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The Flora of Wiltshire. 



varying in proportion in different soils, but readily recognized by 

 their more or less convex, rugged and almost wrinkled surface, ending 

 in a small curved point. According to Bentham and Hooker this 

 is probably a form of S. caprea. 



9. S. repens, (Linn.) dwarf creeping Willow. Engl. Bot. t. 183. 



Locality. On sandy heaths, where the ground is rather moist. 

 Shrub Fl. March, April. Area, 1. f -* * * 



South Division. 



1. South-east District. "Bogs, Alderbury Common, Dr. Maton, 

 Nat. Hist. Wilts." A low, straggling shrub ; the stems creeping 

 extensively underground and rooting at the base, ascending to the 

 height of a foot or more, taller when cultivated in rich soils ; the 

 foliage and young shoots more or less densely silky white. /S. S. 

 fusca (Sm.) brownish dwarf Willow. Engl. Bot. t. 1960. Has 

 been observed in the neighbourhood of Salisbury, (District 1.) by 

 Mr. James Hussey, and Marlborough, (District 5.) " Marlb. Nat. 

 Hist. Report." Fries thinks that S. fusca (Linn.) is different. 1 



Popultjs, (Linn.) Poplar. 

 Linn. CI. xxii. Ord. vi. 

 Name. Populus, or the tree of the people, for such it was es- 

 teemed to be in the time of the Bomans, or rather from paipallow, 

 to shake, on account of the tremulous motion of the leaves. 



1. P. alba, (Linn.) great white Poplar. Abele-tree. Engl. Bot. 

 t. 1618. 



Locality. Along streams, and in open moist meads, often planted. 

 Tree Fl. March, April. Area, 1. 2. 8. 4. 5. In all the Districts but 

 not general. A large tree, with smooth bark, and spreading branches 

 of very rapid growth. Leaves angular, and generally with three 



1 We appear to have many species or varieties of this genus in the county, 

 but not having had the opportunity of examining them with the requisite care, 

 I have not ventured to introduce them. No genus throughout the whole 

 vegetable kingdom is more difficult of study than Salix; the numerous species 

 present, under different circumstances, so much diversity of character, that 

 many of the most eminent botanists are undecided as to the true limits of their 

 variation ; many forms being considered mere varieties resulting from difference 

 of soil and situation, by one party, while by another, they are exalted to the rank 

 of species. T.JB.F.' 



