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Curt. Fl. Lond. as identical with S. Hoffmanniawa Smith ; but has 

 remarked that it may possibly prove distinct, and that it doubtless 

 is so from the S. triandra, which he has described. There are plants 

 at Henfield. 



* Si ?t. 3 Hoppeana; S. andrdgyna Hoppc, quoted in Willd. Sp. 



PI., iv. p. 654., under S. Hoppeawa Willd. ; S. Hopped Willd. 

 Sp. PL, iv. p. 654., Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 2., Hayne Ab- 

 bild., p. 218. t. 158.; S. triandra androgyna Seringe, quoted in 

 Hayne Abbild.; S. amygdalina, part of, Koch Comm., p. 18. Smith, 

 in his Eng. Fl., iv. p. 167., has incidentally described this, after S. 

 triandra, as follows : " S. Hoppearca Willd. is characterised by 

 having some catkins composed partly of male and partly of female 

 flowers. Its leaves, though very glaucous beneath, agree nearly with 

 those of S. triandra, of which species Mr. Sieber, who sent me 

 specimens from Salzburg, appears to think it a variety." (Smith.) 

 It is shown, under var. 2, that Hooker deems S. Hoppeana ap- 

 parently identical with that variety. Introduced in 1820. 



* * S. ? t. 4 ; S. triandra undulata Mertcns, incd. This is an approach 



to S. flmygdalina; the twigs are of a yellowish grey as in that kind, 

 and their young points grooved, but in a less remarkable degree. 

 Mr. Forster regards this, and not the French willow of the Lewes 

 basket-makers, as the S. contorta of Mr. Crowe. I have plants of 

 both sexes from the Lewes osier grounds. (W. B.) 



& IB. S. HoFFMANN/,4^ Smith. Hoffmann's Willow, or Osier. 



Identification. Smith Eng. Fl., 4. p. 168. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 16. ; Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl., 



t. 2620. ; Hook. Br. FL, ed. 3., p. 420. 

 Synonyme. S. triandra Hqffm. Sal., 1. p. 45. t. 9, 10., 23. f. 2. (Smith] ? exclusively of vars. (Borrer 



in Hook. Br. Fl.) S. Hottmanma Sm. seems to be the S. tri&ndra of German botanists in 



general. (Smith in Eng. Fl., 2. p. 167.) 

 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 Engl. Flora. 

 Engravings. Hoff Sal., 1. 1. 9, 10., and 23. f. 2. ; Sal. Wob., No. 16. ; Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2620. ; and 



.fig. 16. in p. 1606. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves ovate-oblong, serrated, smooth, slightly rounded 

 at the base. Stamens 3. Ovary stalked, ovate, compressed, glabrous. 

 Stigmas nearly sessile. (Smith E. F.) The male plant is a native of 

 Britain, on the sides of streams, in Sussex, where it forms a much- 

 branched shrub, or crooked tree, scarcely ever exceeding 12 ft. high ; flower- 

 ing in May. Mr. Forbes states that his plant, after having been cultivated 

 for five years, had not exceeded the height of 5 ft. There are plants in the 

 Goldworth Arboretum, and at Henfield. 



14. S. ^MYGDA'LINA L. The Almond-leaved Willow, or Osier. 



Identification. Li. Sp. PL, 1443. ; Willd. Sp. PL, p. 656. : Smith Eng. Bot, t. 1636. ; Eng. Fl, 4. 

 169. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 18. ; Hook Br. 



lackay FL Hibern., pt. 1. p. 245. 



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

 The Sexes. Both sexes ae figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wbb. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot, 1. 1636. ; Sal. Wob., No. 18. ; our Jig. 1298. ; and Jig. 18. in p. 1606. 



Spec. Char., fyc. 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. 

 Mr. Crowe first accurately compared and distinguished these two by their 

 leaves. (Smith E. F.) A native of Britain, on the banks of rivers and 

 ditches, in the eastern counties of England, and in Scotland, where it 

 forms a tree growing to the height of 20ft. or 30ft.; flowering in April 

 and May, and, for the second time, in August. " If cut down every year, it 

 produces rods 6 ft. or 8 ft. long, in considerable plenty, for coarse basket- 

 work, but not equal to S. triandra when peeled." (Smith.) Among the in- 

 sects which live upon this species is the Phalae^na anastomosis L., the 



