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acuminate glandular-serrate, “ stip. ovate-oblong straight equal” 
stani. 5 or more, caps, ovate-attenuated glabrous, pedicel twice as 
long as the gland, style short, stig. bifid. — E. B. 1805. — Height 
18—20 feet. Top of the petioles glandular. Foliage fi'agrant. — 
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, “ pedicel 3 or 4 times as long as the 
gland,” style short, stig. emarginate. — Loudon’s Arboretum 1439. 
S. Meyeriana Willd. — Height 20 — 30 feet. Top of the petioles 
glandular. Stip. soon falling off in this and the preceding spe- 
cies. — Near Shrewsbury. B,ev. W. A. Leighton. T. VI. E. 
ii. Fragiles (Borr.). Stam. 2. L. glabrous. Trees. 
3. S. decipiens (Iloffm.) ; 1. lanceolate pointed serrate, 1. 
somewhat obovate recurved often bluntish, “ germens taj)ering 
stalked glabrous, style longer than the cloven stigmas.” — E. B. 
1937 . — Height 30 — 40 feet. Branches smooth, highly polished, 
reddish-brown; young shoots often crimson. — Damp meadows 
and osier-grounds. T. V. 
4. S. fragilis (L.); 1. ovate-lanceolate acute serrate, floral 1. 
similar, “ germens stalked oblong-ovate glabrous, style short, 
stigm. bifid.” — E. B. 1807. Loud. 1444. — Height 80 — 90 feet. 
Branches round, veiy smooth, brown, brittle in the spring. Wood 
without value. — Marshy ground. T. IV. V. Crack Willow. 
5. S. Busselliana (Sm.); 1. lanceolate tapering at both ends, 
floral 1. similar, germ, stalked lanceolate acuminate glabrous, style 
as long as the bifid stigmas. — E. B. 1808. Loud. 1445. — Height 
80 — 90 feet. Branches polished, round, smooth. L. gradually 
attenuated, very glaucous beneath. Wood and bark highly valu- 
able. — Marshy woods. T. IV. V. Bedford Willow. 
iii. Alba. (Borr.). Stam. 2. L. hairy w'ith adpressed silky 
hairs w'hen young. Catkins lax. Trees. 
6. S. alba (L.) ; 1. elliptic-lanceolate glandular-serrate acute 
silky on both sides when young, germ, nearly sessile ovate-acu- 
minate glabrous, style short, stigmas thick recurved bifid. — E. B. 
2430. Loud. 1447 . — Height 50 — 80 feet. Branches silky. — 
carulea (Sm.) ; 1. less silky beneath. E. B. 2431. — y. vitellina 
(Koch); branches bright yellow, 1. shorter and broader. S. vi- 
tellina Sm., Borr. — Wet places. T. V. White Willow. 
** Scales of the catkins persistent. 
iv. Triandra (Borr.). Stam. 3. L. lanceolate approaching to 
ovate, glabrous. Catkins lax. Osiers, naturally trees. 
7 . S. undulata (Ehrh.); 1. lanceolate much acuminate serrate 
