The BRITISH HERBAL. 
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I. Common White Willow. 
Salix alba vulgaris. 
This will grow to a large tree. 
The bark is rough, and of a pale brown on 
the trunk, and on the branches of a whitifli 
grey- 
The leaves are long, narrow, Iharp-pomted, 
and of a whitifh colour. 
The catkins are brownifh. 
It is common by waters. 
C. Bauhine calls it Salix alhc. arhorrfccns. 
We have twenty-one other fpecies. 
2. Low, hoary long- leaved Willow, Salix ptmila 
rhamiii fecunii clufti folio. A very fmall 
flirub. 
3 Woolly, white-leaved Dwarf Willow. Salix 
pumila foliis iitrinque £ay^di<:antibiis. 1 he 
leaves oblons, and white on both fides. 
4. Dwarf, narrow-leaved Willow, woolly under- 
neath, Salix fiimila anpiftifolia injerna pane 
lanugifiofa. 
5. Common, creeping Dwarf Willow, Salix pu- 
mila angujlifolia prona parte cinerea. The 
leaves very narrow. 
6. Round-leaved Dwarf Willow, Salix apsna pu- 
mila rotuiidifolia ripens. The leaves white 
underneath. 
7. Alder-leaved Mountain Willow, Salix alpina 
alni rotundo, folio ripens. The leaves green 
on both fides. 
8. Crack Willow, Salix folia longo latoqui fplen- 
denli fragilis. The leaves yellowilh, the 
branches brittle. 
Q. Round-eared, fliining Willow, Salix folio au- 
riculau fplendmfe. The leaves oblong, with 
round appendages. 
iQ. Almond-leaved Willow that cafts its bark, 
Salix folic amygdalino utrifique aurito coyikim 
abjiciens. 
11. Yellow Dwarf Willow, Salix bumUior foliis 
angujlis fuhcaruliis ex adverfo hinis. The 
bark yellow. 
12. Bay-leaved Sweet Willow, Salix folio laurio, 
feu lato glairo odorata. The leaves fweet 
fcented. 
13. Round-leaved, mountain Dwarf Willow, 
Salix pumila folio rolundo. The leaves thick 
and blackilh. 
14. Long, entire-leaved Willow, Salix minims 
fragilis foliis longiffmis utriaque viridiius nan 
firralis. 
15. Common Sallow, Salix latifolia et rotundi- 
late aiuminata. In hedges, the leaves of a 
pale green and.rough. 
ifi. Round-leaved Sallow, Salix latifolia folio ro- 
tunda. Common in hedges with the former. 
17. Small-leaved Sallow, Salix folio rotunda mi- 
nore. The leaves fmall, and of a pale 
green. 
iS. Creeping Sallow, Salix cap ea pumila folio 
fubrotundo incano. Scarce a foot high. 
19. Long-leaved Sallow, Salix caprea acuta longo 
qucjolia. The leaves long and [ ointed. 
20. Sallow with a (hining leaf, Salix latifolia falia 
fplindinle. A low kind with yellow bark. 
21. The Ofier, Salix folio longiffimo. The leaves 
extremely long, and the twigs tough. 
22. Long-leaved, yellowilh Sallow, Salix folio 
longa fubltiteo non auriculato viminibtts hdiis. 
GENUS XXIIL 
HORNBEAM. 
O S r R r A. 
'T^HE male flowers are placed in a cylindrick catkin : they confift only of filaments growing 
from the fcales of the catkrn. The female are placed in an oblong catkin, and confifl: of only 
a rudiment of the fruic. 
The Hornbeam. 
OJlr^a uimo fwidis. 
The tree is of a moderate growth; 
The leaves are oblong, of a -fine green, fer- 
rated at the edges, and placed upon Ihort foot- 
ftalks. 
The flowers are inconfiderable ; but the fruit 
is large and foliaceous. 
We have it in fome of our woods. 
C. Bauhine calls it OJlrya idmo fmiilis. Others, 
Carpinas, 
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SERIES 
