S A L I X p e n ta n d ra .
Sweet, or Bay-leaved Willow.
DIOECIA Diandria.
(j EN. Char. Male, Cal. the scales of a catkin. Cor.
none. Nectary a gland at the base of the stamina.
Siam. 1— 5. Female, Cal. and Nect. like the male.
Cor. none. Stigmas 2. Caps, superior, of 1 cell
and 2 valves. Seeds downy.
Spec. Char. Stamina five or more. Leaves elliptic-
lanceolate or ovate, pointed, crenate, glandular,
smooth. Germens smooth, nearly sessile.
Syn. Salix pentandra. Linn. Sp. PL 1442. Sm. FI.
Brit. 1046, Tr. o f L. Soc. v. 6. 120, Huds. 426.
With. 46, Hull. 218. Lightf. 595. Hicks. H.
Sicc.fasc. 3. 15.
S. folio laureo, seu lato glabro odorato. Rail Syn. 449.
M y attention to the Willows has been for a while suspended,
and I return to the consideration of such as remain to be
figured in this work, among which are many not in the FI.
Brit., with that reluctance and diffidence which the loss of a
constant companion and fellow-labourer, who had the subject
ever before him, cannot fail to excite. It now becomes a
duty to make known the unpublished remarks of my late
friend Mr. Crowe, and to take care that the treasures he had
collected should not prove useless.
S. pentandra is one of the species most familiar to botanists.
It grow'S about rivers in the north of England and south of
Scotland, flowering in June or July, and forminga handsome
small tree. The leaves are broad and ovate when in perfection,
smooth and shining, pointed, closely crenate rather than
serrate, with a yellow' fragrant gland at each notch, causing
the bay-like scent for which the plant is valued. Footstalks
glandular. Stipulas scarcely any, ’ Male catkins yellow, fragrant
and handsome. Stamens in a cultivated state from 6 to
9, hairy, as are the scales. Female catkins with hairy scales,
but smooth lanceolate germens. Style shortish. Stigmas
cloven, This tree is chiefly cultivated for ornament. S. hex-’
andra of Ehrhart is very different, having narrow leaves, O ctXnSo'j. P u b lish 'd b y J a i Jew er b y Ium B m t.