CHAP. ClII.

salica'cEjE. sa'i.ix.

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Spec. Char., §c. Stems more or less procumbent. Leaves elliptical orelliptic-lanceolate, acute; entire, or serrated with minute glanded serratures;somewhat downy; glaucous, and generally very silky beneath. Ovarylanceolate, very silky, seated upon a long stalk. Stigmas bifid. {Hook. Br.FI., ed. 2.) Sir W. J. Hooker and Mr. Borrer have referred to this speciesseveral kinds as varieties, which have been regarded as species by Smithand others, and which we give below, retaining the specific character ofeach, for the convenience of those who have received them as species, andmay wish to identify them.

Varieties.

S./.l vulgaris ; S. f. var. a. Hook. Br. Fl.,e d. 2.; S. fusca Smith Eng.Bot., t. I960., Eng. Ft., iv. p. 210., Forbes in Sal. Wob., No.83.; S.repens Koch $ Koch Comm., p. 47.; and our fig. 83. in p. 1618.—Stemdecumbent below, then upright, much branched. Leaves ellipticlanceolate. (Id.) Mr. Borrer is disposed to deem the S. fusca Smithdifferent from the S. fusca L., at least as seen growing in the garden;for he allows that “the dried specimens show no characterinwhich latter opinion I cordially agree with him.” (Hooker.) “ Theplant” of Smith “itself is usually a small procumbent shrub, withrather long straight branches ; but varying exceedingly, according tosituation and other circumstances, as do the leaves also, which aremore or less glabrous above, and more or less silky beneath, wherethe nerves are prominent.” (Id.) The branches are spreading,brown, and downy, with fine close hairs when young. (Smith.) Catkinsgenerally appearing before the leaves. A very beautiful little species,nearly related to S. f. repens; but is distinguishable from it by itsbroader leaves, longer footstalks, and more upright mode of growth.Smith states that it is found wild in moist mountainous heaths inthe north; that its time of flowering is May. In the salictum atWoburn, it flowered in May, and again in July. The male plant isfigured in the English Botany and the Salictum Woburnense. Thereare plants at Woburn Abbey, Henfield, and Flitwick House.

-* S. f 2 repens ; S. f. /3 Hook. Br. FI., ed. 2.; S. repens Lin. Sp. PL,1447. (Smith), Willd. Sp. PL, iv. p. 693., at least in part, Smith inRees’s Cyclo., No. 100., Eng. Bot., t. 183., Eng. FI., iv. p. 209.,Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 84., our fig. 84. in p. 1618., ? Hayne Abbild.,p. 241. t. 183., ? Pursh FI. Amer., ii. p. 610.; S. repens Koch aKoch Comm., p. 47.—The following description of this kind is derivedfrom Eng. FI. and Sal. Wob.: — Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, straight,somewhat pointed, nearly entire; almost naked above, glaucous andsilky beneath. Stipules none. Stem depressed, with short up-right branches. Ovary stalked, ovate, downy. Capsules glabrous.( Snath E. F.) A native of Britain, on moist and dry heaths,

moors, and sandy situations; flowering in May. Stem woody, de-pressed, often creeping; sending up numerous upright branches,about a finger’s length; sometimes subdivided and spreading; some-times procumbent and moderately elongated; all round and glabrous,except the small leafy shoots of the present year, which are downy.Leaves small, from Jin. to fin. long, elliptical or broadly lanceolate,somewhat revolute; nearly or quite entire, veiny, bluntish, with aminute straight point; the upper surface dark green, glabrous;under surface glaucous, densely silky when young. Footstalks shortand broad, frequently downy. Catkins appearing before the leaves,numerous, and attaining 1 in. in length, in the fertile plant, whenthe seeds are ripe. Both sexes are described in Eng. Flora, andboth are figured in Eng. Bot., in Sal. Wob., and in Hayne Abbild., ifthe latter engraving belongs to this willow. There are plants atWoburn Abbey and in the Goldworth Arboretum.

S./. 3 prostrata; S. f. var. y Hook. Br. FI., ed. 2.; S. prostrata Smith5 h 2