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earliest of the willow kind; the Catkins are vulgarly and not unaptly 
called Goslings, from their striking similary of colour, and also appearing 
precisely at the time goslings are hatched. Rev. S. Dickenson. 
T. March—April.* 
45. S. acumina'ta. (Leaves lanceolate-oblong, pointed, waved, slightly 
toothed, tomentous beneath; stipulse kidney-shaped; capsule 
ovate, tapering. 
E. Bot. 1434. E.)~ Ger. Em. 1390. 4 —Park. 1432. 2. 
Generally of more humble growth than the preceding, though sometimes 
becoming a lofty tree. Leaves of a totally different shape, three or four 
inches long, and one at least in breadth. Footstalks reddish. 
Var. 2. Leaves rounder and smaller. 
In hedges near Chisselhurst, trees of a considerable height. Ray. On high 
and dryish heaths. Hudson. 
(Long-leaved Sallow. Welsh: Helygen grych hirddail. S. acuminata. 
Sm. Hook, but not of Hoffm. *S. T- April. May. Sm. E.) 
(46. S. stipula'ris. Leaves spear-shaped, pointed, bluntly scolloped, 
underneath downy: stipulse half-heart-shaped, very large : nec¬ 
tary cylindrical. 
E. Bot. 1214. 
Branches upright, long, round, clothed with short velvety down. Leaves 
on shortish stalks, nearly erect, five inches long, spear-shaped, sharp- 
pointed, rounded at the base, unequally and slightly scolloped,, green 
and smooth above, downy beneath, with a pale rib and many parallel 
curved veins. Stipulce on short stalks, half-heart-shaped, long-pointed, 
toothed or cut at the base. Catkins large and thick, with scales inversely- 
egg-shaped, hairy. Nectary long, cylindrical, blunt. Germen on a short 
stalk egg-shaped, downy. Style somewhat elongated. Stigmas remark¬ 
ably long, awl-shaped, recurved, undivided. In structure of fructifica¬ 
tion it most resembles S. viminalis, but it is a far less useful osier. 
Easily known at first sight, by its coarse tall habit, and conspicuous 
stipulce. Sm. 
Auricled Osier. (Welsh: Helygen glustenawg. E.) First noticed by 
Mr. Crowe in osier grounds near Bury. Since found by Mr. E. Forster, 
jun. on the banks of the Lea near Higham Hill, Walthamstow ; and near 
Lea Bridge, Essex. Bot. Guide. Between Pet and Fairlight, near 
Hastings ; and osier ground at Stoke Newington. Mr. J. Woods, jun. 
ditto. Near Ripon. Mr. Brunton, ditto. (About Beaumaris. Welsh Bot. 
Common in Scotland. Mr. D. Don. Hook. Scot. E.) P. March. E.) 
* fTlie wood and branches of the Sallow are particularly useful for making hurdles, 
handles of hatchets, and shoe-makers’ boards. The honey of the catkins is accep¬ 
table to bees, and the fondness of goats for the species is indicated by the trivial name. 
Its bark is bitter and astringent, and has lately been much recommended for the same 
purpose as the Peruvian Cinchona, E. Bot. The Highlanders employ the bark to tan 
leather, and the handles of various agricultural implements are made with its wood. 
Hook. Scot. Uredo farinosa , confluent, orange yellow, changing to dark brown, 
mealy 5 is frequent on the leaves: also Xyloma salicinum, black, glossy, irregular in 
shape; thick, white within, hard, and wax-like. Purt. Grev. Scot. Crypt. 118. °2. 
Upon the Sallow also is sometimes found Phalccna (Noctua) Chrysoglossa , with a slen¬ 
der, semi-transparent green larva : and feeding on the wood, in the heart of which it 
spins itself up, the larva of Sphynx crabroniformis, the Lunar Hornet. Lewin in Linn. 
1 r. v. 3. t. 1. Apion veloX, remarkable for its rapid movement, may likewise be ob¬ 
served on S, caprea, E.) 
