LXVII. SALICA‘CEH: SA‘LIX. 759 
ones partly obovate and recurved. Footstalks some- , 
what glandular, Ovary tapering, stalked, smooth. 
Style longer than the cloven stigmas. Branches 
smooth, highly polished. (Hoffm.) An upright, but 
not lofty tree, distinguished by the smooth clay- 
‘oloured bark of the last year’s branches, which shine 
uke porcelain, as if varnished ; the shoots of the 
present year being stained of a fine red or crimson. 
Britain. Height 30 ft. to 40 ft. Flowers yellow; May. 
Frequently cultivated for basketwork ; but it well de- 
serves a place in ornamental plantations, from the re- 
markable appearance of its bark during winter. 
1443, S. decipiens. 
¥ 21. S. montana Forbes, the Mountain Willow (jig. 19. in p.794.), is do. 
scribed in our first edition, p. 1515. 
22. S. rra’eitis L. The brittle-twigged, or Crack, Willow. 
Identification. Lin. Sp. Pl, 1443.; Eng. Fl., 4. p. 1804.; Hook. Br. F1., ed. 3., p-421. 
Synonyme. S&. fragilis, in part, Koch Comm. p. 15. 
The Sexes, Both sexes are figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Lin. F 1. Lapp., No. 349. t. 8. f. b.; Eng. Bot., t 1807. ; the plate of this tree in Arb. 
Brit., Ist edit. ; and our jig. 1444. : 
1444. S. fragilis. 
Spee. Char., §c., Leaves ovate-lanceolate, pointed, serrated throughout, very 
glabrous. Footstalks glandular. Ovary ovate, abrupt, nearly sessile, gla- 
brous. Bracteas oblong, about equal to the stamens and pistils. Stigmas 
cloven, longer than the style. (Smith.) A tall bushy-headed tree, with the 
branches set on obliquely, somewhat crossing each other, not continued in a 
straight line outwards from the trunk ; by which character, Sir J. E, Smith 
observes, it may readily be distinguished even in winter. Britain; common 
in hedges. Height 80 ft. to 90 ft. ae yellow; April and May. 
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