192 DIOECIA— DIANDRIA. Salix. 



S. virescens. Villars Dauph. v. 3. 785. t. 5 1 ./. 30. 



S. minimi fragilis, foliis longissimis, utrinque viridibus, non ser- 

 ratis. Rail Syn. ed. 2.293. ed. 3. 449. 



S. nerii folio, utrinque virente. Vaill.Par. 175. Herb. Sherard. 



In low meadows, osier-holts, &c., but rare. 



Between Maidenhead and Windsor ; also near Salisbury. J. She- 

 rard. Near Ely. Bishop of Carlisle. At Prickwillow near Ely. 

 Rev. J. Hemsted. Cambridgeshire, the barren as well as fertile 

 plant. Rev. J. Holme. The latter from Mr. Hudson's herba- 

 rium, by the favour of Mr. Lambert. 



Tree. April, May. 



A small tree, with long, upright, smooth, greyish or purplish, 

 more frequently tawny, branches, very tough and pliant, this 

 being one of the most valuable osiers, when cut down annually. 

 ieo»es alternate, on rather short, slender, and smooth footstalks, 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, long and narrow, flat, very minutely 

 toothed rather than serrated, of a fine grass green, and smooth, 

 on both sides, being downy when young only. Stipulas linear- 

 lanceolate and toothed, rarely observable. Barren catkins stout, 

 obtuse, near 1^ inch long ; fertile rather more slender, and in 

 the flowering state shorter. Scales of both obovate, abrupt, or 

 notched, purplish-brown, very hairy. Filaments 2, combined 

 from the base upward about half their length, more or less, each 

 division bearing one orange-coloured anther of 2 cells. Germ. 

 ovate, densely silky, with a large glandular obtuse nectary at its 

 base, opposite to the scale. Stt/le short, with two ovate, thick, 

 undivided stigmas. 



No diff"erence of opinion can exist concerning the present species, 

 whose very long and narrow leaves agree in shape with the Com- 

 mon Osier, .S. viminalis, but want its dense white pubescence. 

 The stamens accord with the next species, differing from all other 

 known Salices, The name ricbra seems to have been originally 

 given to S. vitelUna, n.\7, a reddish variety of which was con- 

 founded with this. 



26.S.Crowea?ia. Broad-leaved Monadelphous Willow. 



Stamens combined below. Leaves elliptical, slightly ser- 

 rated, quite smooth ; glaucous beneath. 



S. Croweana. Sm. Tr. cf L. Soc. v. 6.117. Fl. Br. 1 043. Engl. 

 Bot.v. 16. 1. 1146. Willd.Sp.Pl.v.4.676. Winch Guide, v. 1.89. 



In swampy meadows and thickets. 



Discovered by Mr. Crowe, at Cranberry Fen in the parish of East 

 Winch, and in other parts of Norfolk. Mr. Winch first met 

 with the fertile |)lant near Eggleston, in Teesdale, and in Were- 

 dale, Durham. He mentions the barren one as found by the 

 Rev. J, T. Fenwick near Cambo, in Northumberland, Mr. 



