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t I . AMENIIPEEiE. 



uniform colour. Nectary of 2 pieces or lirceolaite ; gSrmen or 

 stamens from the middle. "Vernation con v.olute. ^ •'^'. '. 



Subsec. 1. Lyciis (Duiribrt.). Stam."4 — 8. ' Nectary iir6eo- 

 late, undivided. L. glossy, glabrous. — Trees or large sbrubs. 

 Stipules soon falling. Pentandrce Borr: ' 



1. S. jjentan'clra (L.) ; 1. ovate-elliptic or' ovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate glandular-serrate, " stip. ovate'oVlang straicfht equal" 

 stam. 5 or more^ caps, ovate-attenuate glabrous, stalk tvsdce as 

 long as the gland, style short, stig. bifid.— :S, A 1805. — Height 

 6 — ^20 feet. Top of petioles glandular. L. fragrant.-^Eiver-sides 

 in the North. T. V. VI. Bmj-haved WOhtv., E. S. I. 



t2. S, cuspiddta (Sclultz ?) ; 1. oblong-lanceolate acuminate 

 glandular-serrate, stip. half -cordate oblique, "stami 3 or 4," caps, 

 ovate-attenuate glabrous, stalk 3 or 4 times as long as the gland, 

 stvle short, stig. , emarginate. — Loudcm^s. Arboretftm ■ 1430. S. 

 Meyeriana Willd.— Heiglit 30— .30 feet. . Top of the petioles 

 glandular. — Near Shrewsbury. T. VI. , , , , E. 



Subsec. 2. Amerina (Dumort.). Stam. 2 or 3. Nectary of 2 

 pieces, one between the cal.-sCale and gernien, the other oppo- 

 site to it. — Naturally 'trees. . ■ i.i ; . 



i. Diandrts. Stam. 2.' Catkin-scales soon falling. — Fragiles 

 and Albce Borr. 



3. S.frac/'ilis (L.) ; 1. lanceolate pointed serrate, stip. |-cor- 

 date, caps, obdvate-laflceolate stalked ' glabrous, stigmas rather 

 thick bifad. — a. 8. dccijyicns (HofRn.) ; caps, tapering, style longer 

 than the cloven stigmas. E. li. lf)37. Branches smboth, highly 

 polished, reddish brown ; young shoots often crimson.— /3. <V. 

 fragilis (L.) ; caps, bblong-ovate, stj'le short,' 'stig. bifid. E. B. 

 1807. Branches round very smooth, brown, brittle in the spring. 

 Crach Willow. — y. S. Sttsselliana (Sm.) ; caps, stalked lanceo- 

 late-acuminate, style as long as the bifid stigmas. ■ E. B. 1808. 

 Branches polished, round, smooth. L.. gradually attenuate, very 

 glaucous beneath. Wood and bark highly valuable. Bedford 

 Willow. — Damp meadows. and osier-grbund. T. IV. V. E. S. I. 



\_S. viridis (Fr.) ; 1. jlanceolate acuniinate serrulate quite gla- 

 bro^is, , stip. ovate, catkins erect, caps, ovate-subulate stalked 

 g] abrbus', style short, stig. emarg-inate.^Branches erect, glabrous. 

 —Dr. Anderssen pointed tbis out to Mr. H. C. Watsoa. " Sus- 

 picor S. viridetn'et IS. Russellianam synonymas esse," Anders. — 

 Thames Ditton. T.] ■ ' ' ■ E. 



4. iS. aVba (L.) ; 1. elliptic-lanceolate glandular-serrate acute 

 silky on both sides when younn-, stip. miiiute, caps, nearly sessile 

 ovate-acuminate glabrous, st'^'le short, stigmas tliick recurved 

 bifld.— ^. B. 2430.— Height. 50—80 feet. Scales shorter than 

 stam., as long as caps, in a. and /B, exceeding them both. in 7. 



