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Syaont/mes. S. mollissima Smith Ft. Brit.,p. 1070.,exclusively of the sytionymes, Eng. But.,t. 1509.,Rees's Cyclo. j S. acuminata, with narrower leaves, Koch Comm., p. 01. j 6’. acuminata fi Lindt.Synop p. 233.

The Sexes. The female is described in Eng, FL, and figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob.

Engravings. Eng. Bot., 1.1509.; Sal. Wob., No. 134., the female ; and ourjig. 134. in p. 1629.

Spec. Char., $c. Leaves lanceolate, pointed, slightly wavy, minutely toothed;soft and downy above, but the down scarcely visible; whitish and silkybeneath. Stipules long, narrow. Catkins ovate. Germen stalked. Styleshorter than the linear deeply divided stigmas. ( Smith Eng. Fl.) “ In myspecimens the ovaries and bracteas are remarkably shaggy.” ( Hook in Ur. Fl.,ed. 2.) A native of England, in meadows and osier grounds; commonin the woods in the neighbourhood of Woburn ; and flowering in Marchand April. “ Branches erect, wand-like, round, long, slender, reddish,leafy, smooth, finely downy and soft when young; brittle, and unfit forbasketwork. Leaves on shortish downy footstalks, lanceolate, 3 in. or 4 in.long, tapering to a point; the margin wavy, or slightly crenated, withminute teeth here and there, especially towards the point; the upper sidegreen, delicately soft to the touch, with extremely minute, almost invisible,close, silky down; under side paler, whitish, densely silky, and likewisepeculiarly soft; the midrib and slender veins reddish, rather less downy.Catkins appearing before the leaves, numerous, small.” {Smith.) S. Smith-iana is without merit in the economical application of its rods. {Id.)There are plants at Woburn Abbey , at Henfield, and at the GoldworthArboretum: also, under the name of S. mollissima, at Messrs. Loddiges’s.

¥ 78. S. moixi'ssima Ehrh. The softest -surfaced Willow, or Osier .

Identification. Ehrh. Beitr., 6. p. 101.; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 707. ;' Wahlenb. Fl. Carpat., p. 317. ;? Hayne Abbild., p. 252.; Koch Comm., p. 28.

Synonyms. S. pfibera Koch aputl Bonninghausen FL Monaster.

the Sexes. The female is described in the specific character. Koch has noted that he had not seenthe male.

Engraving. ? Hayne Abbild., 1.195., the female.

Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, repandly toothed with distant minute teeth ; whenyoung, having the under surface finely tomentose. Stipules ovate, acute. Catkins sessile, or upona short twiglet seeming a peduncle, and bearing small leaves at the base of the catkin. Capsuleovately conical,'.tomentose, sessile. Gland reaching higher than the base of the ovary. Style elon-gated. Stigmas linear, bifid, reaching as high as the hairs of the bracteas. {Koch.) It is easilydistinguished from S. vimindlis by the down of the leaves being finer, yellowish, and not shining ;the flowers more loosely disposed in the catkin ; the bracteas of a yellowish rusty colour, and bytheir hairs being of a dull white, and of the length of the stigmas. In S. virninalis the leaves arewhite, and silky beneath j the bracteas of a very dark brown, and have silvery hairs; and the stig-mas are undivided, and extend beyond the hairs of the bracteas. S. mollissima grows wild uponbanks of rivers, and contiguously to water, in the north of Germany , in Silesia, and in the north ofHungary. {Koch.) A native of Germany .

s ? i 79. S. holoseri'cea Hook., ? Willd. The velvety, or “ softsltaggyrflowered ,” Willow, or Osier .

Identification. Hook. Br. El., ed. 2., p. 421. ; Bluff and Fing. Fl. Germ., 2. p. 565. {Hook.) ; ? Willd.Comm’ ’ * Hayne Abbild., p. 253.; ? Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 137.? Koch

nes. s. Smithidwa rugdsa, quoted as a name extant by Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 134.; ? S.acuminata, the var. mentioued by Smith in Eng. FL, 4. p. 228-; S. acuminata var. rugbsa Smith, • > an< * probably 5. riibra of Walker's Essays, p. 443. {Borrer in a letter.) I believe that the

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ie Sexes. The male is figured in Sat. Wob. ; the female is described in. the Specific Character, Sfc.gramngs. Hayne Abbild,, 1.196. (the sex is the male); Sal. Wob., No. 134., in which the malecatkm only is figured.

Spec. Char., $c. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, serrated; glabrous above;pale, downy, and strongly veined beneath. Catkins cylindrical. Ovariesstalked, densely clothed with silky wool. Stigmas ovate, sessile. Bracteasvery shaggy, black. {Hook. Br. Fl.) Wild about Lewes , Sussex. Mr.■norrer thinks that this is probably allied to the S. holoserlcea Willd., andKtmguishes it from S. acuminata Smith by its sessile pale-coloured stigmas,f / t VeS 8 reener and more rugose above, and more strongly veined beneath.

1 id.) S. holoserlcea Willd. is noticed by Smith {Eng. FL, iv. p. 230.), asa native of Germany, not so of Britain . It is recorded in the Hortus Bri-owmcus, as introduced into Britain in 1822. Smith has remarked, besides,>1’ "n Relieves a kind of osier, called the velvet osier, to be identical"u i S. holoserlcea Willd., and that the velvet osier is much valued for

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