290 DIOECIA— DIANDRIA. Salix. 



Tree. May. 



Discrim. Nine to ten feet. Ls. more truly spear-sliaped, and taper- 

 pointed than those of Sa. purpurea. Catk. pistil-bearing ones, 

 somewhat longer, twice as thick, stand on longer stalks. Germen 

 stalkless, egg-shaped, silky. Style considerably lengthened out, 

 smooth, and naked. Sti(/. linear, lengthened out. Ls. also less 

 glaucous, and not so bitter as in Sa. purpurea. 



SrcmcJies pale yellowish, or purple ash. Ls. much lengthened out. 

 Planted to keep up gi'avelly banks of rivers. Sa. purpurea, a 



more rare plant than this. 



S. Lambertiana^ Boyton W. Branches erect. Leaves 

 partly opposite, inversely egg-spear-shaped, pointed, 

 saw-toothed, smooth ; rounded at the base. Stipulas 

 none. Stamen one. Stigmas egg-shaped, blunt, 

 notched, very short, nearly stalkless. E. B. 1359. 



Low meadows, osier-grounds, hanks of rivers. At Harley Ford, near 

 Henley-upon-Thames. Eng. Fl. and Turn, and Dillwyn, Bat. 



Guide. 



Tree. March, April. 



In height, and appearance resembles Sa. Helix, but -with shorter 

 leaves, foot-stalks short. Catk. smaller than in Sa. Helix ; scales 

 round, black ; stig. different in shape. The young branches, 

 and leaves much resemble those of a honey-suckle in their glau- 

 cous hue, with a purplish tinge, in their upper part. Ls. broad, 

 spear-shaped, dilated above the middle, broader and shorter 

 than those of Sa. Helix. 



S. rubra. Green-leaved Osier. Stamens combined 

 below. Leaves linear-spear-shaped, lengthened out, 

 acute, smooth, with shallow serratures ; green on both 

 sides. Stigmas egg-shaped, undivided. E. B. 1145. 



Low meadows, osier-grounds ; rare. Between INIaidenhead and 

 Windsor. /. Sherard. 



Tree. Ajyril, May. 



A small tree, with long and naiTow" tawny brown leaves. 

 ** Full grown leaves entire, more or less silky. 



S. repens. Creeping Dwarf W. Leaves elliptic-spear- 

 shaped, straight, somewhat pointed, nearly entire ; 

 almost naked above ; glaucous and silky beneath. 

 Stipulas none. Stem depressed, with short, upright 

 branches. Germen stalked, egg-shaped, do\\Tiy. Cap- 

 sules becoming smooth. E. B. 183. S. depressa. 

 Sb. 16. 



Sandy, mountainous heaths, where the ground is rather moist. Sm. 



' Found by Mr. Lambert, abundantly, near his family seat, at Boyton, 

 Wilts. A good osier. Considered by Dr. Hooker, as a very slight variety of 

 Sa. purpurea, or Sa. Helix, in Fl. Seotica But see his Br. Fl. p. 414. 1830. 



