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Var, S. decipiens, Hoff. Poplar Willow. 
Syme, E. B. viii. 208. 1307. 
5. Isis. Cornbury, T. Westcombe. Godstow. 
6. Thame, Christ Church Meadow, Dyer in Journ. Bot. vol. ix. 
Waterstock, A. Fr. 
The tree in Christ Church Meadow, says Bx. in 1830, ‘cannot be less 
that fifty years old and 50 feet high. The trunk near the ground 
measures 6 feet 10 inches in girth. Hoffmann first distinguished it 
as a species in 1785. The tree in Christ Church Meadow must, I think, 
have been growing there prior to that time.’ 
S. alba, L. White Willow. 
Top. Bot. 375. Syme, E. B. viii. 211. 1309. Nym. 664. 
Native. River- and poolsides, damp hedges, ete. Common, especially 
by the Thames and Cherwell. Tree. April, May. 
First record, Plot, 1677, ‘The Willow at Enstone was 50 feet high.’ 
At Ardley there is a fine tree of this species. There are some fine 
pollards along the Cherwell, which, with S. fragilis, have been well repre- 
sented in Keeley Halswelle’s pictures. 
Var. vitellina, L. Golden Willow. 
Syme, E. B. viii. 211. 1311. 
4. Ray. Magdalen College Walk, Sid. species. 
5. Isis. Christ Church Meadow. 
7. Thames. Near Henley, Sib. 
Planted near Oxford, but does not flourish. 
Var. cerulea, Sm. Syme, E. B. viii. 211. 1310. 
4, Ray. Cherwell side. 
6. Thame. Waterstock, A. Fr. 
* §. Babylonica, Z. Not indigenous, occurs in parks, plantations, etc., 
as a planted tree. Near Magdalen Bridge, St. Mary Magdalen Church- 
yard, etc. 
8. triandra, L. French Willow. 
Top. Bot. 375. Syme, E. B. viii. 215. 1313. Nym. 664. 
Native. Banks of streams, etc. Locally common. Tree or Shrub. 
April, May. 
First record, Sib. 1794. 
2. Ouse. Hethe. 
3. Swere. Bretch, Hardwick Road, A. Fr. 
4, Ray. Cherwell Banks! Bz. in Purton. Otmoor, Marston, Upper 
Heyford, Kidlington. 
5. Isis. Wolvercote, Christ Church Meadow, Yarnton, etc. 
6. Thame. Sandford, Dyer in Hb. Br. Mus, 
