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DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Salix. 
spear-shaped, sharp-pointed, finely toothed, smooth, glaucous 
beneath: stigmas strap-shaped. 
E. Bot. 1344. 
Stamen not cloven, but simple as in S. Helix. Leaves alternate, rarely 
almost opposite, truly spear-shaped, pointed, of a darker green above, 
and more thickly toothed or serrated than in S. Helix; glaucous beneath. 
Leaf-scales small, spear-shaped, sharp-pointed, often wanting. Catkins 
sessile, so very like as scarcely to be distinguished from S. Helix , but the 
leaves are sufficiently distinct. 
Fine Basket Osier. ( S.fissa . Relh. not of Hoffm.) Fincham, Norfolk. 
Rev. J. Forby. Frequent in Cambridgeshire. In osier-grounds near 
Lynn. Mr. Crowe. S. April. FL Brit, and E. Bot. E.)* 
5. S. ru'bra. Monadelphous: leaves strap-spear-shaped, acute, smooth, 
minutely toothed, green on both sides; summits ovate, undi¬ 
vided. 
(E. Bot. 1145. E.) 
Branches greenish, tending to red. Leaves like those of S. viminalis , but 
wholly green; (alternate, on short foot-stalks, three or four inches long, 
the young ones only slightly downy. E.) Buds reddish. Catkins at first 
red, afterwards greenish yellow. Ray. Fertile Catkins not an inch long, 
obtuse. Germen sessile, silky, with a very short style, and ovate thick 
stigmas. E. Bot. E.) 
Red Willow. (Welsh: Helygen werdd. E.) Willow beds, but not 
common. Osier holt between Maidenhead and Windsor, on the side of 
the river near Salisbury. (Between Prickwillow and Ely, also at Ick- 
lingham, Suffolk. Rev. Mr. Hemsted. E. Bot. Near Bedford. Rev. Dr. 
Abbot. Bot. Guide. Just out of Kent-street, London, on the Dover- 
road, and osier-grounds at Newington. Mr. J. Woods, jun. ditto. 
About Newcastle, Northumberland. Mr. Winch. In a plantation near 
Treffos, Anglesey. Welsh Bot. E.) T. April—May.t 
6. S. Crowea'na. Monadelphous; leaves elliptical, slightly serrated, 
quite smooth, glaucous beneath. 
E. Bot. 1146. 
A small irregularly growing tree, with short, brittle, yellow or purplish 
divaricated branches. Leaves alternate, on broad stalks, spreading, 
hardly an inch and half long, somewhat inversely-egg-shaped, acute; 
points in maturity reflexed and often split. Barren Catkins egg-shaped, 
short, of a bright yellow when young. Scales egg-shaped, hairy, tipped 
with black. Filaments more or less united at their base. Anthers orange- 
coloured. Fertile Catkins not yet observed. FI. Brit. E. Bot. 
Broad-leaved Monadelphous Willow. The only willow with united 
stamens and broad-leaves. Discovered by James Crowe, Esq. F.L.S. 
growing in several parts of Norfolk. The fertile plant in Weardale, at 
Burtreeford; Mr. Winch. And near Egerton, Teesdale, Durham. Rev. 
J. Harriman. (Mr. Winch considers the banks of subalpine rivulets in 
* (Highly valuable as an osier for the finer kinds of basket work. E.) 
t The twigs are much sought after by basket makers, gardeners, &c, Ray. 
