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* Adult leaves serrate, smooth, or nearly so. 



1. S. tridndra. Long-leaved Triandrous Willow. Leaves oblong, 

 inclining to linear, serrate, smooth, rather unequally sloping at the 

 base ; stamens three ; germen stalked, egg-shaped, smooth ; stigmas 



nearly sessile. An erect tree, rising to the height of thirty feet. 



It is cultivated as an osier, for white basket-work, for which pur- 

 pose it is one of the most valuable. Flowers in May and August : 

 grows in wet woods and hedges : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xx. pi. 

 1435. Eng.Fl. vol. iv. p. 166. 1374. 



2. S. Hoffmannidna. Short-leaved Triandrous Willow. Leaves ob- 

 long, inclining to egg-shaped, serrate, smooth, slightly rounded at 

 the base ; stamens three ; germen stalked, egg-shaped, compressed, 



smooth ; stigmas nearly sessile. From twelve to fifteen feet high. 



Flowers in May : grows on the banks of rivulets in Sussex and near 

 Cambridge. Eng.Fl. vol.iv. p. 168. 1375. 



3. S.unduldta. Sharp-leaved Triandrous Willow. Leaves lance- 

 shaped, serrate, smooth, tapering towards each end; leaf-stalks 

 decurrent ; stamens three ; germen stalked, egg-shaped, smooth ; 



style as long as the stigmas. Cultivated for the coarser kinds of 



basket-work. Flowers in April and May : grows in low meadows 

 and woods. Eng. Bot. vol. xx. pi. 1436. S. lanceoldta. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iv. p. 168. 1376. 



4. S. amygdalina. Almond-leaved Willow. Leaves egg-shaped, 

 serrate, smooth, rounded and unequal at the base ; stamens three ; 

 germen egg-shaped, compressed, smooth ; its stalk almost as long 

 as the scale ; stigmas nearly sessile ; young branches furrowed. 

 A large bushy shrub or small tree : cultivated for coarse bas- 

 ket-work. Flowers in April and May, and in August : grows on 

 the banks of rivers and ditches : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xxvii. 

 pi. 1636. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 169. 1377. 



5. S. pentdndra. Sweet Bay-leaved Willow. Leaves egg-shaped, 

 pointed, crenate, glandular, smooth ; leaf-stalks glandular at the 

 top ; stamens five or more, hairy at the base ; germen egg-shaped, 



tapering, smooth, nearly sessile. An erect tree, fifteen or twenty 



feet high : leaves smooth on both sides, their edges discharging a 

 yellow resin, from which emanates the fragrant bay- like scent, for 

 which the plant is noted. Flowers in June and July : grows about 

 rivers. Eng. Bot. vol. xxvi. pi. 1805. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 171. 1378. 



6. S. nigricans. Dark-broad-leaved Willow. Leaves between lance- 

 shaped and elliptical, acute, crenate, smooth, with a downy rib 

 above, glaucous beneath ; stamens two, thrice the length of the 

 hairy scales ; germen lance-shaped, downy, on a short downy 



stalk. A large bushy shrub. Flowers in April: grows in 



marshes, woods, and thickets, in England : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 xvii. pi. 1213. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 172. 1379. 



7. S. rddicans. Tea-leaved Willow. Leaves between lance-shaped 

 and elliptical, with waved serratures, smooth, glaucous beneath ; 

 stipules glandular on the inside ; germen lance-shaped, stalked, 

 silky; style twice as long as the stigmas; branches recumbent, 



rooting. A low spreading bush. Flowers in May: grows at 



Finlarig in Breadalbane. Eng. Bot. vol. xxviii. pi. 1958. /S. 2>hylici- 

 folia. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 173. 1380. 



8. S. Borreridna. Dark Upright Willow. Leaves lance-shaped, 

 with shallow, even serratures, very smooth, glaucous beneath ; 



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