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stam. 5 or more, caps. ovate-attenuated glabrous, stalk twice as 
long as the gland, style short, stig. bifid —H. B. 1805.—Height 
18—20 feet. Top of the petioles glandular. Foliage fragrant. 
River-sides in the north. T.V. VI. Bay-leaved Willow. 
+2. S. cuspidata (Schultz?); 1. oblong-lanceolate acuminate 
glandular-serrate, “ stip. half-cordate oblique, stam. 3 or 4,” caps. 
ovate attenuate glabrous, “ stalk 3 or 4 times as long as the 
gland,” style short, stig. emarginate.— Loudon’s Arboretum 1439. 
S. Meyerrana Willd.—Height 20—30 feet. Top of the petioles 
glandular.—Near Shrewsbury. T. VI. E. 
ii. Fragiles (Borr.). Stam. 2, distinct. L. glabrous. Trees. 
3. S. fragilis (L.) ; 1. lanceolate pointed serrate, stip. 1-cordate, 
caps. obovate-lanceolate stalked glabrous, stigmas rather thick 
bitid.—a. S. decipiens (Hoffm.), caps. tapering, style longer than 
the cloven stigmas. H. B. 1937. Branches smooth, highly po- 
lished, reddish-brown ; young shoots often crimson.—8. 8S. fra- 
gilis (L.); caps. oblong-ovate, style short, stigm. bifid. E. B. 
1807. Branches round, very smooth, brown, brittle in the spring. 
Crack Willow.—y. S. Russelliana (Sm.); caps. stalked lanceo- 
late acuminate, style as long as the bifid stigmas. EH. B. 1808. 
Branches polished, round, smooth. L. gradually attenuated, 
very glaucous beneath. Wood and bark highly valuable. Bed- 
ford Willow.—Damp meadows and osier-grounds. T. IV. V. 
ii. Albe (Borr.). Stam. 2. L. hairy with adpressed silky 
hairs when young. Catkins lax. Trees. 
4. S. alba (L.); 1. elliptic-lanceolate glandular-serrate acute 
silky on both sides when young, caps. nearly sessile ovate-acumi- 
nate glabrous, style short, stigmas thick recurved bifid.—E. B. 
2430.—Height 50—80 feet. Scales shorter than stam., as long 
as caps. in #. and 8, exceeding them both in y. Branches silky. 
—B. S.cerulea (Sm.); 1. less silky beneath. EB. B. 243].—. 8. 
vitellina (Sm.); branches bright yellow, 1. shorter and broader.— 
Wet places. T.V. White Willow. ; 
** Scales of the catkins persistent. 
iv. Triandre (Borr.). Stam.3. L. lanceolate approaching to 
ovate, glabrous. Catkins lax. Osiers, naturally trees. 
*5, S. undulata (Ebrh.); 1. lanceolate much acuminate serrate 
glabrous except when young, stip. -cordate acute, caps. stalked 
ovate acuminate, pedicel twice as long as the gland, style elongate, 
stigma bifid, scales very shaggy.—S. lanceolata Sm., E. B. 1436. 
Height 12—15 feet. L. sometimes undulated, often quite silky 
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