356 uiOECiA — dianduia; ISalir. 



sent group : in the latter particular coming near, as Sir J. E. Smith 

 remarks, to S. r-iminalis, but wanting its dense white pubescence. The 

 stamens are alwaj'S more or less cornbinedj below only, into one fila- 

 ment, as in S. Croweana, which in other respects is quite a ditierent 

 plant. 



** Triandrte. Borr. Stain. 3. Leaves lanceolate, approaching 

 to ovate, ivilh evident deciduous stijmles, serrated, gluhrotis. Cat- 

 kins lax. Germens stalked, mostly yhibrous. — 3Iost of ilie sp. 

 constitute excelltnt osiers, and become trees if left to themselves. 



7. S. unduldta, Elirli. {sharp-leaved triandrotis JVilloiv); tri- 

 androus, leaves lanceolate acuminated serrated glabrous, ger- 

 mens stalked ovato-acuminate, style as long as the linear bifid 

 stigmas, scales very villous. " Ehrh. Beitr. v. v\. p. IGl. Arb. 

 108." — S. lanceolata, Sm.—E. BoL t. 1436. Salict. Wob. p. 27, 

 t. 14. 



Near Lewes, Sussex (the fertile ])lant), Mr Borrer, who does not 

 regard it as a native there. Angus-sliire. Ft. Apr. Maj'. T2 . — A small 

 tree, which casts its Z'«?'A annually. It is cultivated and cut down every 

 year for the use of basket-makers ; but Mr Forbes observes that it is 

 not so well calculated for the finer sorts of wicker-work as S. triandra. 

 Dp Meyer of Gottingen has sent me specimens of the S. undulata of 

 Ehrh. ; compared with the Elirhartian Herbarium ; and Mr Borrer is 

 satisfied that the\' are identical with Smith's lanceolata ; at least with 

 the Sussex specimens communicated by ]\Ir Woollgar to him, and w hich 

 are probably the same as the fertile individuals figured in E. Bot. 

 Indeed that station is the only one mentioned by Sir J. E. Smith as 

 English. Mr Borrer has received German specimens of iS. undulata 

 with silky germeus, and these are probably the S. undulata of the Sal- 

 ictum Woburnense, which differs only in that respect, and in its more 

 wavy leaves, from our present plant. 



8. S.f7'idnd7ri,Ij. (Jong-leaved triandrovs JVillo?r}; triandrons, 

 leaves oblongo-lanceolate acute serrated glabrous, germens stalk- 

 ed oblongo-ovate glabrous as well as the retuse scale, stigmas 

 sessile retuse. B. Bot. t. 1435. Salict. Wob. p. 29, t. 15. 



Wet woods and osier-grounds, frequent. Fl. May and Aug. (Sm.) 

 T} . — This becomes a tall tree, 20 — 30 feet high if left to itself, casting- 

 its bark in autumn. It is abundantly cultivated and reckoned among 

 the most valuable of the osiers. Mr Forbes speaks of another state 

 of the plant raised at Woburn, with larger and broader foliage : to 

 which probably the leaves in E. Bot. may be referred ; for thev are 

 much larger and broader than as described by that author. Mr Wooll- 

 gar used to distinguish this species by the dark-barked smooth shoots of 

 the fertile plant. The sterile one he never met with at Lewes. Nearly 

 allied to this is the French Willow of the Sussex osier-grounds, which 

 grows (according to Smith) from 12 to 15 feet high, with leaves of a fine 

 bright green and large yellow cnthins, with stamens thrice the length of 

 the scales ; the leaves only half the size oi triandra, with more slender 

 footstalks and larger stipules. This was the S. contorta, of Mr Crowe's 

 garden; ajiparently the Hoppcana of Willd. (according to my speci- 



' According to Sir J. E. Smith : but .Air E. Forster says tliat the .*>". contorta 

 of Mr Crowe is a willow called " 5. triandria, undulata," by Prof. Mtrtens. 



