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covered with minute, depressed, scattered hairs; under side pale, or slightlyglaucous, more loosely hairy, especially the rib and transverse parallel veins,the subdivisions of which compose a fine rectangular network. Catkins muchearlier than the foliage. {Ibid.) This is a readily distinguished species; andthe leaves are more heart-shaped at the base than even those of S. hirta.There are plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick.

* If 105. S. hFrta Smith. The \iaixy-branched Sallow, or Willow.

Identification. Smith Eng. Bot., t. 1404.; Rees’s Cyclo., No. 121.; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 696.; SmithEng. FI., 4. 221.; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 113.; Hook. Br. FI., ed. 3. The first four of these,at least, relate to the male only : the fifth relates to both sexes. See, also, under Synonyme.

Synonymc. S. pfcta Schleicher is the female of S. hlrta. ( Forbes in Sal. Wob.)

The Sexes. The male is described in Eng. FI., and figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. The female isdescribed in Sal. Wob., and in Hook. Br. FI., ed. 2.

Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1404. j Sal. Wob., Nu. 113.; and our fig. 113. in p. 1623.

Spec. Char., Sfc. Stem erect. Branches densely hairy. Leaves elliptic-heart-shaped, pointed, finely crenate, downy on both sides. Stipules half-heart-shaped, flat, toothed, and nearly glabrous. {Smith Eng. FI.) A native ofBritain, in woods and on the banks of rivers; flowering in May. A smalltree, remarkable for its thick, round, hoary branches, clothed very denselywith prominent, close, horizontal, soft, cottony hairs. Leaves elliptic-ob-long, a little heart-shaped, or cut away, at the base; from 2 in. to 3 in. inlength, and at least 1 in. in breadth; sharp-pointed and flat, bordered withshallow serratures, or blunt notches; the upper surface of a dull green,minutely hairy; under side pale or glaucous, and more densely downy,particularly the rib and veins, which last are reticulated like those of S.eotinifblia Smith. Footstalks stout, densely downy, Lin. long. Catkins 1 in.or more in length. {Ibid.) There are plants at Woburn and Henfield;and in the Goldwortli and Hackney arboretums.

* 106. S. rivula'ris Forbes. The River Willow, or Sallow.

. Identification. Sal. Wob., No. 102.

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

Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 102.; and our fig. 102. in p. 1621.

Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches erect. Leaves elliptical, glabrous; glaucous andpubescent beneath when young; dark green on their upper surface. Stipulesrounded, serrated. Catkins obtuse, short. Ovary stalked, ovate-lanceo-late, slightly downy. Style about the length of the parted stigmas. {Sal.Wob., p.203.) A native of Switzerland. Introduced in ? 1824; and flowering,in the willow garden at Woburn Abbey, in May. An erect-growing shrub,with dark mahogany-coloured branches, nearly perpendicular in their modeof growth, copiously marked with yellow dots; the young ones green andpubescent. Leaves from 1 in. to 1L in. long, with short oblique points ;generally unequal at the base; finely serrated; green and villous abovewhen young ; glaucous and hairjf beneath, but soon losing their glaucoushue, and much of their pubescence ; the older leaves are bright green, andalmost glabrous on both sides. Footstalks rather long, slender. Catkinson short thick stalks, scarcely 1 in. long. There are plants at Woburn,Flitwick, Goldwortli, and Hackney. In the latter arboretum is a varietynamed S. rivularis minor Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836.

“f 107. S. atropurpu'rea Forbes. The dark-purpl ^-branched Willow, or

Sallow.

Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 156.

The Sexes. The male is described in Sal. Wob.

Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate, serrated; somewhat heart-shaped and unequalat the base; dark green, shining above; glaucous and finely hairy beneath.Footstalks nearly 1 in. long, downy. Stipules very large, half-heart-shaped, serrated, glabrous. Filaments yellow. {Sal. Wob., p. 284.) Anative of Switzerland. Introduced in 1824, and flowering in April. Thisis a low tree, with darkish brown branches, afterwards inclining to purple,which are copiously covered with minute hairs, and marked with small

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