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Show ITISH HERBAL... SEA Th SAIL. new. 1. Common White Willow. BUCKTHORN. This will grow to a largetree. eee eaf, sine divi into andoe, whole at the nt io two Eparts, one leaf, ALTE, male flower has a cup formed of © are n the Hides: 5 but they gape at oe points of the two fegments converge \ a has a tubular cup, divided alfo into two flower ; female 5 P° filamentss iny Aatiae the bournip y four l“ute bi but only eding berry andin it a rudiment of the fucce ae tl of a filvery grey 8)ereen on the upperfide, and 3 underneath. The flowers are greenifh and the berries yel- : i low. ; ; We have it on the fea-coafts. ~C, Bauhine calls it Rhamnus e numerous, and the barkis lio angufto. are Jong and narrow, of a pale (Cn NU § XIV. grey. The leaves are long, narrow, fharp-pointed, Y BW; Salix The The male confifts of numerous flower have cup~ or petals. female “nor av 2 . c . Tie fe This is fingular, at their bottom; the female of a rudiment of the fruit. furrounded by all knownplants, a fingle feed covered with a firm fkin, and We have it in woods, but morein gardens. All authors call it Taxus. ott}: are long, narrow, and placed with The leaves are poifonous ; but the wood, if it grew with more regularity, would be very va- Gelb tundo. Commonin hedges withthe former, 17. Small-leaved Sallow, Salix folio rotund minore. ‘The leaves fmall, and of a pale 5. Common, creeping Dwarf Willow, Salix pumila anguftifolia prona parte cinerea. The leaves very narrow. 6. Round-leaved Dwarf Willow, Salix apina pu- green. mila rotundifolia repens. The leaves white underneath. 7, Alder-leaved Mountain Willow, Salix alpina alni retunda, folio repens. The leaves green on both fides. ; §. Crack Willow, Salix folio longo latoque fplendente fragilis. The leaves yellowith, the 18. Creeping Sallow, Salix caprea pumila folio JSubrotundo incano.. Scarce a foot high. 19. Long-leaved Sallow, Salix caprea acuto longo quefolio. The leaves long and pointed. 20. Sallow witha fhining leaf, Salix latifolia folio Jplendente. A low kind with yellow bark, 21. The Ofier, Salix folio longiffimo. The leaves extremely long, and the twigs tough. 22. Long-leaved, yellowifh Sallow, Salix folio branchesbrittle. g. Round-eared, fhining Willow, Salix folio au- N= jU 2s Gat XV, longo fubluteo non auriculato viminibus lutets. and confift of a see HE male flowers liave no petals: they are placed in catkins, an oval rim; and with which is hollow, and cut off obliquely at the top fo as to form flowers are ts with large buttons, but no rudiment of a feed-veflel. The female filaments. ed as the male; but they have the rudiment of a feed-veifel, and no els are oval, and the feeds downy. C. Bauhine calls it Populus alba majoribus falits. Populus alba. IP pe Wehave two otherfpecies. ark aint 1. The black poplar, Populus nigra. broad, > finuated, and they are of a deep and white underneath. Nh 7 leaves divided like ivy, and of a blacki ‘ Sreen, 2. The Afpen-tree, or trembling Poplar, Popt lus tremula. The leaves roundifh, on very 2 long, flender footftalks. De Gee 7 wa XVI. WILLOW. SAE IX filaments.; ; and two ee i i catkins, and confit of a hollow neétarium placed in r¢ hung in catkins, like the male, and confift only of a rudiment is ovaland pointed. IS XXIH, "THE male flowers are placed in a cylindrick catkin: they confit only of filaments growing from the fcales of the catkin. The female are placed in an oblong catkin, and confift of only arudiment of the fruit, The Hornbeam. Oftrya ulmo fimilis. WC; 21.1 The White Poplar. UT OSTRI A POPULUS. Gre ran HORNBEAM. POPLAR. Tel . Round-leaved Sallow, Salix latifolia folio ro- luable. ers are ycllowith. HEmale flow and blackith, - Long, entire-leaved Willow, : fragilis foliis longiffimis utringue « Serratis. - Common Sallow, Salix latifolia et rotunditate acuminata. In hedges, the leaves ofa pale green and rough. 4. Dwarf, narrow-leaved Willow, woolly underneath, Salix pumila angujtifolia inferna parte lanuginofa. The berries are furrounded with a {weet juicy matter. fruit. - Bay-leaved Sweet Willow, Salix folio laureo, Jeu lato glabro cdorato. The leaves fweet fcented. » Round-leaved, mountain Dwarf Willow, Salix pumila folio rotundo. The leaves thick Wehave twenty-one other fpecies. 2, Low, hoary long-leaved Willow, Salix pumila rhamni fecundi clufii folio. A very fmall fhrub. pumila folits utringue candicantibus. 533 bark yellow. and of a whitifh colour. The catkins are brownifh. It is common by waters. C. Bauhinecalls it Salix alba arborefcens. leaves oblong, and white on bothfides. T AXUS. f The bark is rough, and of a pale brown on the trunk, and on the branches of a whitith 3 Woolly, white-leaved Dwarf Willow. HERBAL riculato fplendenfe. The leaves oblong, with round appendages. . Almond-leaved Willow that cafts its bark, Salix folio amygdalino ut we aurita corticem abjiciens, » Yellow Dwarf Willow, Salix bumilior foliis anguflis fubceruleis ex adverfo binis. The Salix alba vulgaris. Ay Lar 0 RHBAMNOIDES. b of eight feet high. BRITISH The feeds are downy. Common 2 Thetree is of a moderate growth: The leaves are oblong, of a fine green, fer- rated at the edges, and placed upon fhortfootfialks, The flowers are inconfiderable; but the fruit is large and foliaceous. Wehaveit in fome of our woods. C. Bauhinecalls it Ofrya ulmo fimilis. Carpinus. Others, |