AMENTACEyl';. 



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from HooJcer. The L. are, in fact, a Utile 

 broader towards the base than those of the 

 following species, but there is not much 

 difference. Koch unites Sp. 3, 4, and 5, and 

 is probably right in so doing. 



5. russelliana. L. lanceolate, tapering 

 at each extremity, strongly serrate, smooth, 

 very pale beneath. Germea stalked (nearly 

 sessile, E. B.), lanceolate, acuminate, smooth. 

 Style as long as bitid stigmas. (Length of Fr. 4 

 times breadth, E. B.) Scales narrow lanceolate, 

 shghtly ciliate, Hookkr. T. 4, 5. Osier- 

 grounds and marshy woods. 



6. alba. (Germen 3 times breadth, E. B.) 

 Stalk hardly equalling the very short nectary. 

 Stigma nearly sessile, short, emarginate. L. 

 lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate, silky, espe- 

 cially beneath. Stip. lanceolate. T. 4, 5. River- 

 banks, 8fc. 



/3. cmrulea. L. nearly or quite smooth, 

 grey beneath. 



7. vitellina. Germen smooth, lanceolate, 

 sessile, (twice breadth, E. B.) Stigma nearly 

 sessile, bipartite. L. lanceolate, acuminate, 

 serrulate, silky beneath. Back of Branches 

 yellow or golden. T. 5. Hedges and osier- 

 grounds. Probably a var. of Sp. 6. 



8. babylonica. Branches long, flexile, 

 drooping. L. lineari-lanceolate, acuminate, ser- 

 rulate, smooth. Germen ovate, sessile, smooth. 

 T. 3, 4. Banks. Not wild. 



B. AMYGDALINiE. 



i. Stamens 3. Cultivated as osiers, but be- 

 coming trees if left. 



9. undulata. Scales villous. Caps. 2|- 

 times breath. Stalk twice nectary, \ germen, -i- 

 scale. Style as long as bifid stigma. L. lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, serrulate (at fii-st pubescent, 

 Koch). Stip. semicordate. s.T. or Osier. 

 4, 5. River-batiks. Eng. n. G. 



/3. lanceolata. Germen and L. hairless. 



10. triandra. Scales retuse, hairless. (Ger- 

 men %\ times breadth. Stalk 3 times nectary, 

 f of scales, f of germen, E. B.) Stigma sessile, 

 retuse. L. oblongo-lanceolate, acute, serrate, 

 smooth. If left as a tree, it casts its epidermis 

 in the autumn, as does the preceding . T. 5. 

 Moist woods and osier-grounds. 



11. bofiFmauniaua. Germen 3 times 

 breadth, ovate, compressed. (Stalk nearly 

 equal to puckered, obovate scale. Stigmas 

 nearly sessile, Sm.) L. all lanceolate, somewhat 

 rounded at base, serrate, smooth. Stip. large. 



ear-like. s.T, 5. Sides of streams. Pro- 

 bably a var. of Sp. 10. 



13. amygdalina. Scales not hairy at top. 

 Germen (21 breadth, E. B.) (hardly \\, J. W.) 

 Stalk 3 times nectary, f scale, \ germen. 

 Stigma nearly sessile, eraai'ginate (bifid, HooK.). 

 L. ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, glaucous be- 

 neath. Stip. semicordate. (Young Branches 

 fm-rovved 1 Hookee.) s.T. 4, 5. Banks and 

 streams. Sp. 10, 11, and 12, are united by 

 Koch. 



ii. Stamens 2. 



13. bippophsefolia. Scales hirsute. Caps, 

 ovato-conical. Stalk equalling nectary. Style 

 long. Stigma bifid. L. lanceolate, acuminate, 

 glanduloso-denticulate, at first pubescent. Sti- 

 pules semicordate, Koch. T. 4, 5. Hoist 

 banks. Rhine. Boh. Sil. Bremen. 



Sect. II, Catkins lateral. Stalks hardly 

 leafy. Scales discoloured at top. Anthers 

 purple, black after flowering . L. quite even, 

 but not shining on the upper sutfaee. Cat- 

 kin nearly sessile, bracteate. 



C. PuRPUREjE. 



i. Stamen 1. Plant turning black in drying , 

 and staining the paper. L. broadest above 

 the middle. 



14. purpurea. Decumbent. Fr. ovate 

 (1^ breadth, E. B.) (twice, J. W.), very pubes- 

 cent, sessile. Stigma ovate, nearly sessile. L. 

 narrow, obovato-oblong, smooth. Fertile Cat- 

 kins very compact. S. 8-3. Banks and 

 moist meadows. 



15. Helix. Erect. Fr. (If breadth, E. 

 B.) oblongo-ovate, pubescent, sessile. Stigma 

 long, ovate, emarginate, nearly sessile. L. ob- 

 ovato-oblong, serrate, smooth. {Bark glossy 

 yellow. Hooker.) S. 3, 4. Marshes and 

 moist banks. 



16. forbyana. Erect. (Germen If breadth, 

 E. B.) Stigmas linear, bifid. (L. lanceolato- 

 oblong, Sm.) (Stipules small, downy, Hooker.) ' 

 {L. so widely different fi-om those of S. Helis, 

 that the two species could not be confounded 

 by the most' careless observer. Twigs of a 

 greyish yellow. — Sm.) S. 4. Meadows and 

 osier -grounds. 



17. lambertiana. Erect. Fr. short (1-^ 

 breadth, E. B.), very pubescent, sessile. Stig- 

 mas ovate, emarginate. L. obovato-oblong, 

 serrate, smooth. S. 4. Banks of streams. 

 (Twigs purplish, Sm.) L. broader at base than 

 in Sp. 15. 



