DIOECIA— DIANDRIA. Salix. 191 



24. S. Forbiana, Fine Basket Osier. 



Branches erect. Leaves alternate, with small stipulas, 

 lanceolate-oblong, with shallow serratures, smooth ; 

 rounded at the base ; glaucous beneath. Stamen one. 

 Style nearly as long as the linear divided stigmas, 



S. Forbiana. Fl. Br. 1041. Engl. Bot. v. 19. 1. 1344. Reess Cyd. 

 n. 49. M'illd. Sp. PL v. 4. 674. 



S. fissa. Relh. 385. Sm. Tr. of L. Soc. v. 6. 1 15 ; but not of Hoff- 

 mann. 



In meadows and osier-holts, in the eastern part of England. 



At Fincham, Norfolk. Rev. Joseph Forhy. In several osier- 

 grounds near Lynn, Norfolk. Mr. Crowe. At Prick willow, 

 near Ely. Rev. J. Hemsted. In many parts of Cambridgeshire 

 truly wild. 



Shrub. April. 



Stem erect, bushy, with upright, slender, smooth twigs, very 

 flexible and tough, of a greyish yellow, not purple, hue, highly 

 esteemed, and much cuftivated, for the finer kinds of basket- 

 work. Leaves all alternate, very seldom inclining to be oppo- 

 site, larger than any of the three preceding, and more approach- 

 ing to a truly lanceolate form, with a small point ; their serra- 

 tures shallow and blunt ; upper surface of a deep grass green ; 

 under somewhat glaucous ; both sides smooth, except a mealy 

 kind of downiness when young. Footstalks a little silky, or 

 downy, as is occasionally the midrib. Stipulas small, lanceolate, 

 acute, often wanting. Fertile catkins extremely like those of 

 5. Helix in every part, especially the stigmas ; but the leaves are 

 so widely different, that the two species could not, by the most 

 careless observer, be confounded, and the superior qualit)' of the 

 twigs of S. Forbiana renders that difference worthy of particular 

 attention. The original plant, sent by Mr. J. Forby to Mr. 

 Crowe, was found now and then, to bear a solitary stamen at 

 one of the lower scales of the fertile catkins, which fortunately 

 showed this species to be truly monandrous, and distinct from 

 Hoffmann's fissa, to which it had previously been referred, and 

 which proves to be our rubra. S. Forbiana turns of an inky 

 black in drying. 



25. S, rubra. Green-leaved Osier. 



Stamens combined below. Leaves linear-lanceolate, elon- 

 gated, acute, smooth, with shallow seiTatures ; green on 

 both sides. Stigmas ovate, undivided. 



S. rubra. Huds. 428. mild. Sp. Fl. v. 4.674. Fl. Br. 1042. Engl. 



Bot.v. 16. «. 1145. Tr. of L. Soc. v. 6. 116. 

 S. fissa. Hoffm. Sal. r. 1 . 6 i . M 3, 14. Ehrh. Arb. 29. fVilld. 



Baumz. 337. 



