DTOECIA— DIANDRIA. Salix. 267 



Ls. broad, shining, closely notched, smooth on both sides. Foot- 

 stalks short, glandular. Stipulas scarcely any. Catk. stamen- 

 bearing, yellow, handsome, fragrant, rather thick. Ls. alter- 

 nate, ascending. From fifteen, to twenty feet high. 

 Deserving of cultivation for its beauty and fragrance. Known 

 by its broad, odoriferous leaves, whose serratures exude a yellow 

 resin, and by its numerous stamens. The leaves afford a yellow 

 dye. The down may be used for cotton, mixed with cotton. 

 Down of willows, a lining for the nests of some kinds of birds. 



* S. nigricans. Dark -broad-leaved TV. Leaves elliptic- 



spear-shaped, acute, notched, smooth, with a downy 

 rib above ; glaucous beneath. Stamens two, thrice 

 the length of the hairy scales. E. B. 1213. 



Fens, osier -grounds. Banks of the Cherwell, Christ-church 

 Meadow, Oxford. Bx. 



Shrubby. April. 



Ls. a little rounded at the base, dark green. Foot-stalks very 

 broad at their base. Catk. thickish, with inversely egg-shaped, 

 brown, hairy scales. Brandies brittle, dark coloured. Scarcely 

 forms a tree. Ls. in drying become black. Ls. in the pistil- 

 bearing plant shorter, and less notched, more tapering towards 

 the base. 



S. vitelUna.^ Yellow TV. or Golden Osier. Leaves 

 spear-shaped, tapering to a point, with cartilaginous 

 serratures ; smooth above ; glaucous and somewhat 

 silky beneath. Stipulas minute, spear-shaped, falling- 

 off' (deciduous,) smooth. Germen stalkless, egg-spear- 

 shaped, smooth. Scales linear-spear-shaped, acute, 

 fringed at the base, longer than the pistil. E. B. 



1389. 



Osier-grounds, swamps. 



Tree. May. 



Branches yellow, shining. Ls. alternate. Catk. cylindrical, acute, 



appear with the leaves. 



Known at a distance by the yellow colour of its branches. A 

 handsome tree of a moderate height, conspicuous for its gracefully 

 drooping, golden twigs. The down of the seeds has been made 

 into paper : the bark used for dying. Used for palms at Easter 

 in the Greek Russian churches. A tough and flexible osier. Wood 

 tough and white. The lopped pistil-bearing branches become 

 straight. 



* S. decipiens. White Welsh, or Varnished W. Leaves 



spear-shaped, pointed, saw- toothed, very smooth ; 



' From vitcUus, tlie (yellow) yolk of an egg. 



