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LXXXV. SALICACE^E. 
[ Salix. 
lateral leafy stalks ; the scales deciduous before the maturity of the 
fruit , of the same pale colour throughout : “ nectary double Leefe. 
Leaves between lanceolate and ovate , glabrous , glossy , and fragrant , 
exuding a resin from their glandular serratures. Petioles glandular , 
especially towards the top. Stipules very deciduous. Trees or large 
shrubs. Pentandrae Borr. 
7. S. perddndra L. ( sweet Bay-leaved W.) ; leaves elliptical- 
lanceolate acuminate, stamens 5 or more, style short, stigmas 
bifid, stalk of the ovary not exceeding twice the length of the 
gland. E. B. t. 1805. S. Meyeriana Borr. in Hook. Brit. FI. 
ed. 3. (not Wdld. ?). 
Banks of rivers and watery places ; most frequent in the north, 
k . 5,6. — In its wild state it is a bushy shrub, rarely above 
6 — 8 feet high ; but when cultivated and protected from injury, it 
becomes a tree 18 — 20 feet high. Its large and copious shining 
foliage almost gives this plant the appearance of an evergreen. Sterile 
catkins fragrant, as well as the leaves. In the wild plant the leaves, at 
the time of flowering, rarely exceed | of an inch in breadth, while they 
vary in length in specimens from the same marsh, from scarcely 2^, 
when they are almost elliptical or ovate, to 3 inches, when they are 
oblong or elliptical-lanceolate and much acuminate: in the cultivated 
tree they are usually much broader and larger ; the sterile catkins 
too are much larger and more handsome than in the wild one : the 
stipules are said to be ovate oblong, straight and equal-sided ; but if 
we are not confusing specimens of the next, they are sometimes ob- 
lique and half-cordate, sometimes reniform on the autumnal shoots. 
8. S . * cuspiddta Schultz (cuspidate W.) ; leaves oblong-lan- 
ceolate much acuminate, “stipules half-cordate oblique, stamens 
3 — 4,” style short, stigmas bifid, stalk of the ovary 3 — 4 times 
as long as the gland. S. Meyeriana Willd. 
Near Shrewsbury : Leighton. k • 6'. — Of this we have not seen 
perfect specimens : the foliage is Scarcely different from what we have 
observed in the last; but there appears to be a difference in the length 
of the stalk of the ovary, if this be constant. 
iv. Stamens 2, distinct. Capsules sessile, ovato-conical, glabrous. Style 
elongated, bifid ; stigmas oblong or linear-oblong. Catkins lateral, ses- 
sile, minutely bracteate, appearing before the leaves. Leaves lanceolate , 
acute, adult ones glabrous. Branches with a glaucous bloom, especially 
when dried. Pruinosre Borr. 
9. S. * acutifulia Willd. ( violet TF.) ; young shoots glabrous, 
leaves linear-lanceolate elongate acuminate serrulate glabrous 
somewhat glaucous underneath, stipules lanceolate acuminate. 
Cleveland, and Wensleydale Dale, Yorkshire, k . 4 The sterile 
plant has alone been met with in this country, and this is a sufficient 
argument against its being a truly native species. We believe it is 
commonly cultivated for its beautifully coloured blanches. It is 
certainly the S. violacea of the Sal. Wob. 
