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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

PART III.

Synonymes. S. elaagnifolia Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 69., where the name is quoted as one adoptedby M. Schleicher •, S. glatica var., with leaves lanceolate, more narrow and more acute, and withflowers in the catkin a little more laxly disposed. ( Koch De Sal. Europ. Comm.)

The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. ; but the male is neither mentionedthere, nor by Koch.

Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 69.; andyf^. 69. in p. 1616.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves entire, ovate-elliptic, nearly glabrous above, woolly andwhite beneath. Catkins cylindrical. Ovary nearly sessile, ovate, downy.Style elongated. Stigmas bifid. (Forbes in S. W.) A native of Europe. In-troduced in 1824; flowering in May, and, in the willow garden at WoburnAbbey, in April, and again in August. This is an upright-growing shrub, at-taining the height of 6 ft.; the leaves and branches much resembling thoseof S. glauca, but distinct; the leaves being of a thinner texture, with adifferent direction of their finer veins. The leaves are of an ovate-ellipticshape, nearly glabrous on their upper surface, white and woolly underneath.Catkins of the female 2 in. long, and cylindrical.

j* 61. S. glau'cal. The glaucous Mountain Willow.

Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1446. ; FI. Lapp., ed. 2., 299. t. 8. f. p, t. 7. f. 5. ; but it is not S. sericeaof Villars [Smith.') ; Wahlenb. FI. Lapp., 264. t. 16. f. 3.; Willd. Sp. Pi, 4. p. 687.; Smith in Rees’sCyclo., No. 84.; Koch Comm., p. 55.; Smith Eng. Bot., t. 1810. ; Eng. Flora, 4. p. 201. : Forbes inSal. Wob., No. 68. ; Hook. Br. FI., ed. 2., p. 419.

Synonyme. S. appendicul&ta FI. Dan., 1.1056., Willd. Sp. PL. 4. p. 690., Smith in Rees's Cyclo..No. 93.

The Sexes. Both sexes are described in Eng. Fl. ; the female is figured in Eng. Bot., and in Sal.Wob.

Engravings. Lin. Fl. Lapp., ed. 2., t. 8. f. p, t. 7. f. .'5.; Wahl. Fl. Lapp., t. 16. f. 3.; Eng. Bot.,t 1810.; Sal. Wob., No. 68.; Hall. Hist., 2. t. 14. f. 2. j our Jig. 1324.; and Jig. 68. in p. 1616.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves nearly entire, elliptic-lanceolate; even, and nearlyglabrous above; woolly and snowy-white beneath. Footstalks decurrent.Ovary sessile, ovate, woolly. (Smith E. E.) A native of the High-lands of Scotland; flowering there in July, but, in thewillow garden at Woburn Abbey, in May. Describedby Smith as having a stem 2 ft. to 3 ft. high, stout,bushy, with numerous short, round, spreading, brownor yellowish branches, downy in their early state.

Leaves nearly 2 in. long, and jin. or fin. wide;elliptic-lanceolate, acute, somewhat rounded at the 'base; nearly, if not in every part, quite entire; theupper side of a beautiful glaucous green, the underone densely downy or cottony, of no less elegant andpure a white, with slightly prominent veins, and areddish midrib. In the willow garden at Woburn Abbey the plant is 18 in.high; there are plants also at Henfield.

-* 62. S. seri'cea Villars. The silky Willow.

Identification. Villars Delph.,3. p. 782. t. 51. f. 27.; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 688.

Synonyme. S. glafica, a synonyme of Koch Comm., p. 56. “ S. serfcea of Villars, according to hisown specimens, is the true Lappbnum; and I have Swiss ones, properly so named, from M. Schleicher.It is Haller’s No. 1643.” ( Smith in Engl. Fl., 4. p. 202.)

The Sexes. Willdenow has described the female, and noted that he had seen it in a dried state.

Engravings. Vill. Delph., 3. t. 51. f. 27. j and Jig. 74. in p. 1617.

Spec. Char., §c. Stem prostrate. Leaf oblong-lanceolate, entire, obtuse,silky and hoary on both surfaces. Catkins silky, stout. Capsules ovate-oblong, stout, very villous, sessile. Very different from S. glauca L. (Willd.,Villars in Willi. Sp. PI.) Branches brown, glossy. Leaves 2in. long,covered with long appressed hairs. Stipules are not apparent. Catkinsa in. long, cylindrical. Bracteas lanceolate, hairy, caducous. Style short,bifid. Stigmas dilated,bifid. Wild in the Alps of Switzerland and France.(Id.) Introduced in 1820. Mr. Forbes has a kind under the name S. sericea,but has quoted Willdenow in identification, with a mark of doubt. Thefollowing matter is taken from Mr. Forbes’s account. Leaves oblong-lanccolate, very entire, both sides silky, glaucous beneath. Ovary ovate,villous, nearly sessile. Style deeply divided. Stigmas parted. (Sal. Wob.,p. 147.) A native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1820, and flowering,