CHAP. CIII.

SALICA'CEiE. SA'LIX.

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base; the margins deeply serrated, and furnished with glands, a little wavy ;upper surface shining and downy; under one glaucous, and besprinkledwith small appressed hairs. Ovary ovate-subulate, glabrous. Stylelonger than the divided stigmas. (Sal. Wob., p. 283.) A native of Germany.Introduced in 1824., and flowering in March and April. A small bushytree, with round villous branches, of a sooty brown colour. Buds hairy.Leaves from 1 in. to 1 in. long, of an ovate shape, deeply serrated, andsomewhat wavy; unequal, and a little heart-shaped at the base; moreor less downy on both sides, especially the midrib and veins, with minutehairs ; beneath, glaucous. Footstalks downy. Catkins 1 in. long. Thisspecies resembles, in leaves and mode of growth, S. rotundata ; but is avery distinct kind, having the leaves more oblong and undulated. Thereare plants at Woburn, and in the Hackney arboretum.

at. £ 116. S. rotunda'ta Forbes. The round -leaved Willow, or Sallow.

Identification. Sal. Wob., No. 104.

Synonymc. ? S. rotundifblia Host.

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

Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 104.; our^. 1337. in p. 1572.; and fig. 104. in p. 1621.

Spec. Char., $c. Leaves orbicular, bluntly serrated; glabrous and shining above;glaucous, reticulated, and slightly hairy beneath. Stipules rounded, ser-rated, glandular. Ovary awl-shaped, glabrous, stalked. Style twice thelength of the parted stigmas. (Sal. Wob., p. 207.) A native of Switzerland.Introduced in ? 1824, and flowering, in the willow garden at Woburn Abbey,in April and May. An upright-growing shrub or low tree, attaining theheight of 15 ft. or more ; the preceding year’s branches of a brownish greencolour, marked with several yellow spots, and retaining their pubescence;very brittle j the young twigs round, densely hairy, and copiously coveredwith leaves. Leaves orbicular, somewhat heart-shaped at the base whenfully grown, bluntly serrated; glabrous and shining above; glaucous, reticu-lated, and very minutely hairy beneath, becoming almost glabrous when atmaturity. Footstalks stout, and densely downy. Catkins of the malenearly 1 in. long, 'the roundness of the leaves renders this a very distinctspecies. There are plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Goldworth.

I 117. S. du'ra Forbes. The hardy Sallow, or Willow.

Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 105.

The Sexes. The male plant is figured in Sal. Wob.

Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 105. j and our fig. 105. in p. 1622.

Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptical, deeply toothed, a little heart-shaped at thebase; green, shining, and villous above; glaucous and pubescent beneath.Stipules large, rounded, glabrous. Catkins short. Bracteas yellow, fringed.(Sal. Wob., p. 209.) A rapid-growing tree, flowering, in the willow gardenat Woburn Abbey, in April and May; with dark brown, glabrous, roundbranches; the young ones reddish, and thickly covered with short whitehairs, which disappear towards autumn ; forming a bushy head, with longoblique twigs. The leaves are nearly 2 in. long, and 1J in. in breadth ; ofan elliptical-roundish shape, obtuse and somewhat heart-shaped at the base,with blunt oblique points; green, villous, and shining above ; glaucous andpubescent beneath, becoming nearly glabrous- in autumn; their marginsdeeply toothed, the teeth furnished with glands, which are very conspicuousin the young leaves. Footstalks rather short, stout, and downy. Catkinsabout Jin. long. A very distinct species; and, though of very rapid andvigorous growth, unfit, from the brittleness of its branches, for basketwork.There are plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick, and also in the Hack-ney and Goldworth arboretums.

31 ± 118. S. Forster/A'NA Smith. The glaucous Mountain Sallow, orForster’s Willow.

Identification. Smith Eng. Bot., t. 2344.; Rees’s Cyclo., No. 124.; Smith Eng. FI., 2. p. 224. ; Forbesin Sal. Wob., No. 110.; Hook. Br. FI,, ed. 3., p. 431.

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