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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

PART III.

yellow spots, and are very brittle. The leaves are from H in. to 2 in. long,and nearly ljin. in breadth, when fully grown ; of an ovate, or somewhatheart-like, shape at their base, and oblique at their tip. Upper surfacedark green and shining: underneath, veiny, minutely hairy, and glaucous.Footstalks nearly 1 in. long, dilated at the base, and downy. This species,although it bears some resemblance to S. rivularis, is yet very distinct. Theyoung shoots are brittle, and not adapted for basketwork.

si 108. S. coria'cea Forbes. The coriaceous-Zcaucd, or, leathery, Willow,

or Sallow.

Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 112.

The Sexes. Both sexes are described and figured in Sal. Wob.

Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 112. j and our fig. 112. in p. 1623.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves elliptical, slightly obovate, acute, denticulated, crisped,pubescent, reticulated and glaucous beneath. Stamens long, white. Anthers1-celled, yellow. Catkins of the female about 1 in. long, thick, obtuse.Ovary nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate, very downy. Style longer than thedeeply parted stigmas. Bractea ovate-lanceolate, hairy. Stipules rounded,serrated, glabrous. (Sal. Wob., p. 223.) A native of Switzerland. Intro-duced in ? 1825, and flowering in March. This is a low-growing bushyshrub, attaining to the height of 7 ft. or 8 ft., with round pubescent branches,of a pale green colour, remotely marked with yellow spots. Leaves about2 in. long, elliptic-obovate, acute; margins denticulated, crisped ; upper sur-face of a dull shining green, besprinkled with minute appressed hairs ;glaucous beneath, pubescent, with a prominent midrib, and with arched hairyveins ; the substance of the leaves of a thick leathery texture. Footstalksstoutish and yellow. Catkins nearly 1 in. long, densely downy before theyare expanded. There are plants at Woburn, Flitwick, and Hackney.

as 109. S. ni'gricans Smith. The dark broad-leaved Willow.

Identification. Smith Eng. Bot., t. 1213,; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 659.; Smith Eng. FL, 4. p. 172.;Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 37.; Hook. Br. FI., ed. 3.

Synonyme. S. phylicifolia /3 Lin. Sp. PL, 1442., FI. Lapp., No. 350. t. 8. f. c. {Smith from Herb.Lin.), Koch Comm ., p. 41.

The Sexes. Smith has described both sexes in Eng. FI. ; the female from Lapland specimens: themale is figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. The S. nigrdscens Schl., female, is figured in Sal. Wob.,as the female of S. nigricans Smith. It does not appear that the flowers of the female have beenfound wild in Britain. {Hook. Br. FI., ed. 2.)

Engravings. Lin. FI. Lapp., t. 8. f. c. ; Eng. Bot., t. 1213. j Sal. Wob., No. 37. j and our fig. 37. in

p. 1611.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acute, crenate; glabrous, with adowny rib above; glaucous beneath. Stamens 2, thrice the length of thehairy bractea. Ovary lanceolate, downy, on a short downy stalk. ( SmithEng. FI.) The male plant is a native of Britain, in fens, osier grounds,woods, and thickets. The female plant in the Woburn collection is theS. nigrescens of Schleicher, which was introduced about 1825, or before.The male plant in the Woburn collection forms a large bushy shrub,scarcely attaining the height or form of a tree, with upright, round, stout,rather brittle branches, glabrous, except when young. The catkins appearin April, much earlier than the foliage; and those of the males, when fullgrown, are \\ in. long. The leaves are from 1 in. to 1J in. broad, and from4 in. to 5 in. long. According to Smith, S. nigricans is of no use in the arts.There are plants at Woburn, Flitwick, Henfield, and Hackney.

ss 110. S. AndersonuTna Smith. Anderson’s Willow, or the GreenMountain Sallow.

Identification. Smith Eng. Bot., 2343.: Rees’s Cyclo., No. 123.; Eng. FI., 4. p. 223.; Forbes in Sal.Wob., No. 109.; Hook. Br. FI., ed. 3.

Synonyme. S. phylicifhlia var. Koch Comm.

The Sexes. The female is described in Eng. FL, and figured in Eng. Bot. and in Sal. Wob.

Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 2343.; Sal. Wob., 109.; and our fig. 109. in p. 1623.

Spec. Char., .fc. Stem upright. Leaves elliptical, acute, finely notched,slightly downy, paler beneath. Stipules half-ovate, nearly glabrous. Branchesminutely downy. Ovary glabrous ; its stalks almost equal to the bractea.