DJOECIA DIANDRIA. . 595 



" : D I A N D R I A, 



• '■ SALIX. Gen.fL 1098. 



MASC. Amenti fquamse. Qor, c. Glanhla bafeos 



ne<flarifera. 

 FEM. Amenti fquamae. Ctr.o, Styl. 2-fidus. Caps, 



i-locu]aris, 2-valvis. Sem pappofa. 

 * Tioliis glabris ferrati's. 



pentandra SALIX foliis ferratis glabris, flofculis pentandris. 

 I. Sp.pl. 1442. (Flor. Lappon. 370, /. 8./|. Z. 



Cmel.fib. I. p. 153. /. 34. /. I. /c/^Vi uimis au' 

 gtiftis.) 

 Sweet bay-leav'd Willow. '" ' 



fn the Duke of ArgyW^ woods at Inverary^ and 

 about Rcjlin^ near Edinburgh, and by the road- 

 iides between Moffat and the Lead-hills plenti- 

 '■■'-'■' ' '-■ fully, &c. b. VI. 



This frequently grows to a tree ten or twelve feet 



high, with a trunk as large as a man's thigh : 



the twiffs are of a reddifli colour, tino-'d with 



yellow : the leaves are fliff, oval-lanceolate, 



f ' ..J fhining fmooth on both fides, finely ferrated with 



V ::; :;'! • clofe numerous cartilaginous dents, when full 



'.•} : : grown about three inches long, and one and a 



/ ;i;. ■ half wide: their footftalks fhort, broad, and 



-. - • • ' fprinkled with glands : each fcale in the male cat- 



ij ... kin has ufually five Jiatnina^ but often fix, and 



fometimes fcven. Thefe catkins are very fweet- 



.:>. :' ~ fccnted. 



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