PLATE DLXXXI. 



LIX 



VI 



LA 



Violet-coloured Willow. 



£A 



CLASS XXII. 



ORDER II. 



DICECIJ DIANDRIA. Chives and Pointals on different Plants. Two Chives 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Masculi Jlores. 



Amentum cylindraceum. Calyx squamosus 



Corolla O. Glandule baseos nectariferae. 



•* 



Feminei Jlores. 



Amentum cylindraceum. Calyx squamosus. 

 Corolla 0. Stylus 2- fidus. Capsula 1-locu- 

 laris, 2-valvis. Semina papposa. 



* Male flowers. 

 Catkin cylindrical. Empalement squamous. 

 Blossom none. Glands at the base, bearing 



honey. 



Female Jlow 



Catkin cylindrical Empalement squamous. 

 Blossom none. Shaft 2-cleft. Capsule l-lo- 

 cular, 2-valved. Seeds downy. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Sax ix foliis lanceolatis, acuminatis, serrulatis, 



Will 



glabris, subtus glaucis 

 tiolaceo tectis. 



ramis 



pulvere 



smooth, 



beneath : branches 

 iolet-coloured pow- 



der. 





REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A male flower. 





2. A bit of the lower part of the stem with some of the powder rubbed off. 





ipecies 



tough than the common Osier ; and 

 that found upon the Orleans plum) v 

 of it has been accidentally rubbed of] 



superior 



It is said to be a native of Russia 



the vear 1 7Q&. Whe- 



or Siberia, and to have been introduced by Mr. John Eell of Sion Gate about the year 179 

 ther it may or may not be the same species as Salix acutifolia of Willdenow, which he publi; 

 out having seen the fructification, we leave to those who have seen his specimen to determine 

 Our specimens are from the collection of A. B. Lambert, esq. who informs us that it pi 

 April male flowers annually at Boyton, and besides its great utility is a very ornamental plant 





