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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM, 



The branches are round, very smooth, " and so brittle at the base, in 

 spring, that with the slightest blow they start from the trunk ; " whence the 

 name of crack willow : though, according to Sir J. E. Smith, this is more 

 or less the case with S. decipiens, and several other species of willows, both 

 native and exotic. 



If 23. S. MONSPELIE'NSIS Forbes (fig. 30. in p. 797.), the Montpelier Willow, 

 is described in our 1st edit., p. 1517. 



2 24. S. RUSSELL/^\V^ Smith. The Russell, or Duke of Bedford's, Willow. 



Eng. Fl., 4. p. 186. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed 3., p. 422. 



?. fragilis Woodv. \ the Dishley, or Leicestershire, Willow ; in some counties, the 



Identification. 



Synonymes. ? S. 

 Huntingdon Willow. S. pendula Ser. ; S. vfridis Fries ; S. rubens Schrank. 



The Sexes. The female is figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. Smith, in the Eng. Fl., states that 

 he had not seen the flowers of the male. Dr. Johnston, in his Flora of Berwick upon Tweed, 

 states that a male tree, which he has deemed of this species, is in " New-water-haugh Plantation." 



Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1808. ; omfig. 1445. ; and fig. 28. in p. 796. 



1445. S. Russelliuna. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves lanceolate, tapering at each end, serrated throughout, 

 very glabrous. Footstalks glandular or leafy. Ovary tapering, stalked, 

 longer than the bracteas. Style as long as the stigmas. (Smith.) A large 

 handsome tree. Britain, in marshy woods. Height 80 ft. to 90 ft. Flowers 

 yellowish; April and May. 



