752 - ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Identification. Lin. Sp. Pl., 1442; Eng. FL, 4. p. 166.; Hook. Fl. Br., ed. 3., p. 419. 
Synonyme. §&. amygdalina, part of, Koch Comm. p. 19. 
The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Fug. Bot., t, 1435.; Sal. Wob., No, 15.; our fig. 1436. ; and jig. 15. 1n p. 793. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves linear-oblong, serrated, glabrous, rather unequall; 
sloping at the base. Stamens 3, Ovary stalked, ovate, compressed, gla 
brous. Stigmas nearly sessile. Bractea (or scale) clothed externally with 
fine, long, spreading, more or less plentiful hairs. Bractea glabrous. (Hook. 
and Smith.) An upright tree. Britain, in wet woods and osier grounds. 
Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. Flowers yellow ; May. 
Leaves always perfectly glabrous. Extensively cultivated for the long 
tough rods which it produces when cut down, which are in frequent use for 
wickerwork, hoops, &c. 
Varieties. 
a& % St. 2 gallica. The French Willow. —So called, and cultivated, in 
Sussex, and the eastern parts of England. 
& % S.4.3 Hoppeana. S. andrégyna Hoppe. — Characterised by having 
some catkins composed partly of male and partly of female flowers. 
&% ¥ S.t.4. Si triindra undulata Mertens, ined.— Approaches to 8. 
amygdalina. 
2 ¥ 13. S. Horrmannza‘va Smith. Hoffmann’s Willow, or Osier. 
Identification. Smith Eng. Fl., 4. p. 168.; Hook. Br. FI., ed. 3., p. 420. 
Synonyme. S. tridndra Heffm., S. Hoffmannidza Sm., seems to be the S. triandra of German bo- 
tanists in general. 
The Sexes. The male is figured in Eng. Bot. Suppl. and in Sal. Wob.; a notice relative to what has 
been regarded as the female is given in Eng. Flora. 
Engravings. WVoff. Sal., 1. t. 9, 10., and 23. f 2.; Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2620.; and fig. 16. in p. 794. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate-oblong, serrated, smooth, slightly.rounded at 
the base. Stamens 3. Ovary stalked, ovate, compressed, glabrous. Stig- 
mas nearly sessile. (Smith.) A much-branched deciduous shrub, or crooked 
tree. Britain, in Sussex, on the sides of streams. Height 6 ft. to 12 ft. 
Flowers yellow ; May. 
* 14, S. amyepa’Lina L. The Almond-lecved Willow, or Osier. 
Identification. Lin. Sp Pl., 1443.; Eng. Fl., 4. p. 169.; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3., p. 420. 
Synonyme. S. amygdalina, part of, Koch Comm. p. 18. 
The Sexes. Both sexes are figuredin Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wobd. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1636. ; Sal. Wob., No. 18.; our fig. 1437. ; and fig. 18, in p. 794. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate, serrated, glabrous, rounded, and unequal at 
the base. Stamens 3. Ovary ovate, compressed, smooth ; its stalks almost 
as long as the bractea. Stigmas nearly sessile. Young branches furrowed. 
Down of the seeds shorter, and less abundant, than in S. triandra. A 
tree, Britain, on the banks of rivers and ditches. Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. 
Flowers yellow ; April and May, and, for the second time, in August. 
¥ 15. S. Vitvarsr4‘va Fliigge et Willd. Villars’s Willow, or Osier. 
Identification. Fliigge in Litt., quoted in Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 655.; Smith in Rees’s Cy 2 
Synonymes. 8S. triandra Villars Delph. 3. p. 762. vs. aniyedalina var. Kock Cone, a pe 
Lhe Sexes Both sexes are described by Willd. ; and the male is figured in Sad. Wob. 
Engravings. Sal. Wob, No. 17.; and fig. 17. in p. 794. 
Spec. Char, Sc. Leaves elliptical, rounded at the base, pointed at the tip, 
serrated, whitely glaucous beneath. Catkins appearing with the leaves. 
Flowers triandrous. _Ovary pedicellated, ovate, smooth. Stigmas sessile. 
(Willd.) A shrub, with dark violet-coloured, shining branches. Dauphiné. 
Introduced in 1818, Height 5 ft. to 14ft. Flowers yellow ; April. 
Ornamental from its abundant blossoms in early spring, and from its re- 
markably neat serrated leaves. (See jig. 17. in p. 794.) 
