LXVIII. 5ALICA CEiE : SA LIX. 



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ones partly obovate and recurved. Footstalks some- 

 what glandular. Ovary tapering, stalked, smooth. 

 Style longer than the cloven stigmas. Branches 

 sniootli, highly polished. (Hvjfm.) An upright, but 

 not lofty tree, distinguished by the smooth clay- 

 oloured bark of the last year's branches, which shine 

 like porcelain, as if varnished ; the shoots of the 

 present year being stained of a fine red or crimson. 

 Britain, 'Height 30 ft. to 40 ft. Flowers yellow ; May. 



Frequently cultivated for basketwork ; but it well de- 

 serves a place in ornamental plantations, from the re- 

 markable appearance of its bark during winter. 



J 21. S. monta'na Forbes, the Mountain Willow (fg. 19. in p. 794.), is do- 

 scribed in our first edition, p. 1515. 



1 22. .S". fra''gilis L. The brittle-twigged, or Crack, Willow. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI, 1443. ; Eng. Fl., 4. p. 1804. ; Hook. Br. FJ., ed. 3., p. 421. 

 Synonipne. S. frSgilis, in part, Kock Conim. p. 15. 

 T/ie Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Etig. Bot. and Sal. Wub. 



Engravings. Lin. Fl. Lapp., No. 349. t. 8. 1. b. ; Eng. Bot., t 1807. ; the plate of this tree In Arb, 

 Brit., 1st edit. ; and our jig, 1444. 



1443. S. decipiens. 



1444. S. fr4gUis. 



Spec. Char., S,-c., Leaves ovate-lanceolate, pointed, serrated throughout, very 

 glabrous. Footstalks glandular. Ovary ovate, abrupt, nearly sessile, gla- 

 brous. Bracteas oblong, about equal to the stamens and pistils. Stigmas 

 cloven, longer than the style. {Smith.') A tall bush3'-headed tree, with the 

 branches set on obliquely, somewhat crossing each other, not continued in a 

 straight line outwards from the trunk ; by which character. Sir J. E. Smith 

 observes, it may readily be distinguished even in winter. Britain ; common 

 in hedges. Height 80 ft. to 90 ft. Flowers yellow ; April and May. 



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