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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



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



Synmiyme. S. amygdalina, part of, Koc/t Comm. p. 19. 



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



Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1435.; Sal. Wob., No. 15.; our fig. 1436. ; andfig. 15. in p. 793. 



S2}ec. Char., ^-c. Leaves linear-oblong, serrated, glabrous, rather unequalU 

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

 broiis. Stigmas nearly sessHe. Bractea (or scale) clothed externally with 

 fine, long, sjjreading, 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. E.vtensively cultivated for the long 

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

 wickerwork, hoops, &c. 



Varieties. 



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S. /. 2 gdliica. The French Willow. So called, and cultivated, in 



Sussex, and the eastern parts of England. 

 S S. ^. 3 Hoppehna,. S. androgyna Hoppe. Characterised by having 



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

 It S. <. 4. A', triiindra undulata Mcrtens, incd. Aj)proaches to S. 



amygdalina. 



^ 'i 13. S. HoFFMA.NN/.^\v.4 Smith. Hoffmann's Willow, or Osier. 



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



Synonyme. S. triandra Hqff'nt., S. Hoffinanni(ia Sm., seems to te the S. triandra of German bo- 

 tanists in general. 



The Seres. The male is figured in Eng. Bot. Suppl. and in Sal. Woh. ; a notice relative to %vhat 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. C/iar.,-Si-c. Leaves ovate-oblong, serrated, smooth, slightly rounded at 

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

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

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

 Flowers yellow ; May. 



14. S. ^jiygda'lina L. The A\mond-Ienved Willow, or Osier. 



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



Synonyme. S. mygdalina, part of, KocJt Comm. p. 18. 



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



Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1636. ; Sal. Wob., No. 18.; our fig. 1437- ; andfig. 18. in p. 794. 



Spec. Char., Sfc, Leaves ovate, serrated, glabrous, rounded, and unequal at i 

 the base. Stamens 3. Ovary ovate, compressed, smooth ; its stalks almost 

 as long as the bractea. Stigmas nearly sessile. Young branches furrowed, j 

 Down of the seeds siiorter, and less abundant, than in S. triandra. A 

 tree. Britain; on the banks of rivers and ditches. Height 20ft. to 30 ft.! 

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



3: 15. S. ViLL.\Rs/.i\Y^ Fliigge et Willd. 



Villars's Willow, or Osier. 



No. 63. 



Identification. Fliigge in Litt., quoted in Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 655. ; Smith in Rees's Cycl 

 Synonymcs. S. triandra I'iltms Dctpli. 3. p. 762. ; S. nravgdalina var. KocU Comm. p. I9. 

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

 Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 17.; ixndfig. 17- in p. 794. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Leaves elliptical, rounded at the base, pointed at the tij), 

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

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

 (Willd.) A shrub, with dark violet-coloured, .-.hining branches. DauphincI 

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



Ornamental from its abundant blossoms in eaily spring, and from its re] 

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



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