BICECIA. 



I. DIANDRIA. 

 278. SAL1X. 



* Adult leaves serrated, smooth, or nearly so. 



1. S. pentandra, leaves ovate, pointed, crenate, glandular, 

 smooth ; footstalks glandular at the summit ; stamens 5 or more, 

 hairy at the base ; germen ovate, tapering, smooth, nearly ses- 

 sile. Bay-leaved Willow. 



Hob. Boggy ground not uncommon. In the field below 

 the Old Lamberton Toll. Allerton Mill dean. Haiden 

 dean, &c. June, July. 



In the dean below Allerton Mill there are some fine trees 

 of this species, but commonly it is merely a bushy shrub, 

 readily distinguished by the large broad shining green 

 leaves, which exhale a fragrant bay-like scent from their 

 resinous notches. 



2. S. decipiens, leaves lanceolate, pointed, serrated, very smooth, 

 floral ones partly obovate and recurved; footstalks somewhat 

 glandular ; germen tapering, stalked, smooth ; style longer than 

 the cloven stigmas; branches smooth, highly polished. Var- 

 nished Willow. 



Hob. Sides of Grange-burn where it passes the road be- 

 low Fairney-flat. May. 



With us this is a bushy shrub, distinguished by its smooth 

 varnished simple or slightly branched twigs, which are 

 more or less coloured with brown. The leaves are narrow, 

 tapered at each end, numerous, opposite or alternate, of 

 a pleasant green. The barren catkins are upwards of an 

 inch long, protruded before the leaves, and very beauti. 

 fill. Stamens 2, at first united half-way up, but separat- 

 ing after shedding their pollen. 



3. S. Russelliana, leaves lanceolate, tapering at each end, ser- 

 rated throughout, very smooth ; footstalks glandular or leafy ; 

 germen tapering, stalked, longer than the scales ; style as long 

 as the stigmas. Bedford Willow. 



Hob. Woods and hedges, common in this neighbourhood. 



