, hoops, &c. " S. triandra is one of the most valuable osiers. It is 

 cultivated for white basketwork, producing rods 8 ft. or 9 ft. long, tou"h 

 anil plian-t, even when stripped of their bark, and very durable. They a're 

 tut down every year." {Smith in Eni^. Fl.) There are plants in the Gold- 

 worth arboretum, at Flitwick House, at HcnfieUl, and at Woburn Abbey. 



Varieties. Several varieties, if not distinct species, arc comprehended under 

 the name of S. triandra. " Of these, 1 venture to separate one as a species. 



