Populus.'} AMENTACE^. 253 



glaucous beneath; germens lanceolate, stalked, very silky, as 

 well as the scales; style elongated; stigmas entire or bifid. Br. 

 Fl. 1. p. 428. S. phylicifolia, Linn. E. Fl. v. iv. p. 173. E. 

 Bot. t. 1958. Salict. Wob. p. 31. t. 46. 



Side of Enagh Lough, County of Derry ; Mr. D. Moore. 1834. 

 Fl. May. T? . A low, spreading-, smooth bush, whose long, recum- 

 bent, brown or purplish branches take root as they extend in every 

 direction. Leaves on shortish footstalks, not much spreading, about 

 two inches long, not one broad ; very acute at the point ; not at all 

 rounded at the base ; smooth at all times, except an obscure downiness 

 on the midrib above ; harsh to the touch, bitter, variously crenated or 

 serrated, the serratures peculiarly, and sometimes remarkably undu- 

 lated ; the upper side of a dark shining green ; under glaucous. I 

 have not as yet seen the catkins of Irish specimens. 



31. S. bicolor, Ehrh. Two-coloured Willow. Leaves ellip- 

 tical, green and shining above, glabrous and glaucous beneath, 

 serrated, with oblique points; stipules crescent-shaped, serrated; 

 barren catkins copious, bright yellow ; filaments slightly bearded 

 at the base. Forbes. Br. Fl. 1. p. 430. S. tenuifolia, E. Bot. 

 t. 2186. (as to figure, not Fl. Br.) Borr. S. floribunda, 

 Forbes in Salict. Wob. p. 107. f. 54. Hooker. S. tenuifolia, 

 Drummond's Cat. of Plants in the Co. of Cork. 



Near Carrigaline, County of Cork ; Mr. J. Drummond. I insert 

 this species on Mr. Drummond's authority, not having seen Irish spe- 

 cimens : further observations must decide whether he meant 5. tenui- 

 Jolia of Fl. Br. or the present plant. Fl. April, and again in July. 

 '(Forbes.) T?. 



jfc 12. Herbaceae. Borr. Minute shrub ; remarkable for its 

 small, few- flowered catkins. 



32. S. herbacea, Linn. Least Willow. Leaves orbicular, 

 serrated, glabrous, shining, veined ; germens sessile, lanceolate, 

 glabrous; style and stigmas bifid; catkins of few flowers. Br. 

 FL 1. p. 432. E. Fl. v. iv. p. 200. E. Bot. t. 1907. Salict. 



Wob. p. 123. t. 62. 



Summits of Tomlagee and Lugnaquilla, the two highest of the Wick- 

 low mountains, and Slieve Douard, County of Down. An unusually 

 large variety was found by Mr. Templeton on the top of Siieve- Nance, 

 County of Antrim, similar to some of the large varieties gathered by 

 Mr. M'Nab, of Edinburgh, on the mountains of Sutherland. Fl. June. 

 T? . The least of our native Willows. Mr. Moore has lately sent me 

 very luxuriant specimens from Dart-rnountain, County of Derry. 



4. POPULUS. Linn. Poplar. 



Barren fl. Scales of the catkins jagged. Anthers 8 30, 

 arising from a turbinate, oblique, entire, single perianth. 

 Fertile fl. Scales of the catkin jagged. Perianth turbinate. 

 Stigmas four or eight. Capsules superior, 2-celled, 2-valved, 

 many-seeded. Seeds comose. Name, populus^ or the tree of 



