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Curt. Fl. Lund, as identical witli S. Iloffmannwna Smith ; hut has 

 remarked that it may possihly prove distinct, and that it doubtless 

 is so (h)ni the S. triandra, wliich lie has described. Tliere are plants 

 at Ilenfield. 



!i; 1 ^.Yt.'S IIoppchrA; S. androgyna Hoppe, quoted in IVUM. Sj). 

 PL, iv, p. Gj4., under S. Hop[)e«Hff Willd. ; S. Hoppe/ina Willd. 

 Sp. Pi., iv. p. G5i., (Smith in Rces's (^yclo., No. 2., Hayne Ab- 

 bild., p. :?18. t. Io8. ; S. triandra androgyna Seringe, quoted in 

 Haifuc AMnld.; S. rtmygdaiina, part of, Koch Comm., p. 18. — Smith, 

 in his Eng. FL, iv. p. Hi?., has incidentally described this, after .S'. 

 triandra, as follows: — " S. IIoppea«« Willd. is characterised by 

 having some catkins composed partly of male and jjartlv 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. Hoppea?ia ap- 

 parently identical with that variety. Introduced in 1820. 



* t S.f t. i ; S. triandra undulata Mertcm, iiicd. — 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 Fi-cnch willow of the Lewes 

 basket-makers, as the S. contorta of Mr. Crowe. I have plants of 

 both sexes from the Lewes osier grounds. (ll\ B.) 



* 13. 5. HoFFMANN//i^X^ Smith. Hoffmann's Willow, or Osier. 



IdriUification. Smith Eng. Fl, 4. p. 168. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 16. ; Bofrerin Eng. Bot Suppl , 



t. 2620. ; Hook. Br. Fl., cd. 3., p. 420. 

 Synoni/me. S. triandra Hoffin. Sa/., 1. p. 45. t 9, 10., 23. f. 2. (Smith) ? exclusively of vars. (Borrer 



in ilook. Br. Fl.) S. Horthianiu'dnH Sm. seems to be the S. triandra of German botanists in 



general. (Smith in Eni;. Fl., 2. p. Mu.'^ 

 The Sexes. The male is figured in Eng. Bot. Suppl., and in Sal Wob. ; a notice relative to what ha« 



been regarded as the female is given in Engl. Flora. 

 Engravings. Hoff. Sal., 1. 1. 9, 10., and 23. f. 2. ; Sal. Wob., No. 16. ; Eng. Bot Suppl., t. 2620. : and 

 Jig. 16. in p. 1606. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Ltaves ovate-oblong, serrated, smooth, slightly rounded 

 «t 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, scaixely ever exceeding 12 ft. high ; flower- 

 ing in May. Mr. Forbes states that his plant, alter having been cultivated 

 for five years, had not exceeded the height of o ft. There are plants in the 

 Goldworth Arboretum, and at Ilenfield. 



2 14. S. .imygda'lina L. The Almond-leaved Willow, or Osier. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1443. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 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. 

 Synonymc. S. amygdalina, part of, Koch Comm., p. 18. 

 The Sezes. Both sexes are figured in Fng. But. and Sat. Wob. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1636. ; Sal. Wob., No. 18. ; o\iT Jig. 1298. ; and/ig. IS. in p. 1606. 



Spec. Char., <^c. 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 countiq^ of England, and in Scotland, where it 

 forms a tree growing to the height of 20 ft. or 30 ft.; flowering in April 

 and May, and, for the secoml time, in August. " If cut down every year, it 

 produces rods (i ft. or 8 ft. long, in considerable plenty, for coiu*se basket- 

 work, but not equal to S. triandra when peeled." (Smith.) Among the in- 

 sects which live upon this species is the Phalae^na anastomosis L., the 



