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" Stamens 3. Ovary stalked, wiually glabrous. Calkins leaft/, lax ; their scales 

 persistent, of the sainepale colour throughout : ' nectary double,' Leefe. Leaves 

 between lanceolate and ovate, glabrous serrated. Stipules shorter than the 

 petiole. Trees or large shrubs, casting their bark in autumn." — Br. Fl. 



1. S. irianrfra, L. Blunt-stipuledTriandrous Willoiv. "Leaves 

 serrated half- cordate approaching to reniform blunt, scales of the 

 catkins glabrous or slightly hairy, capsule glabrous, stigma nearly 

 sessile." — Br. Fl. p. 383. E. B. t. 1435 (long-leaved triandrous 

 Willow). 



In moist hedges, thickets, and margins of pools ; not very unfrequent. Fl. 

 April, May, and again in August? Tp. 



E. Med. — Near the hrook below Shanklin church, Dr. Bell- S alter !!! (mhcc 

 cut down). Hedge between Ventnor aud Sieephill, and by a pool on the new 

 cut between Wootton and Newport, idem. 



A small tree, of which I have seen the female only wild with us. Leaves ob- 

 longo-lanceulale, bright green, smooth aud shining, with distant shallow serra- 

 tiires ; those on the flowering branches quite entire and slightly hairy beneath. 

 Pistillate catkins 1^ inch long, erect and cylindrical. Scales wrinkled and villous 

 beneath at the back, nearly glabrous above, very blunt and rounded. Gland 

 (nectary) very short and abrupt, as broad as or broader than long. Stigmas sessile, 

 singularly bent downwards. Ovaria (germens) stalked, oblnng-ovate, glabrous. 



A valuable willow for the basket-maker, and making very neat fences. 



** Fhagiles, Borr. 



Stamens 2 (as in the following groups). Trees of considerable size, with lan-r 

 ceolate, glabrous, serrated, stipulated leaves, and very lax catkins^ with elon- 

 gated more or less stalked glabrous germens.'' — Br. Fl. 3rd ed. 



2. S.fragilis, L. Crack Willow. "Leaves glabrous or downy 

 beneath when young, stipules half-cordate, capsules more or less 

 stalked, style conspicuous, stigmas bifid." — Br. Fl. p. 884. E. 

 B. t. 1807. 



In moist meadows and woods; I believe frequent. Fl. April, May. Tj. 



^ . In a meadow between Ashey farm and Nunwell, two or three large trees 

 growing near a pool. 



A tall tree, with partly drooping branches, whose extremities are extremely 

 brittle, and covered with a greeni.sh yellow polished bark. Leaves lanceolate, 4 or 

 6 inches long, quite smooth, dark green and varnished above with pretty regular 

 glandular serratures, paler and slightly glaucous beneath. Stipules half heart- 

 shaped, strongly toothed, various in size (Sm). Barren catkins appearing with the 

 leaves, about 2 inches long, erect or somewhat drooping, cylindrical, a little taper- 

 ing and pointed, on moderately short, leafy and very hairy stalks. Stamens 2, 

 little if at all exceeding the very long, narrow, pale yellow, shaggy, concave and 

 obtuse scales, the tips of which are not coloured. 



Professor Don is of opinion, from a conversation I had with him on the subject, 

 that S.fragilis, S. decipiens and S. Russeliana are forms of one and the same 

 species, of which the first may be assumed as the typical or normal one; of the 

 last the female plant alone has been seen, in Mr. Don's opinion. The great dif- 

 ference in the value of these trees to the basket-maker, and in the chemical cem- 

 position of their bark, is a matter of every-day observation in plants of the same 

 species under variable conditions of soil, climate or cultivation. 



