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

 long as the gland, style short, stig. bifid. — E. B. 1805. — Height 

 6 — 20 feet. Top of petioles glandular. L. fragrant. — River- 

 sides in the north. T. V. VI. Bay-leaved Willow. 



t2. S. cuspidata (Schultz?); 1. oblong-lanceolate acuminate 

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

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

 style short, stig. emarginate. — Loudon's Arboretum 1439. S. 

 Meyeriana Willd. — Height 20 — 30 feet. Top of the petioles 

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



ii Fragiles (Borr.). Stam. 2, distinct. L. glabrous. Trees. 



3. S.fragilis (L.); 1. lanceolate pointed serrate, stip. 4-cordate, 

 caps. obovate-Ianceolate stalked glabrous, stigmas rather thick 

 bifid. — a. S. rfeeipienx (Hoft'm.); caps, tapering, style longer than 

 the cloven stigmas. E. B. 1 937. Branches smooth, highly po- 

 lished, reddish-brown ; young shoots often crimson. — (3. S. fra- 

 gilis (L.) ; caps, oblong-ovate, style short, stigm. bifid. E. B. 

 I8O7. Branches round, very smooth, brown, brittle in the spring. 

 Crack Willow. — y. S. Russelliana (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. Bed- 

 ford Willow. — Damp meadows and osier-grounds. T. IV. V. 



iii. AlbcB (Borr.). Stam. 2. L. hairy with adpressed silky 

 hairs when young. Catkins lax. Trees. 



4. S. alba (L.); 1. elliptic-lanceolate glandular-serrate acute 

 silky on both sides when young, stip. minute, caps, nearly sessile 

 ovate-acuminate glabrous, style short, stigmas thick recurved 

 bifid.— B. B. 2430.— Height 50—80 feet. Scales shorter than 

 stam., as long as caps, in a. and /3, exceeding them both in y. 

 Branches silky. — jS. S. carulea (Sm.); 1. less silky beneath. E.B. 

 2431. — y. S. vitellina (Sm.) ; branches bright yellow, 1. shorter 

 and broader. — Wet places. T. V. IVhite Willow. 



** Scales of the catkins persistent. 



iv. Trianrfrffi (Borr.). Stam. 3. L. lanceolate approaching to 

 ovate, glabrous. Catkins lax. Osiers, naturally trees. 



*5. S. undulata (Ehrh.) ; 1. lanceolate much acuminate serrate 

 glabrous except when young, stip. i-cordate acute, caps, stalked 

 ovate acuminate, pedicel twice as long as the gland, style elongate, 

 stigma bifid, .wales very shaggy. — S. lanceolata Sm., E. B. 1436. 

 — Height 12—15 feet. L. sometimes wavy, often quite silky 

 ■when young. Germ, glabrous in S. lanceolata (or downy in the 

 foreign S. undulata). — Near Lewes, Suss. T. IV. V. 



