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Mr. Forbes observes that the new leaves, after the wood has been cut, 

 are of a larger size, and, as well as the twigs, of a darker hue than 

 tlie real .S*. alba. They seem to be alike valuable for their bark and 

 their timber, and are both amply deserving of cultivation. 



12. S. vitelUna L. (yellow IF., or golden Osier) ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate with glandular serratures acuminate more or less silky 

 beneath often so above, oremiens lanceolate sessile glabrous, 

 style short, stigmas bipartite, scales lanceolate pointed longer 

 than either stamens or style. £J. B. t. 1389. 



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Hedges and osier-grounds, in many places. F^ . 5. — This is 

 rendered striking by the bright yellow colour of its hranchesy and the 

 haves often partake of the same tint. With this exception, the plant, 

 as Mr, Borrer observes, is " extremely nearly allied to >S'. alba,'* Mr. 

 Leefe, and many others, conjoin them ; and our only doubt arises from 

 the long scales of the catkin imparting quite a peculiar aspect, a 

 character, however, which Mr. Borrer does not notice, and none of 

 the others are of much value. 



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vi. Stamens 2, distinct. Capsules on long stalks^ silky. Catkins shorty 

 lax, appearing before the leaves on short lateral stalks with sometimes a 

 feio leafy bracteas at their base ^ their scales dark at the poi7it, short, 

 persistent. Leaves lanceolate, serrate, silky when young, with small 

 stipules, Grisece Borr. 



13. S. "^ petiolciris Sm. (dark long-leaved TF.) ; leaves when 

 young gray with long silky hairs especially beneath, capsules 

 ovate-lanceolate, stigmas ovate nearly sessile, scales villous 

 (black) scarcely longer than the pedicel. E. B. t. 1147. 



Scotland; Dickson, Angusshire, and Possil Marsh near Glasgow: 

 G, Bon, ^i. 4. — Not uncommon in North America, and certainly 

 not a European species, although perhaps as wild in this country as 

 most of our other tree-willows. A species very distinct from any 

 of the preceding, nearly allied to S, grisea W., if not the same. 

 Branches dark. Leaves dusky-coloured, grayish-green, silky with 

 short soft hairs; in a young state even silvery beneath, afterwards 

 almost glabrous. 



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vn. Stamens 2, distinct (or sometimes combined at the base?). Cap* 

 sules distinctly stalked, silky. Style short. Catkins sessile, short ayid 

 rather dense, bracteated at the base; scales discoloured at' the end. 

 Leaves small ornarrow, or ivith a satiny pubescence. Small, erect, 

 or procumbent shrubs, Argenteae Koch (Rosmarinifoliae, Fusc^, and 

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r, leaves linear-lanceolate witli 



14.^ S. ^ rosmarinifdlia L. {Bosemary-leaved TF.); erect slen- 



a straight point silky (the 



/■/ "^^'e have conjoined Mr. Borrer's three groups. Between some forms of 5. 

 /Msca with the upper side of the leaves downy or silky, and 

 ^usoiuteiy no difference, except that the leaves of the former then exhihit less 

 ^-vm-nt se-ratures, a more prominent venation above, and have the point of the 



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