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the lower alpine valleys on the Pyrenees, Cevennes, Alps of Dauphiny,Switzerland, Tyrol, Austria, Carpathia ; whence it follows the course ofrivers, and inhabits their banks and moist meadows; but it does not growin Germany, on the Rhine, beyond the limits of Suabia, nor north of theDanube. It descends from the Carpathian Mountains into Hungary andGalicia; but, according to Besser, is not found in Volhynia. Introduced in1821. It flowers, in the willow garden at Woburn, in April. It is an in-teresting Jdnd for distinctness of character. There are plants at Woburn,Henfield, and Flitwick; and also in the Hackney arboretum, under thename of S. trichocarpa.

at 74. S. linea'ris Forbes. The linear -leaved Willow.

Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 89.

Synonyme. ?S. inckna var. linearis Borrer. ( Borrer in a letter.)

the Sexes. The male is described and figured in Sal. Wob. Mr. Forbes has noted that he had notseen catkins of the female.

Engravings. Sal. Wob., 89.; our fig. 1328.; and fig. 89. in p. 1619.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves linear, villous; shining above, cottony beneath; mar-gins slightly denticulated. Branches brown. Stipules none. Catkins ellip-tical, nearly sessile. Bracteas elliptical, yellow, as are also the anthers. (Sal.Wob., p. 177.) Brought front Switzerland by the Hon.

Henry Grey Bennett, in 1820; and powering, in the willowgarden at Woburn Abbey, in April. A low bushy shrub,with copious branches, dark brown or purplish in everystage. Leaves from 1J in. to 2 Jin. long, truly linear; themargins slightly serrated ; the teeth sometimes furnishedwith glands; the upper surface green, shining, wrinkled,and besprinkled with fine, minute, adpressed hairs, some-times scarcely visible; beneath, white and cottony, theirmargins revolute ; leaves frequently opposite and alternateon the same branch. Buds of a bright crimson colour.

Footstalks short, reddish. No vestige of stipules is tobe perceived in any state of growth. Catkins appearing before theleaves, 1 in. long, and erect in the male plant. Easily known by therosemary-like appearance of its leaves. In the figure of the stamens inSal. Wob. (see our Jig. 1328.), the stamens are represented as palpably mon-adelphous; a case of which not any mention is made in the text there.This kind is striking from the narrowness of its leaves. There are plantsat Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick, and in the Goldworth Arboretum.

* i 75. S. vimina'lis L. The twiggy Willow, or common Osier.

Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1448.; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 706.; Hayne Abbild., p. 251.; Koch Comm.,p. 29.; Host SaL Austr., 1. p. 16.; Smith Eng. Bot., 1.1898.; Eng. FI., 4. p. 228.; Forbes in Sal.Wob., No. 133.; Hook. Br. FI., ed.3.; Mackay FI. Hibern., pt. l.p.249.; Pursh FI. Amef. Sept.. 2.

p. 608.

Synonyme. 5. longifdlia Lam. FI. Fr., 2. 232. (Koch.)

The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Eng. Bot., Sal. Wob., Hayne Abbild., and Host Sal. Auslr.Both exist in Britain. The male seems less robust and vigorous than the female.

Engravings. Eng. Bot., 1.1898.; Sal. Wob., No. 133.; Hayne Abbild., 1.194.; Host Sal. Austr.,t. 54, 55. ; our fig. 1329.; and fig. 133. in p. 1629.

Spec. Char., §c. Leaves linear, inclining to lanceolate,elongated, taper-pointed, entire, wavy ; snow-white andsilky beneath. Branches straight and slender. Ovarysessile. Style as long as the linear undivided stigmas.

(SmithE.F.) A native of England, in wet meadows; andflowering in April and May. According to Pursh, itgrow? in North America, introduced from Europe, onthe banks of rivers, and about plantations. The follow-ing description of its characters is derived chiefly fromthe English Flora : — Branches straight, erect, wand-like, very long and slender, round, polished; when young,downy with fine silky hairs. Leaves on short footstalks,almost upright, about a span long, and J in. wide, being nearly linear, acute,

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