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S A L 1 X tria n d ra .
Long-leaved triandrous Willow.
DIOECIA Diandria.
G en. Char. Male, Cal. the scales of a catkin. Cor.
none. N e c ta r y a gland at the base of the stamina.
Sta in . 1— 5. Female, Cal. and N e c t. like the male.
Cor. none. S tigm a s 2. Caps, superior, of 1 cell
and 2 valves. Seeds downy.
Spec. Char. Stamina three. Leaves linear-oblong,
serrated, smooth. Germen on a stalk.
Syn. Salix triandra. L in n . Sp. PI. 1442. Sm. FI.
B r it. 1044. T r . o f L . S o c .v . 6. 118. H u d s . '425.
W ith . 45. H u ll. 217. R e lh . 384. Sibth. 15.
A b b o t. 2 1 2 . Curt. L o n d . fa s c . 6. t. 72. Ho ffm.
Sal. v. 1. 45. t. 9, 10 . t. 23. f . 2 .
S. folio amygdalino utrinque aurito, corticem abjiciens.
R a ii Syn . 448.
W h e n undisturbed, this species grows to a large tree, and
is common in wet woods and hedges, flowering in April or
May, and frequently again in August; but being an excellent
Osier, it is generally seen treated as such, and cut down every
year. It produces tough, pliable and lasting rods 8 or 9 feet
long, and its several varieties (which differ in the darkness or
straightness of the deaf, and in fecundity of growth) are all
valued by basket-makers.
The bark of the trunk and branches scales off annually in
large portions, as in the Plane-tree. The young branches are
upright, round and smooth. Leaves 2 or 3 inches long,
linear-oblong, acute, closely serrated, smooth on both sides,
paler beneath, the base narrow, and sloping off (not rounded)
towards the stalk. Stipulae ovate, oblique, crenate, at length
rounded and reflexed. Catkins cylindrical, yellow, with
hairy blunt scales. Nectary very obtuse. Stamina mostly 3.
Germen stalked, ovate, smooth, Compressed. Stigmas short,
nearly sessile, spreading, cloven.