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DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Salix. 
stipulae large: germen ovate, compressed, smooth, its stalk 
nearly as long as the scale; young branches furrowed. E.) 
(E. Bot. 1936. E.)— Park. 1430. 5-J. B. i. b. 215. 1. 
This species will, if allowed to grow, form a small and handsome tree. 
It is characterized by remarkably furrowed young branches ; large, 
round, crenate stipulas ; and broad, oblique leaves , rounded at the base, 
not sloped off as in S. triandra. The catkins terminate small lateral 
branches, and are cylindrical, with rounded slightly hairy scales; the 
barren flowers are yellow, with three stamens; fertile ones greener. 
Capsule stalked, egg-shaped, compressed, smooth. E. Bot. Bark de¬ 
ciduous. Scarcely to be distinguished from S. triandra . Linn. Curt. 
Hook. E.) 
Almond-leaved Willow. Willow-beds and banks of rivers. (Sussex 
and Norfolk. Common about Blandford. Pulteney. Hedges near 
Gilsland, and in Heaton Dean, Durham. Near Chester-le-Street, New 
Bridge, Beamish, and on the banks of Derwent. Mr. Winch. E.) At 
the foot of Box Hill, near Dorking. Mr. J. Woods, jun. Bot. Guide. 
S. April, May, likewise in Aug. Dill.* 
(10. S. Russellia'na. Leaves spear-shaped, sharp-pointed, tapering 
at each extremity, serrated, very smooth; germens on foot¬ 
stalks, awl-shaped, smooth. 
PL XXXIV.—E. Bot. 1808. 
This plant has often been mistaken for S.fragilis (of very inferior value) 
till the Duke of Bedford discovered the error; but the whole hue of 
S. Russelliana is lighter, especially the leaves , which are also more firm, 
and narrower, tapering at the base, and not rounded, or ovate; their 
serratures are more coarse and irregular, mid-rib much stouter. Glands 
of the foot-stalks sometimes become leafits. Germen longer than the 
scale, more tapering and awl-shaped than in S.fragilis , with a longer 
stalk and style. The barren plant has not yet been described. FI. Brit, 
and E. Bot. 
Bedford Willow. Leicestershire or Dishley Willow. By the first 
mile stone from Cambridge, on the London road. Relham. Osier-grounds 
at Stoke Newington, near London. Found throughout the midland and 
southern counties, in marshes and willow-beds. Known in Ireland by 
the name of Gorgomel Sallow , as the Bishop of Dromore informs the 
Rev. S. Dickenson. It is not indigenous there, but had been brought 
from Holland; and Mr. Dickenson suspects that ours was originally intro¬ 
duced from the same country by cuttings, as only fertile plants are 
found here. On the banks of Tees, Durham. Rev. J. Harriman. Winch. 
Guide. About Newcastle, Northumberland. Mr. Winch. Not un¬ 
common in Anglesey. Welsh Bot. Near Edinburgh. Hooker. 
T. April—May. E.)t 
* (An inferior kind of osier; but Mr. Woolgar, of Lewes, mentions it as valued and 
long cultivated tliereabouts, producing a good crop of rods six or eight feet long for many 
successive years. U. Bot. E.) 
t (The late and present Duke of Bedford have taken much pains to ascertain and 
bring into notice the valuable properties of this willow. The bark is excellent for the 
purposes of tanning. The experiments of Sir II. Davy prove, that it contains at least 
as large a quantity of the tanning principle as either oak or larch. Under the erroneous 
name of S.fragitis, the bark has been recommended for the cure of agues. See Med. 
