CLASS XXII, ORDER 1] SALIX. 1235 
purplish. Leaves oblong, ovate, acutely pointed, rounded, often 
obliquely at the base, the footstalks short, thick, channeled, running 
into a prominent mid-rib, the margin obtusely and somewhat 
unequally serrated, smooth, a bright green above, paler beneath. 
Stipules ear-shaped, rather large, mostly crenated on the margin. 
Catkins erect, about two inches long, cylindrical, terminating the 
short lateral leafy branches. Scales obovate, obtuse, more or less 
downy, but not bearded at point. Stamens sometimes more than three. 
Capsules ovate, somewhat conical, obtuse, smooth, on a slender foot- 
stalk, about as long as the scale. Style very short. Stigmas obtuse, 
notched, spreading. 
Habitat.—Banks of rivers and ditches; Norfolk, Suffolk, Cam- 
bridgeshire; Scotland. 
Tree ; flowering in April, May, and August. 
According to Sir J. E. Smith, this tree, if cut down every year, 
produces rods six to eight feet long, in considerable plenty, fit for 
coarse basket work, but not equal to S. triandra when pealed. Be- 
sides other insects the Entomologist will find upon this tree the 
Phalana anastomosis, Linn., the Mocca stone moth, the Caterpillar 
is of a bright yellow, streaked with brown. ‘They are found collected 
together in a web, which they attach to the leaves, and are mostly 
very numerous. It is a native of Kurope and America. 
Group 3. Pentandre. Borr. Stamens more than three, usually 
Jive, in each catkin, so numerous and long as to render the flowers, 
which too are in perfection at the same time with the foliage, quite 
handsome; while the tree itself is the most ornamentul of the 
whole genus. Germens smooth. Catkins on lateral leafy stalks. 
Moderately sized trees, with ample glossy fragrant foliage, 
exuding a resin from the glandular serratures of the leaves. 
ll. S. pentan'dra, Linn. (Fig. 1485) Sweet Bay-leaved Willow. 
Stamens five or more; catkins on a leafy stalk; capsules tapering, 
ovate, smooth, on short stalks; styles short; stigma bifid ; leaves 
elliptic lanceolate, acuminate, smooth, with glandular serratures, 
and several glands at the base; stipules ovate. 
English Botany, t. 1805.—English Flora, vol. iv. p. 171.—Salict. 
Wob. p. 67. t. 34—Hooker, British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 857.— 
Lindley, Synopsis, p. 230.—S. Meyeriana, Borr. not Willd. 
A handsome erect tree, growing from fifteen to twenty feet high, 
the branches compact, with dark glossy bark. Leaves numerous, 
elliptic lanceolate, or ovate, with an acuminated point, a dark smooth 
shining green above, paler beneath, the margin copiously serrated 
with glandular teeth, footstalk rather short, channeled, with several 
glands at the top. Stipules ovate, mostly wanting. Caikins on short 
lateral leafy branches, somewhat downy, cylindrical, large, from one 
and half to two inches long, spreading. Seales oblong, obtuse, hairy, 
yellow. Stamens five to ten, with long filaments and yellow anthers. 
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