752 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BR1TANNICUM. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1442. ; Eng. Fl , 4. p. 166. ; Hook. Fl. Br, ed. 3., p. 419. 



Sunonyme. S. amygdalina, part of, Koch Comm. p. 19. 



the Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. 



Engravings. Eng. Bot, t. 1435.; Sal. Wob., No. 15.; our Jig. 1136. ; and fig. 15. in p. 793. 



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

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

 brous. Stigmas nearly sessile. Bractea (or scale) clothed externally with 

 fine, long, spreading, more or less plentiful hairs. Bractea glabrous. (Hook. 

 and Smith.) An upright tree. Britain, in wet woods and osier grounds. 

 Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. Flowers yellow ; May 

 Leaves always perfectly glabrous. Extensively cultivated for the long 



tough rods which it produces when cut down, which are in frequent use for 



wickerwork, hoops, &c. 



Varieties. 



& S. t. 2 gallica. The French Willow. So called, and cultivated, in 



Sussex, and the eastern parts of England. 



a S. t. 3 Hoppeana. S, androgyna Hoppe. Characterised by having 

 some catkins composed partly of male and partly of female flowers. 

 & t S. t. 4. S. triandra undulata Mcrtens, ined. Approaches to S. 

 amygdalina. 



it 13. S. HOFFMANN///^ Smith. Hoffmann's Willow, or Oder. 



Identification. Smith Eng. FL, 4. p. 168. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3., p. 420. 



Synonyme. S. triandra Hoffm., S. Hoffmannulwa Sm., seems to be the S. triandra of German bo- 

 tanists in general. 



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 Eng. Flora. 



Engravings. Hoff. Sal., 1. t. 9, 10., and 23. f. 2. ; Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2620. ; and^g. 16. in p. 794. 



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

 the base. Stamens 3. Ovary stalked, ovate, compressed, glabrous. Stig- 

 mas nearly, sessile. (Smith.) A much-branched deciduous shrub, or crooked 

 tree. Britain, in Sussex, on the sides of streams. Height 6 ft. to 12 ft. 

 Flowers yellow ; May. 



*t 14. S. ^MYGDA'LINA L. The A\mond-leved Willow, or Osier. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 1443. ; Eng. FL, 4. p. 169. ; Hook. Br. FL, ed. 3., p. 420. 



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



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



Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1636. ; Sal. Wob., No. 18.; OUT Jig. 1437. ; andfig. 18. in p. 794. 



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. A 

 tree. Britain, on the banks of rivers and ditches. Height 20 ft. to 30 fit. 

 Flowers yellow ; April and May, and, for the second time, in August. 



* 15. S. ViLLARS/^,4 Fliigge et Willd. Villars's Willow, or Osier. 



Identification. Fliigge in Litt., quoted in Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 655. ; Smith in Rees's CycL, No. 63. 

 Synonymes. S. triandra ViUars Delph. 3. p. 762. ; S. amygdalina var. Koch Comm. p. 19. 

 The Sexes. Both sexes are described by Willd. ; and the male is figured in Sal. Wob. 

 Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 17. ; andjig. 17. in p. 794. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves elliptical, rounded at the base, pointed at the tip, 



serrated, whitely glaucous beneath. Catkins appearing with the leaves. 



Flowers triandrous. Ovary pedicellated, ovate, smooth. Stigmas sessile. 



( Willd.) A shrub, with dark violet-coloured, shining branches. Dauphine. 



Introduced in 1818. Height 5 ft. to 14ft. Flowers yellow ; April. 



Ornamental from its abundant blossoms in early spring, and from its re- 

 markably neat serrated leaves. (See fig. 17. in p. 794.) 



