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bifid, stalk of the ovary not exceeding twice the length of the 

 land. E. B, t. 1805. S. Meyeriana Borr. in Hook. Brit FL 

 ed. 3. (not Willd. ?). 



Banks of rivers and watery places ; most frequent in the north. 

 \^^ 5, 6. — In its wild state it is a bushy shrub, rarely above 

 6—8 feet high ; but when cultivated and protected from injury, it 

 becomes a tree 18 — 20 feet high. Its large and copious shining 

 folia'>'e almost gives this plant the appearance of an evergreen. Sterile 

 catkins fragrant, as well as the leaves. In the wild plant the leaves^ at 

 the time of flowering, rarely exceed | of an inch in breadth, Avhile they 

 vary in length in specimens from the same marsh, from scarcely 2^, when 

 they are almost elliptical or ovate, to 3 inches, when they are oblong- 

 or elliptical- lanceolate and much acuminated : in the cultivated 

 tree they are usually much broader and larger ; the sterile catkins 

 too are much larger and more handsome than in the wild one : the 

 stipules are said to be ovate-oblong, straight and equal-sided ; but if 

 we are not confusing specimens of the next, they are sometimes ob- 

 lique and half-cordate, sometimes reniform on the autumnal shoots. 



8. S. '^cuspiddta Schultz (cuspidate TF.) ; leaves oblong-lan- 

 ceolate much acuminate, "stipules half-cordate oblique, stamens 

 3—4," style short, stigmas bifid, stalk of the ovary 3 — 4 times 

 as long as the gland. 



Of this we have not 



S. Meyeriana Willd. 



Near Shrewsbury ; Leighton, T^ • ^• 

 seen perfect specimens : the foliage is scarcely different from what 

 we have seen in the last ; but there would seem to be a difference in 

 the length of the stalk of the ovary, if this be constant. 



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IV. Stamens 2, distinct. Capsules sessile^ ovate-conical glabrous. Style 

 elongated bifida stigmas ohlong or linear -ohlong. Catkins lateral, ses- 

 sihy minutely hracteated, appearing before the leaves. Leaves lanceolate 

 acute, adult ones glabrous. Branches with a glaucous bloom, esj)ecially 

 when dried, Pruinosa?. 



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leaves 



tifolia Willd. ( 



somewhat glaucous underneath, stipules lanceolate acuminate. 



Cleveland, and Wensley Dale, Yorkshire. T^ . The sterile plant 

 has alone been met with in this country ; and this is a sufficient argu- 

 n.ov,. .^.:„.. .-.„ , .... .... . -^y^ believe it is corn- 



It is certainly 



ment against its being a truly native species. 



monly cultivated for its beautifully coloured branches 

 the S, violacea of the Sal, Wob. 



V. Stamens 2, distinct. Capsules elongated, glabrous. Catkins very 

 lo-oc, appearing with the leaves on short lateral leafy shoots; their 

 scales deciduous. Leaves lanceolate, serrate, with stipules. Petioles 

 scarcely glandular, Fragiles and Albse Borr. 



10. 8,frdgilis L. (crack- W.) ; leaves glabrous or downy be- 

 neath when young, stipules half-cordate, capsules more or less 

 stalked, style conspicuous, stigmas bifid.— a. leaves ovate lanceo- 

 late (glabrous or downy beneath), floral ones similar, ovary 



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