372 DICECIA DIANDKIA. fcL. XXII. 



vided stigmas. A tree about ten feet high, with erect, pale-yel- 

 lowish or purplish, polished branches. Flowers in March and 

 April : grows on the banks of rivers : common. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 xix. pi. 1343. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 188. 1395. 



23. S. Lambertidna. Boyton Willow. Branches erect, leaves lance- 

 shaped, broadest towards the end, pointed, serrate, smooth, 

 rounded at the base ; stipules none ; stamen one ; stigmas egg- 

 shaped, obtuse, notched, very short, nearly sessile. A small 



tree with erect, purplish branches. Flowers in March and April: 

 grows on the banks of rivers in England: rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xix, 

 pi. 1359. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 190. 1396, 



24. 5. Forbydna. Fine Basket Osier. Branches erect ; leaves be- 

 tween lance -shaped and oblong, with shallow serratures, smooth, 

 rounded at the base, glaucous beneath ; stamen one j style nearly 

 as long as the linear, divided stigma, A shrub with erect, slen- 

 der, greyish-yellow twigs, highly esteemed for the finer kinds of 

 basket-work. Flowers in April : grows in meadows and marshy 

 places in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire: rare. Eng, Bot. vol. xix. 

 pi. 1344. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 191. 1397, 



25. S. rubra. Green-leaved Osier. Stamens two, united for half 

 their length ; leaves lance-shaped, inclining to linear, elongated, 

 acute, smooth, with shallow serratures, green on both sides ; stig- 

 ma egg-shaped, undivided, A small tree, with long, smooth, 



purplish branches. One of the most valuable for basket-work. 

 Flowers in April and May : grows in low meadows and marshy 

 places : not common. Eng. Bat. vol. xvi. pi. 1145. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. 

 p. 191. 1398, 



26. -ST. Crowedna. Broad -leaved MonadelpTious Willow. Stamens 

 united at the base ; leaves elliptical, slightly serrate, smooth, glau- 

 cous beneath. A bushy shrub, four or five feet high, with stout 



brittle brownish-yellow branches : flowers in April and May : 

 grows in marshy meadows and thickets : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xvi. 

 pi. 1 146, Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 192. 1399. 



27. S. prwnifolia. Plum-leaved Willow. Leaves broadly egg- 

 shaped, serrate, smooth on both sides, even above, glaucous be- 

 neath ; stem erect, much branched ^ capsules egg-shaped, covered, 



like the scales, with long silky hairs. A bushy shrub, often 



three feet high, with spreading branches. Flowers in April and 

 May : grows on the Highland mountains. Eng. Bot. vol. xix. 

 pi. 136U Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 193. 1400. 



28. S. vacciniifolia. Bilberry -leaved Willow. Leaves between egg- 

 shaped and lance-shaped, smooth and even above, glaucous and 



silky beneath ; capsules egg-shaped, silky ; stems decumbent. 



A small shrub, with long, slender branches, silky when young. 

 Flowers in April : grows on the higher mountains of Scotland. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xxxiii. pi. 2341. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 194. 1401. 



29. S. venulosa. Veiny-leaved Willow. Leaves egg-shaped, ser- 

 rate, naked, reticulated with prominent veins above, rather glau- 

 cous beneath; capsules egg-shaped, silky; stem erect, much 



branched. A small bushy shrub, allied to S. prunifolia. Flowers 



in April and May : grows in the Highlands of Scotland. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xix. pi. 1362. Eng. Fl.vol. iv. p. 195. 1402. 



