blOECIA DIANDRIA. ^09 



'.. : f ■• :- .-: fomeiimes four inches long, and not above 2-5ths 

 of an inch broad, fo that they are very long, 

 narrow, and lanceolate. Their upper furface is 

 generally green and fmooth, the under one white 

 and hoary. The nerves underneath are parallel, 

 but diverge almoft to right angles with the mid- 

 dle rib. Tiie edges of the leaves are either 

 nightly dented or undulated, but being turned 

 back this is hardly perceptible. At the bafe of 



-,,;•. -,;^ ,' the leaves, elpecially near the top of the twigs, 



■ - ■. ^^^ generally found fome linear fabulate JiipuU. 



The catkins arife out of diilind gems from the 



leaves, and are fellile, cylindrical, and ihorter 



' * than the leaves. The fcalcs are oval and fufcous, 



the capfules downy. 

 p. I have feen a variety of this, the leaves of which 

 on the under fide were of a paler green than 

 the upper, but had no vifible hoarinels. 



-n. ;.,; - The twigs arc much ufed for making baflcets, bird- 

 cages, and for hooping wooden bottles, &c. 



»lba 16. SALIX foliis lanceolatis acuminatis ferratis utrin- 

 .:/:. .. que pubefcentibus, ferraturis infimis glandulo- 

 ;> -.ut li-.-.i: fis. Sp.pL 1449. {Ger. em. 13S9. /. i. Blackwell 

 t' 327. bene,) 

 > :: *v.^ i Common white Willow. Anglis, 

 ..:..: (I-' Seileach. Gaulis. 



By river fides, and near villages. '^ . V. ^ 

 This grows to a large tree, 20 feet high, or more. 

 It is quick in grov/th, but foon decays, efpeciaily 

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