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by the name of S. lloffmnimidna ." {Ibid.) Mr. Forbes, after describing 

 the kind that he has adopted as S. triandra, adds, " I have another state 

 of this, with much larger and broader leaves." 



* Y S.?t.2. T/icFrcnchJYillow, so called, and cultivated, in Sussex, and the 

 east parts of England. (Ibid.) — Description. " 12 ft. to 15 it. high. 

 Disks of leaves of but half the size of those of the S. triandra de- 

 scribed by Smith, of a fine bright green. Petioles more slender. 

 Stipules larger. Catkins large and yellow. Stamens 3 or more, 

 thrice as long as the bractea. I have not seen the female flowers, 

 nor am I informed of the peculiar properties of this kind. Mr. 

 Crowe used to name it S. contorta, and esteem it a doubtful species, 

 and not supposed to be wild in Britain." (Ibid.) Synon. S. 

 triandra Curt. Fl. Lond. (Borrcr in a letter.) About Lewes, 

 Sussex, it is confined to the osier-grounds. (Borrcr in Hook. Br. 

 Fl. y 2d ed.) This is apparently the S. Hoppcdna Willd., differing 

 only, according to my specimens from Salzburg, in the notched or 

 refuse bracteas. (Hooker, ibid.) Smith has quoted the S. triandra 



