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Salix .] 
ii. Stamens 3. Capsules stalked, usually glabrous. Catkins leafy, lax ; 
their scales persistent of the same pale colour throughout : “ nectary 
double ,” Leefe. Leaves between lanceolate and ovate, glabrous, serrate. 
Stipule< shorter than the petiole. Trees or large shrubs, casting their 
bark in autumn. Triandrae Borr.' 
5. S. triundra L. (hlunt-stipided triandrous IF.) ; leaves ser- 
rate, stipules half-cordate approaching to reniforni blunt, 
scales of the catkins glabrous or slightly hairy, capsule glabrous, 
stigmas nearly sessile. — a. leaves oblong-lanceolate, young 
branches not furrowed. E. B. t. 1435 (long-leaved tr. W.). — 
ji. leaves linear-lanceolate green on both sides, young branches 
furrowed, capsule acuminate. S. contorta Crowe. — y. leaves 
ovato-lanceolate acuminate, young branches not furrowed. S. 
Hoffmanniana Sm. : E. B. S. t. 2 6 '20 (short-leaved tr. W.). — S. 
leaves ovate or ovate-oblong glaucous beneath, young branches 
strongly furrowed. S. amygdalina L. : E. B. t. 1936 (Almond- 
leaved W.). 
Banks of rivers and ditches and osier-grounds. h . 4 — 6. — The 
stipules, being modified leaves, vary in shape according to the form 
of the leaves themselves; but all the above have stipules of a very dif- 
ferent form from the next species, to which however they approach in 
other respects. Stigmas varying from entire to bifid. 
6. S. * unduldta Ehrh. ( sharp-stipuled triandrous TF.) ; leaves 
lanceolate much acuminate sharply and finely serrate often 
wavy, stipules half-cordate acute, scales of the catkins very 
villous, capsule glabrous (or silky) constricted above the 
middle, style as long as the bifid or emarginate stigmas. S. 
lanceolata Sm. : E. B. 1. 1436. 
Near Lewes, Sussex (the fertile plant only, and it scarcely a native), 
h • 4, 5. — A small tree, which casts its bark annually. It is cultivated 
and cut down every year for the use of basket-makers ; but Mr. 
Forbes observes that it is not so well calculated for the finer sorts of 
wicker-work as S. triandra. Dr. Meyer of Gottingen has sent us 
specimens of the S. undulata of Ehrh., compared with the Ehrhartian 
herbarium ; and Mr. Borrer is satisfied that they are identical with 
Smith’s lanceolata ; at least with the Sussex specimens communicated 
by Mr. Woollgar to him, and which are probably the same as the 
fertile individuals figured in E. Bot. Indeed that station is the only 
one mentioned by Sir J. E. Smith as English. Mr. Borrer has 
received German specimens of S. undulata with silky ovaries, and 
they are probably the S', undulata of the Sal. Wob., which differs only 
in that respect, and in its more wavy leaves, from our present plant. 
iii. Stamens more than 2, usually 5, distinct. Capsules ovato-lanceolate, 
stalked, glabrous. Catkins rather lax, appearing with the leaves on short 
> Mr. Bentham unites both species of this section under the name of S. amyg- 
dalina. 
