B9jr DIOECIA DIANDRIA. 



The down of the feeds, mixed with a third part of 

 cotton, has been proved to be a very good fub- 

 llitute for cotton itfelf. Goldfinches, and fome 

 other birds, line their nells with the down of this 

 ' - " • and other fpecies of the genus. The Swedes in 

 Scania dye a yellow colour with the leaves. 



amygdalina SALIX foliis ferratis glabris lanceolatis petiolatis,^ 

 2- ftipulis trapeziformibus. Sp.pL 1443. {P^g- ""^^^ 



Jidendat) 

 Almond-leav'd Willow. Anglis. '\ 



On the banks of rivers. Dr. Farfons. ''? . V. 

 This generally puts on the appearance of a Ihrub, 

 bur, if permitted, will grow up to a low tree. 

 1 he twigs are Imooth, red, and pliant i the leaves 

 the largeft of the genus, being commonly five 

 fnches long, and about an inch and a half wide, 

 fmooth and lanceolate ; their footftalk and mid- 

 dle rib red, their edges ftrongly ferrated with 

 glandular dents. At the bafe of the footftalks 

 is a pair of large femicordate, ferrated Jiipul^e, 

 which are widell towards the extremity of the 

 twigs, and are not always found at the bottom 

 of them. At the infertion of the footftalk into 

 the leaf are ufually found fome glandular tu- 

 bercles, which fometimes fwel! out into fhort 

 linear procefles. This is a very doubtful fpe- 

 . cies, for want of a knowledge of the parts of 



frudlification. 

 The tuigs of this kind are ufed for making bafkets. 



SALIX 



