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the Black Withy, the Round Long Sallow , the Longest Sallow, the CrackWillow, the Round -eared Shining Willow, the lefser Broad leavedWillow, Silver Sallow, Upright Broad Willow, Repent Broad-leaved, theRedstone, the Lefser Willow, the Straight Dwarf, the Yellow Dwarf,

11. SALIX (helix) foliis serratis glabris Ianceolato-linearibus, superioribus oppositisobliquis. Lin. Sp. PI. 1444. Willow with linear, spear-shaped, smooth, sawed leaves,-the upper ofwhich are placed obliquely opposite, Salix humilior, foliis angusfcis subcmruleis ex adverse binis.R aii Syn. 2. p. 297. The ro^e willow.

The Rose-Willow is of much lower growth than the former. The body of the tree is coveredwith a rough, yellow bark. The branches are upright, tough, and of a reddish colour. Theleaves are spear-shaped, narrow, smooth, of a blueish green colour, and, towards the upperpart of the branches, are nearly opposite to each other. The flowers come out from the sidesof the branches, and numbers of them are joined' together in'a rose-like manner, forming asingular and beautiful appearance. This however is not a flower, but an accidental excres-cence,occasioned by a wound made in the bark of the tender branches by a certain fly, forthe reception of its egg, which soon produces a worm. Ihis insect is minutely described bySwammerdam in his “ Book of Nature.” Our old English botanists being unacquaintedwith this part of natural history, supposed the tree a distinct species, and called it Salix llosea.

12. SALIX (caprea) foiiis ovatis rugosis, subtus tomentosis, uridatis superne denticulatis.Lin. Sp. PI. 1448. . Willow with oval rough leaves which are waved ,, woolly on their under side, andindented towards the top. Salix latifolia rotunda. C. B. P. 474. ..The sallow.

The Sallow is well known all over England, and delights in a dry rather than a moist soil. Itit a tree rather below the middle growth. The branches are brittle, smooth, of a darkgreen colour, and their chief use is for hurdle-w ood and the fire; though the trunk, or oldwood, is admirable for several uses in the turnery way. The leaves are oval, rough, waved,indented at the top, and woolly underneath. The catkins are very large and white; theyappear early in the spring, and are much resorted to by the bees, on their first coming out oftheir ' hives at that early season.—There is a variety of this species with long leaves, whichend in acute points ; and another with smooth leaves, beautifully striped with white, calledthe Striped Sallow.

13. SALIX {hermaphroditica) foliis serratis glabris, floribus hermaphroditis diandris.Lin. Sp. PI. 1442. Salix latifolia folio splendente. Raii Syn. 450. The shining willow.

This is a large growing tree, sending forth several slender branches, which hang down and arecovered with a pale brown bark. Theleaves are smooth, glandalous, serrated, and of ayellowish green colour. The flow'ers are numerous hairy catkins, and the male flowers havetwo stamina only. They appear early in the spring; and the females are succeeded bydowny seeds, like the common Willow.

14. SALIX (phylicifolia) foliis serratis glabris lanceolatis: crenis undatis. Lin. Sp.PI. 1442. The ph plica-leaped willow.

This is a tree of lower growth than the former. The branches are numerous, flexible, tough,and serviceable for several articles in the basket way. The leaves are spear-shaped, smooth,