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herbacea, but much stouter, with the stems less deeply buried, and 
much more of the branches exposed, forming large flakes often 1 or 2 
feet across; branches chestnut, shining, tortuous, with numerous 
short ascending twigs, with 3 to 5 leaves on each subdivision. Leaves 
+ to 2 inches long, exclusive of the petiole, which is usually half the 
length of the lamina. The persistent bud-scales might readily be 
mistaken for stipules. The catkins are produced in precisely the same 
manner as in 8. herbacea, i.e. apparently terminal, from the bud at the 
base of the uppermost leaf remaining undeveloped until the succeeding 
season. In both 5. reticulata and 5. herbacea I have seen abnormal 
specimens in which this terminal bud had grown out into a barren 
shoot during the same season, and in which consequently the 
peduncle was lateral and leafless. Peduncles % to 2 inches long, 
generally curved, glabrous or finely downy. Catkins } to 1 inch 
long, the scales much shorter than the stamens and germen. Anthers 
reddish purple. Capsule obtuse; style scarcely any. Coma of the 
seeds dirty white. Leaves very unlike those of any other of the 
British willows, somewhat resembling those of Cotoniaster, which 
(Mr. H. C. Watson suggests) may have been mistaken for S. reticulata 
in the county of Carnarvon. 
Reticulate-leaved Willow. 
French, Saule réticulé. 
EXCLUDED SPECIES. 
JUGLANS REGIA. Linn. 
The walnut cannot be considered as naturalised in this country, 
although it is often planted in situations where it might be mistaken 
for a native tree. 
QUERCUS CERRIS. Lin. 
I have had this sent me from various places, but it has no more 
claim to be admitted to the British Flora than the laburnum or horse- 
chestnut. 
BETULA INTERMEDIA. Thomas. 
It is reported that B. intermedia has been found in Forfarshire.— 
Wats. Cyb. Brit. p. 382. 
POPULUS DILITATA. Ai. 
The Lombardy poplar, a subspecies of P. nigra, is often planted. 
I have seen only the male plant. 
