760 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
The branches are round, very smooth, “and so brittle at the base, in 
spring, that with the slightest blow they start from the trunk ;” whence the 
name of crack willow: though, according to Sir J. E. Smith, this is more 
or less the case with S. decipiens, and several other species of willows, both 
native and exotic. , 
% 23. S. MonsPELIE’NSIS Fordes (fig. 30. in p. 797.), the Montpelier Willow, 
is described in our Ist edit., p. 1517. 
¥ 24. S. RusseLuzé‘va Smith. The Russell, or Duke of Bedford’s, Willow. 
Identification. Eng. Fl., 4. p. 186.; Hook. Br. Fl., ed 3., p. 422. 
Synonymes. ? S. fragilis Woodv.; the Dishley, or Leicestershire, Willow ; in some counties, the 
Huntingdon Willow. S. péndula Ser.; S. viridis Fries ; S. rdbens Schrank. 
The Sexes. The female is figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. Smith, in the Eng. Fi., states that 
he had not seen the flowers of the male. Dr. Johnston, in his Flora of Berwick upon Tweed, 
states that a male tree, which he has deemed of this species, is in ‘“‘ New-water-haugh Plantation.” 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1808.; our jig. 1445.; and jig. 28. in p. 796. 
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1445. S. Russellidna. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves lanceolate, tapering at each end, serrated throughout, 
very glabrous. Footstalks glandular or leafy. Ovary tapering, stalked, 
longer than the bracteas, Style as long as the stigmas. (Smith.) A large 
handsome tree. Britain, in marshy woods. Height 80 ft. to 90 ft. Flowers 
yellowish; April and May. 
