372 DICECIA DIANDRIA. cL. XXII. 



mas. A tree about ten feet high, with erect, pale-yellowish or pur- 

 plish, polished branches. Flowers in March and April : grows on the 

 banks of rivers : common. Eiig. Bot. vol. xix. pi. 1343. Eng. Ft, vol. iv. 

 p. 188. 1395. 



23. 5. Lambertidna. Boyton Willow. Branches erect ; leaves lance- 

 shaped, broadest towards the end, pointed, serrate, smooth, rounded at 

 the base ; stipules none ; stamen one ; stigmas egg-shaped, obtuse, 



notched, very short, nearly sessile. A small tree with erect, purplish 



branches. Flowers in March and April : grows on the banks of rivers 

 in England : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xix. pi. 1359. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. 

 p. 190. 1396. 



24. S. Forbydna. Fine Basket Osier. Branches erect ; leaves be- 

 tween lance-shaped and oblong, with shallow serratures, smooth, rounded 

 at the base, glaucous beneath ; stamen one ; style nearly as long as the 



linear, divided stigma. A shrub with erect, slender, greyish-yellow 



twigs, highly esteemed for the finer kinds of basket-work. Flowers 

 in April: grows in meadows and marshy places in Norfolk and Cam- 

 bridgeshire: rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xix. pi. 1344. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 191. 



1397. 



25. S. rubra. Green-leaved Osier. Stamens two, united for half their 

 length ; leaves lance-shaped, inclining to linear, elongated, acute, smooth, 

 with shallow serratures, green on both sides ; stigma egg-shaped, undi- 

 vided. -A small tree, with long, smooth, purplish branches. One of 



the most valuable for basket-work. Flowers in April and May : grows 

 in low meadows and marshy places : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. xvi. 

 pi. 1 145. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 191. 1398. 



26. S. Crowedna. Broad-leaved Monadelphous Willow. Stamens united 

 at the base ; leaves elliptical, slightly serrate, smooth, glaucous be- 

 neath. A bushy shrub, four or five feet high, with stout brittle 



brownish-yellow branches : flowers in April and May : grows in marshy 

 meadows and thickets: rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xvi. pi. 1146. Kay. Fl. 

 vol. iv. p. 192. 1399. 



27. S. prunifolia. Plum-leaved Willow. Leaves broadly egg-shaped, 

 serrate, smooth on both sides, even above, glaucous beneath ; stem 

 erect, much branched ; capsules egg-shaped, covered, like the scales, 



with long silky hairs. A bushy shrub, often three feet high, with 



spreading branches. Flowers in April and May . grows on the High- 

 land mountains. Eng. Bot. vol. xix. pi. 1361. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 193. 



1400. 



28. S. vacciniifolia. Bilberry -leaved Willow. Leaves between egg- 

 shaped and lance-shaped, smooth and even above, glaucous and silky 



beneath ; capsules egg-shaped, silky ; stems decumbent. A small 



shrub, with long, slender branches, silky when young. Flowers in 

 April : grows on the higher mountains of Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxiii. 

 pi. 2341. Eng. FL vol. iv. p. 194. 1401. 



29. S. venulosa. Veiny-leaved Willow. Leaves egg-shaped, serrate, 

 naked, reticulated with prominent veins above, rather glaucous be- 

 neath ; capsules egg-shaped, silky ; stem erect, ranch branched. 



A small bushy shrub, allied to 6'. prunifolia. Flowers in April and 

 May : grows in the Highlands of Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. xix. pi. 1362. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 195. 1402. 



