202 ENGLISH BOTANY. 
SPECIES L—SALIX PENTAN DRA. Lin. 
Prats MCCCIIL. 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. et Helv. Vol. XI. Tab. DCXIL Fig. 1268, and DCXIII. Fig. 
1269. 
Dillot, Fl. Gall. et Germ. Exsice. No. 1065. 
Wimm. Sal. Europ. p.22. Anders. Mon. Sal. p. 35. 
S. pentandra and S. polyandra, De Bray. Reich. Ie. 1.e. p. 29. 
Leaves oval or elliptical or oblanceolate-oval, acuminate, finely and 
closely glandular-serrate, shining, glabrous on both sides; petiole with 
numerous glands at the apex. Stipules oblong, obtuse, rarely present, 
except in the form of a minute gland. Catkins opening after the 
leaf buds expand, on short leafy lateral branches, spreading or slightly 
drooping, dense, obtuse. Catkin-scales oblong, obtuse, pubescent at 
the base, glabrous at the apex. Stamens 4 to 8 or 12 (?), but 
generally 5; filaments hairy at the base. Capsule conical-subulate, 
green, glabrous, on & stalk twice as long as the nectary; style short; 
stigmas thick, 2-lobed, spreading. Young branches and young leaves 
glabrous. 
In wet places, and by the banks of rivers. Rather scarce, but gene- 
rally distributed, though most common in the north of England and 
Lowlands of Scotland. Whether it is indigenous in the south of 
England and north of Scotland seems doubtful. Local and rather rare 
in Ireland, but native in the north of the island. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Shrub or Tree. Summer. 
Usually a shrub 3 to 10 feet high, but, under favourable circum- 
stances, developing into a moderately large tree, with brown bark, and 
spreading-erect branches, the young ones reddish-brown or reddish- 
yellow, tough, but separating readily at the point whence they originate. 
Leaves, when full grown, 2 to 4 inches long by } to 2 inches broad, 
the broadest part usually a little above the middle ; the base rounded ; 
the apex generally greatly acuminate, at length coriaceous, smooth 
above, the under side paler, with the veins conspicuous. Male catkins 
1 to 2 inches long, at first erect, ultimately pendulous. Catkin-scales 
pale yellow, concolorous. Female catkins a little shorter than the male, 
but on longer stalks and with more numerous leaves, their catkin- 
scales narrower. Nectary with the front portion frequently but 
slightly developed, but the nectary seems inconstant, as Dumortier and 
Babine ton describe it as entire and undivided. Capsule about } inch 
long. Young leaves and branches glutinous, fragrant. 
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