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S A L I X Hoffmanniana.
Hoffmannian Willow.
DICBCrA Diandria.
Gen. Char. Male, Cal. a scale of an imbricated catkin,
single-flowered. Cor. none. Nectary a
lgand at the base of the stamina. Stam. 1—5.
Female, Cal. and Nect. as in the male. Cor.
none. Stigmas 2. Caps, of 1 cell and 2 valves.
Seeds tufted.
Spec. Char. Leaves ovate-oblong, serrated, smooth ;
slightly rounded at the base. Stamens three.
Germen stalked, ovate, compressed, smooth.
Stigmas nearly sessile. Sm.
Syn. Salix Hoffmanniana. Sm. Engl. FI. v. 4. 168.
S. triandra. Hoffm. Sal. v. 1. 45. t. 9. 10. t. 23.
ƒ. 2. (excl. the varieties ?)
J V o T uncommon about streams &c. in Sussex; but, as
the male plant only has been observed, it cannot be regarded
as originally a native there. Of the female we have
seen only the barren specimen, supposed to be such, mentioned
in English Flora as sent by Mr. Holme from Cambridgeshire.
A much branched shrub, or small crooked tree, scarcely
exceeding twelve feet in height. Bark of the stem and
large branches deciduous, as in the other triandrous Willows.
The more humble growth, the short, flat, lanceolate
leaves, more rounded at the base, with larger, rounded,
ear-shaped stipules, distinguish the plant from S. triandra,
1.1435, with which it is said to agree in the female flowers,
as it does in wanting the deep furrows of the young twigs
remarkable in S. amygdalina, t. 1936. The flowers appear,
together with the leaves, towards the latter end of May.