Carl Linnaeus, The Lapland Journey, translated by Peter Graves (Edinburgh: Lockharton Press, 1995), p. 34.
Gästrikland, 13/05/1732, ¶68:
I saw here a large number of ‘Salix’ [willow] afflicted by witch’s broomsticks. They had dropped all of last year’s leaves except for those right at the ends of the twigs and they resembled the calices of Bastard Saffron, though they had lost their colour.