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mens from Saltzburg), differing only in the notched or retnse bracteas. 

 Mr Borrer seems to think that it is the S. triandra of Curt. Fl. Lond. 



9. S. Hoffinannid7ia, Sin. (^short-leaved triandrous Willoiu); 

 triandrous, leaves shortly and broadly lanceolate acute slightly 

 rounded at the base serrated glabrous, " germens stalked ovate 

 compressedglabrous, stigmas nearly sessile. E. Fl. v. iv.p. 168. 

 Salict. Wob.p. Q\, t. 16. Borr. in E. Bot. Suppl. t. 2620. — 

 ^S*. triandra, Hojfm, Sal. v. i. p. 45. t. 9, 10, t. 23. f. (excl. the 

 vars. 9) Borr, 



Sides of streams, in Sussex (sterile plant) ; and near Cambridge. Fl. 

 May. . — A much branched shrub, or crooked tree ; scarcely exceed- 

 ing 12 ft. ^rt/-^ of the sto/2 and large branches deciduous, as in the 

 other triandrous Willows. The humbler growth, the short, flat, lance- 

 olate /eawes more rounded attlieir base, with larger, rounded, ear-shaped 

 stipules, distinguish this plant from ^S. triarid., with which it is said to 

 agree in the fertile fl., as it does in wanting the deep furrows of the 

 young twigs, so remarkable in S. amygdalina. 



10. S. amygdaUna, h. (Almond-leaved Willoiv); triandrous, 

 leaves oblongo-ovate acute rounded at the base serrated gla- 

 brous, germens much stalked ovate glabrous, stigmas sessile 

 bifid, young branches furrowed. E. Bot. t. 1936. Salict. Wob. 

 p. 35, t. 18. 



Banks of rivers and ditches ; Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire ; Scot- 

 land. FL Apr. May and Aug. Tj . — A tree, growing to the height of 

 20 — 30 feet in the woods at Woburn, with much furrowed, yellowish, 

 young branches. The plant is considered inferior as an osier to .S. tri- 

 andra, which it approaches very nearly in botanical character. About 

 Lewes, Mr Borrer says both the fertile and barren plants are confined 

 to the osier-beds, as are S. triandra, and " S. triandra, tmdulata," of 

 Mertens. 



*** Pentandrse. Borr. Stamens more than 3, usually 5, in each 

 catkin, so numerous and long as to render t!te jlowers, which 

 too are in perfection at the same time with the foliage, quite hand- 

 some ; ichile the tree itself is the most ornamental of the whole 

 Genus. Germens glabrous. Moderately -sized trees, vjith ample, 

 glossy, fragrant foliage, exuding a resin from the glandular ser- 

 ratures of the leaves. 



11. S. pentd?id?'a, L. (Sweet-Bay~leaved Willow); stamens 5, 

 leaves elliptical-lanceolate acuminated glanduloso-serrated gla- 

 brous with several glands at the base, germens lanceolate gla- 

 brous nearly sessile, style scarcely any, stigmas bifid. E. Bot. 

 t. 1805. Salict. IVob. p. 67. t. 34-. — S. Meyeriana, Borr. in Br. 

 Fl. ed. 3. {not Willd.) 



Banks of rivers and watery places ; most frequent in the N. Fl. May, 

 June. Tj . — 18 — 20 ft. high. Its large and copious, shining foliage al- 

 most gives this plant the appearance of an evergreen. SterUe catkins 

 broad, fragrant, as well as the leaves. The tough flexible shoots, Mr 

 Forbes says, are good for basket-work. — Mr Borrer doubts if the Ame- 

 rican S. lucida, (Salict. Wob. t. :J2,) be ditferent from this ; and Mr 



