SALix. 323 



10. Caepintts. Barren catkin long, cylindrical. Scales 

 roundish. Stam. 5 — 14. Anth. l-ceUed. Fertile fl. in a 

 lax catkin. Scales large, leaflike, S-lobed, 2-flowered. 

 Styles 2. Nut ovate, 1-seeded. 



Tribe I. Salicinea. 



1. Sa'lix Linn} Willow. 



Sec. 1. ViTiSALix (Dumort,). Catkin and its leafy stalk 

 usually (but not always) deciduoiis together, lateral, appearing 

 with the leaves. Scales of uniform colour, ^fectary of 2 

 pieces or urceolate; germen or stamens from the middle. 

 Vernation convolute. 



Suhsec. 1. iycus (Dumort.). Stam. 4 — 8. " Nectary urceo- 

 late, undivided." L. glossy, glabrous. — Trees or large shrubs. 

 Stipules soon falling. PentandrcB Borr. 



1. S. pentan'dra (L.) ; 1. ovate-elliptic or ovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate glandular-serrate, " stip. ovate-oUong straight equal,^' 

 stam. 6 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. Sh. or T. V. VI. Bay-leaved Willow. 



E. S. T. 



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

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

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

 gland, style short, stig. emarginate. — E. B. S. 2961. 8. Meye- 

 riana Willd. — Height 20 — 30 feet. Top of the petioles glandu- 

 lar. — Near Shrewsbury. Sh. or T. VI. E. 



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

 2 pieces, one between the cal.-soale and germen, the other 

 opposite to it. — Naturally trees. 



' I have ventured to place many plants as varieties which were 

 considered distinct by my able friend Mr. Borrer. I do so with 

 hesitation, being very imperfectly acquainted with many of them, 

 but follow the example of most modern botanists. It is probable 

 that many of the lowland species are not truly natives of Britain ; 

 but evidence is wanting by which to determine their respective 

 claims. See Du Mortier in Bull. Soc. E. Bot. Belg. i. 140 ; Babirtg- 

 ton, in J. ofB, i. 167 ; Leefe in J. of B. ix. 360. 



