CLASS XXII. ORDER I.] SALIX. 1231 
oblong lanceolate, serrated, smooth, with a pair of small downy 
lanceolate stipules at the base. 
English Botany, t. 1344.—English Flora, vol. iv. p. 191.—Salict. 
Wob. p. 9. t. 5.—Hooker, British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i, p. 855.—S, 
rubra, 8.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 232. 
A low bush, with erect, smooth, slender, tough, and flexible 
branches, the bark a greyish green. Leaves lanceolate, on a short 
footstalk, about three inches long, a fine green above, glaucous be- 
neath, and somewhat downy beneath when young. Stipules small, 
lanceolate, downy, often wanting. Catkins similar to S. Heliz. 
Habitat—Meadows and ossier holts, especially in the Eastern part 
of England. 
Shrub ; flowering in April. 
This species, though resembling S. Helix in the form of its catkins 
and fruit, is readily distinguished from that species by its larger 
lanceolate leaves. The plant is much cultivated in osier-holts for its 
twigs, which are greatly esteemed for making the finer kind of basket 
works. “The name,” Forbyana, Sir J. E. Smith, says, “ may serve 
to commemorate the original discoverer, or more especially his brother, 
the Rev. Robert Forbes, an able botanist.”.—Hng. Bot. The leaves 
turn almost black when dried. 
6. S. rw'bra, Huds. (Fig. 1480.) Green leaved Osier. Stamens two, 
combined at the base; catkins sessile, bracteated at the base; cap. 
sules ovate, sessile, downy; style elongated; stigmas linear, undi- 
vided ; leaves linear lanceolate, acuminated, serrated, smooth, green 
on both sides, those of the fertile plants broader ; stipules linear. 
English Botany, t. 1145.—English Flora, vol. iv. p. 191.—Salict, 
Wob. p. 11. t. 6—Hooker, British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 355.— 
Lindley, Synopsis p. 252. 
A small tree, with long erect smooth branches, of a greyish or 
purplish colour, tough and pliant. Leaves long, linear lanceolate, 
narrow, with an acuminated point, miuutely toothed or serrated on 
the margin, smooth, a fine grass green, paler beneath, the footstalk 
short, smooth. Stipules linear, awl-shaped, soon falling away. 
Catkins erect, the barren ones stout, obtuse, more than an inch long, 
the fertile ones narrower and shorter. WSca/es obtuse, dark coloured 
in the upper half, downy. Stamens two, upon a single combined 
filament. Capsule ovate, downy. Style elongated, the stigmas ovate, 
obtuse, entire. 
Habitat—Low meadows and osier-holts, but rare; Maidenhead, 
Windsor, near Salisbury, Cambridgeshire, Curlisle; frequent in Scot. 
land in hedges and osier grounds. 
Small tree; flowering in April and May. 
The twigs, when annually cut, are very valuable for basket work, 
&c. It is readily distinguished from the other species of this group 
by its narrow leaves and combined stamens. 
