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DIOECIA Diandria.
Gen. Char. Male, Cal. the scales of a catkin. Cor.
none. Nectary a gland at the base of the stamina.
Slam. 1— 5. Female, Cal. & Nect. like the male.
Cor. none. Stigmas 2. Caps, superior, of 1 cell
and 2 valves. Seeds downy.
Spec. Char. Leaves elliptical, acute, serrated, smooth-
ish, glaucous beneath. Stipulas small or none.
Capsules very smooth.
Syn. Salix tenuifolia. 8m FI. Brit. 1052.
D r AWN from the garden of Mr. T. F. Forster at Clapton,
who received it from Scotland. We have with the greatest
care compared it with our original specimens of S. tenuifolia,
gathered near Kirkby Lonsdale bridge, and find no difference,
except the greater size and luxuriance of the present plant,
which rises to the height of a small tree. In consequence of
this luxuriance, the stipulas are more considerable than in our
wild specimens. It flowers in May.—The young branches
are very slightly downy. Leaves elliptical, rather pointed,
slightly serrated, besprinkled when young with fine close-
pressed hairs; bright green above; glaucous and whitish beneath,
reticulated with veins ; the rib sometimes hairy. Stipulas
small, somewhat falcate, serrated, smooth. Male catkins
yellowish, about an inch long, with very hairy scales,
which in Mr. Forster’s plant are elliptical. Stamens two.—
In the wild Westmoreland female shrub the catkins are finally
an inch and half long, with ovato-lanceolate, smooth, sessile
capsules, a long style, and rather thick notched stigmas.—
The original Westmoreland plant seems to vary in degree of
pubescence, and in shape of the scales of the male catkin.
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