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Sulix.2 
v. Stamens 2, distinct. Capsules elongated, glubrous. Catkins very 
lax, appearing with the leaves on short lateral leafy shouts; their 
scules deciduous. Leaves lanceolate, serrate, with stipules. Petioles 
scarcely glandular. Fragiles and Alba: Borr. 
10. S.frdgilis L. (crack- W.) ; leaves glabrous or downy be- 
neath when young, stipules halt-cordate, capsules more or less 
stalked, style conspicuous, stigmas bifid. — a. leave® ovato-lan- 
ceolate (glabrous or downy beneath), floral ones similar, ovary 
oblong-ovate scarcely longer than t lie scales, style shorter than 
the stigmas. E. B. t. 1807.— /3. leaves lanceolate tapering at 
both ends (downy beneath when young), floral ones similar, 
ovary lanceolate-acuminate nearly twice as long as the scale, 
style the length of the stigmas. S. Russelliana Sm. : E. B. 
t. 1808 (Bedford W). — v. leaves lanceolate (quite glabrous), 
floral ones often obovate bluntish and recurved, “ovary taper- 
ing, style longer than the stigmas.” S. decipiens Hoffm. : E. B. 
t. 1937 (white Welsh or varnished W.). 
Marshy woods and osier-grounds, in many places, b • 4, 5. — 
Young branches brittle, especially in the var. a. ; but in 0. they are 
in some situations equally so. Var. 0. is an extremely valuable tree, 
and was first brought into notice by his Grace the late Duke of Bed- 
ford. As to var. 7 ., its “bark is polished like porcelain: the buds 
are black in spring: young shoots often crimson, the colour extending 
occasionally to the midrib of the leaves.” ( Lee fe .) The leaves of var. 
7 . are quite glabrous, 4 pale and much reticulate beneath ; of vur. a. 
often broad at the base, glabrous or slightly downy beneath when 
young ; and of var. 0. narrower than the last and more downy beneath. 
Var. 0. and 7 . seem to occur nowhere in a wild state : of the former 
the fertile, and of the latter the sterile, plants alone are, we believe, 
known, at least in this country. 
11. S. alba L. (common white W.); leaves elliptical-lanceolate 
regularly glanduloso-serrate acute when young more or less 
silky beneath often so above, capsules ovate-acuminate nearly 
sessile glabrous, stigmas nearly sessile short recurved bifid, 
scales short pubescent at the margin much shorter than the 
stamens and about the length of the capsule. — a. young leaves 
silky on both sides. E. B. t. 2430. — 13. under-side of the 
leaves less silky ultimately quite glabrous and glaucous. S. 
casrulea Sm. : E. B. t. 2431 (blue W.). 
River-sides, moist woods, &c. I j. 5. — A well known tree of 
considerable size, and of which the var. 0. is of such exceedingly 
rapid growth, that it is by many still deemed a distinct species ; and 
Mr. Forbes observes that the new leaves, after the wood has been cut, 
are of a larger size, and, as well as the twigs, of a darker hue than the 
real S. alba. They seem to be alike valuable for their bark and their 
timber, and are both amply deserving of cultivation. 
12. S. vitellina L. (yellow W., or golden O.) ; leaves lanceo- 
