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SALTCACEiE. 



rate, stipules half-cordate npproaeliing to reniform blunt 

 scales of the catkins glabrous or slightly hairy, capsule glabrous' 

 stigmas nearly sessile. — a. leaves oblong-lanceolate, yoiinf^ 



branches not furrowed, E ^ _^ ^ _^ 



/3. leaves linear-lanceolate green on both sides, young branches 

 furrowed, capsule acuminate. S. contorta C?'owe. — 7. leaves 

 ovate lanceolate acuminate, young branches not furrowed. S 

 Iloffmanniana Sm, : E. B. S. t. 2620 (short-leaved tr. W.).~/ 

 leaves ovate or ovate-oblong glaucous beneath, young branches 

 strongly furrowed. S. amygdalina i. ; E. B. t. 1936 (Almond^ 

 leaved W.). 



Banks of rivers and ditches and osier-grounds. \i . 4 — 6 The 



stipules, being modified leaves, vary in shape in the same species 

 according to the form of the leaves themselves ; but all the above have 

 stipules of a very different form from the next species, to which how- 

 ever they approach in other respects. Stigmas varying from entire to 

 bifid. 



6. S. * unduldta Ehrh. (sharp- stipuled triandrous W.) ; leaves 

 lanceolate much acuminate sharply and finely serrate often 

 wavy, stipules half-cordate acute, scales of the catkins very 

 villous, capsule glabrous (or silky) constricted above the 

 middle, style as long as the bifid or emarginate stigmas. S. 

 lanceolata Sm.: E.B. t. 1436. 



Near Lewes, Sussex (the fertile plant, scarcely a native.) \, 

 4, 5. — A small tree, vWiich casts its hark annually. It is culti- 

 vated and cut down every year for the use of basket-makers; but 

 Mr. Forbes observes that it is not so well calculated for the finer 

 sorts of Avicker-work as ^S*. triandra. Dr. Meyer of Gottingen has 

 sent us specimens of the S, itndulata of Ehrh., compared with the 

 Ehrhartian herbarium; and Mr. Borrer is satisfied that they are 

 identical^ with Smith's lanceolata; at least with the Sussex specimens 



Indeed that station 



Woolly _ ,_ ... ..^ „..„ 



same as the fertile individuals°figured in E, Bot 



is the only one mentioned by Sir J. E. Smith as English. Mr. Borrer 

 has received German specimens of ^S". undulata with silky germens, 

 and they are probably the S. undulata of the Salictum Wohurnense, 

 which differs only in that respect, and in its more wavy leaves, from 

 our present plant. 



iii. Stamens more than 2, tisvally 5, distinct. Capsules ovate-laiiceolate, 

 stalked, glabrous. Catkins rather lax, appearing with the leaves on short 

 lateral leafy stalks ; the scales deciduous before the maturity/ of the 

 fruit, of the same pale colour throughout : ''nectary double;' Leefe. 

 Leaves between lanceolate and ovate, glabrous, glossy, and fragrant^ 

 exuding a resin from their glandular serratures. Petioles glandular, 

 especially towards the top. Stipules very deciduous. Trees or large 

 shrubs. PentandriB jBorr. 



7. S. pentdndra L. {sweet Bay-leaved W.) ; leaves elHptical- 

 lanceolate acuminate, stamens 5 or more, style short, stigmas 



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