CHAT, cm

salica'ce^e. ^a'lix,

1541

and the Hebrides. ( Borrer.) S. ambigua approaches, on the one side, to S. aurita, with the smallestvarieties of whicb it is most liable to be confounded ; and, on the other, to S. ftisca; differingfrom the former by its less rugose and less vaulted leaves, and in their distinct serrature, moredelicate texture, and less woolly pubescense; also in its smaller, flatter, and less oblique.'stipules ;and from the latter, by its less silvery pubescence, in the more uneven upper surface of its leaves,and their more prominent veins beneath, as well as in some minute characters in the flowers.Koch regards it as a hybrid between the two. It varies much in the procumbent, ascending, ormore erect manner of its growth, in the paler or darker brown tinge of the twigs, and in thequantity of pubescence. {Borrer.)

Varieties.

Jk jch S. a. 1 vulgdris ; S. a. cc Borr. in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2733., 5 figures of the two sexes,and description.— A small straggling shrub, with branches sometimes procumbent, some-times rising 1ft. or 2 ft. from the ground. (Borrer.) A very full description, and 5figures, are given in Eng. Bot. Suppl. There are plants at Henfield.

38 S. a. 2 indjor ; o. a. /3 m&jor Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2733., 3 figures of the female,and description; IS. ambigua /3 Hook. Br. FI., ed. 2., p. 418.; S. versifolia Sering.Saules de la Suisse, No. 66., Monogr , 40. (Borrer.) — Mr. Borrer mentions the threefollowing forms of this variety ;—1. A plant found on heathy ground, at Hopton, Suffolk,which attains, in the garden, the height of 5 ft., and scarcely differs from S. ambiguavulgkris, except in growing erect, and in the greater size of all its parts. It is muchless silky than the following kind. 2. This, S. ambfgua /3 Hook. Br. FI., has a silveryappearance, from the abundance of silky hairs which clothe the leaves, especiallybeneath. It is said by Mr. Drummond, who found it on bogs, near Forfar, to be ofupright growth, and 3ft. or 4ft. high. 3. S. versifblia of Seringe appears, from his speci-mens, to belong to this variety ; but whether S. versifblia of Wahlenberg is, as Seringethought, notwithstanding the long style, and some other discrepancies, the same, we haveno means of deciding. Koch thinks it rather, according to Wahlenberg’s original idea,a hybrid .offspring of S. myrtilldides, and S. limbsa of Wahlenberg, the S. arenaria L.(Borrer.) There are plants at Henfield.

38 S. a. 3 spathulata ; S. a. y spathulata Bor. in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t, 2733., where three speci-mens of the male plant are figured and described; S. ambfgua y Hook. Br. FI., ed. 2.,p. 418.; S. spathulata Willd. Sp. PI., 4. 700.; Bluff. etFing. FI. Germ.,\. 566. (Borrer) ;S. spathulata Willd. ; scarcely differs from S. ambigua vulg&ris, except in the narrowerbase of the leaf. The style has been supposed to be longer; but that organ seems tovary a little in length, in both S. vulg&ris and S. a. major, from accidental circumstances.(Borrer.) S. spathulata Willd. is indigenous to Germany ; and, according to Mr.Borrer’s identification of a kind found wild in England, to Epping Forest, Essex. Thereare plants at Henfield.

& S. a. 4 undulata ; S. a. 5 undulMa Borrer in Eng. Bot., t. 2733., 4 figures of the female, and de-scription ; S. spathulata B7Wd.,var.undulkta of Professor Mertens. (Borrer.) —This varietyoccurs at Hopton in Suffolk, as well as S. a. mkjor. It is remarkable for its lanceolateor almost linear leaves, and distinctly stalked stipules. “ In our specimens of this, boththe style and the stalk of the germen are occasionally longer than in the other varieties.”(Borrer.)

?-*?-» 55. S. finma'rchica Willd. The Finmark Willow.

Identification. Willd. Enum. Suppl., p. 66. ; Ber Baum., p. 441.; Koch Comm., p. 51.

The Sexes. The female is noticed in the specific character.

Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptic, obovate, or lanceolate, the tip recurved;entire, or toothed with distant glanded teeth; beneath, wrinkled with veins,downy ; afterwards more or less glabrous. Stipules half-ovate, straight.Catkins of female flowers peduncled; the peduncle a leafy twig. Capsuleovate-lanceolate, glabrous, upon a stalk that is four times longer than thegland. Style short. Stigmas ovate, notched. ( Koch .) Wild in moist

meadows, and on mountains clothed with pines, in Podolia and Volhynia ;and, perhaps, wild in Finmark. Very like S. ambigua Ehrh., from which itdiffers only in its glabrousness, and in the peduncles of the catkins beinglonger, and furnished with more perfectly developed leaves. (Id.) Intro-duced in 1825. There are plants in the Hackney arboretum.

-* ? -u 56. S. versi'color Forbes. The various-coloured Willow.

Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 77.

The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob.

Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 77. ; and out fig. 77. in p 1618.

Spec. Char., %c. Leaves elliptic, almost entire; greyish green and villousabove, glaucous and pubescent beneath. Stipules large, ovate. Ovaryovate, stalked, silky. Style smooth. Stigmas divided. (Sal. Wob., p. 153.)A native of Switzerland; when introduced is uncertain (? 1824) ; flowering,in the willow garden, in May. A low, depressed, or trailing shrub, about2 ft. high, with slender, round, pubescent branches ; the young ones green-ish brown, densely downy ; much resembling those of S. alaternoides, butalways depressed; while those of S. alaternoides are quite erect. Leavesabout 1) in. long, nearly 1 in. in breadth, elliptic, with bluntish points;green and villous above; glaucous, pubescent, and whitish beneath ; margins

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