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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

PART III.

some kinds of wickerwork. There are plants at Henfield, and at Messrs.Loddiges’s.

sfc ? ¥ 80. S. Micherm'am Forbes. Michel’s Willow.

Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 135.

Synonymes. IS. ho'oserfcea Willd., 4. p. 708. (Forbes); ? S. holoserlcea var. ( Borrer in a letter.)

The Sexes. The male plant is figured and described in Sal. Wob. Mr. Forbes had not seen theflowers of the female.

Engravings. Sal. Wob., 1 .135. j and fig. 135. in p. 1629.

Spec. Char., S/-c. Stem erect. Leaves lanceolate, pointed; flat and villousabove; greyish, downy, and reticulated beneath. Stipules ovate, acute,serrated. Filaments long, yellowish. Anthers yellow. Bractea elliptical,hairy. (Sal. Wob., p. 269.) Flowering in April.- This plant grows to theheight of 12ft. or 15 ft., although it has not been cultivated above fouryears. The branches of the preceding year are of a dark brownish greencolour, and somewhat villous ; those of the present year’s growth more ofa yellowish brown, and densely covered with a fine pubescence. Leavesfrom 3 in. to 4 in. long, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate when fully grown ;flat, villous, and ultimately shining above; reticulated, greyish, soft anddowny beneath; upper leaves denticulated with small glandular teeth,entire towards the base; lower leaves quite entire, gradually smaller. Foot-stalks about J in. long, downy, pale yellow. Catkins of the male copious,nearly sessile, appearing before the expansion of the leaves. Mr. Forbesdoubts whether this may not be the S. holoserlcea of Willdenow; but heretains the name of S. Michelkbm, which he received with the plant fromthe Horticultural Society’s Garden, till he has an opportunity of seeing thecatkins of the female, so as to aid him in coming to a decision. There areplants at Woburn.

S 81. 5*. ferrugi'nea Anderson. The ferruginous -leaved Salloiv, orWillow.

Identification. Anderson MS. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 128.; Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppi., t. 2G65. ;Hook. Br. FI., ed. 3., p. 427.

The Sexes. Both sexes are described and figured in Eng. Bot. Suppl.: the female is described andfigured in Sal. Wob.

Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 128. ; Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2665. ; and our fig. 128. in p. 1627.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves lanceolate, having at the edge wavy crenatures andsmall teeth ; hairy with minute hairs on both surfaces, paler on the underone; thin in substance. Stipules small, half-ovate. Bracteas oblong-lanceo-late. Ovary silky, stalked. Style about as long as the oblong stigmas.( Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl.) The late Mr. G. Anderson, who distinguishedand named the species, discovered it near Carlisle, in 1809; and found itafterwards in Fifeshire and other counties of Scotland; and by the Thames,near Windsor, Reading, &c. The female has been observed, also, nearNuthurst, Sussex. (Id.) The following description is taken from thatgiven by Mr. Forbes in Sal. Wob. : —‘ A bushy shrub or low tree; floweringin April, and growing, in the willow garden at Woburn Abbey, to the heightof 12 ft. or 14 ft., with shortish, green, fuscous branches, round, downy, andsomewhat of a rusty hue when young, especially towards autumn ; but of amore pale yellow in an earlier state. Leaves from 2Jin. to 3in.'long;obovate-lanceolate, tapering towards the base, with rather long obliquepoints; flat, villous, and dark green above; densely silky, reticulated, andgreyish beneath; lower leaves entire, scarcely 1 in. long; upper ones finelyserrated towards the apex, or rather furnished with distant, minute, glan-dular teeth, entire towards the base; the rusty hue also visible in theolder leaves. Catkins of the female from 1 in. to 1 i in. long, appearingbefore the leaves.” Mr. Forbes deems this a kind of sallow; and itsrounded tumid buds show an affinity to the sallows. Mr. Borrer has placedit in the group Viminales, and is of opinion that it comes nearest to S.Smithkma : he adds, of the young leaves, that “ the newly expanded leavesof the male are beautifully tinged with brownish purple, which is nearly,