CHAP. cm.

SALICA'CEjE. SA'LIX.

1573

Synonyme. S. />hylicift>Ua var. Koch Comm., p. 41.

The Sexes. The female is described in Eng. Ft. , and figured in Eng. Bot., where the style is repre-sented too 6hort ( Smith Eng. Ft.) ; and in Sal. Wob.

Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 2544. ; Sal. Wob., No. 110.; and our fig. 110. in p. 1623.

Spec. Char., $-c. Stem erect. Branches minutely downy. Leaves elliptic-obovate, acute, crenate, slightly downy, glaucous beneath. Stipules vaulted.Ovary stalked, awl-shaped, silky. Style as long as the blunt notched stig-mas. ( Smith Eng. FI.) A native of Britain, in Scotland, on the Breadal-bane Mountains; and flowering in May. Taller than S. Andersonidrca, andforming a small tree, with finely downy branches. Leaves larger and firmerthan those of S. Andersonzdna; their upper surface of a darker or dullergreen, though more polished, scarcely downy, except the midrib and veins ;glaucous beneath, and finely veiny, with more downiness; their length 2 in.or 3 in. ; the margin crenate, rather serrated ; the young ones very denselysilky, in the manner of the foregoing. Footstalks downy. Catkins of thefemale 1 in. long when in full bloom, and more than twice as much when theseeds are ripe. (Ibid.) In the Woburn collection there are three varieties ofthis species. The one described drops its leaves much earlier than eitherS. Andersoma'jio or S. rnpdstris, and is, according to Mr. Forbes, quite dis-tinct. There are plants at Woburn and Henfield ; also in the Goldworthand Hackney arboretums.

jr 119. S. rui’k'stris Donn. The silky Rock Willow, or Sallow.

Identification. Donn Hort. Cant., ed. 5., p. 231. (Smith) ; Eng. Hot., t. 2342.; Rees’s Cyclo., No. 123.;Smith Eng. FI., 4. p. 222.; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 111.; Hook. Br. FI., ed. 3.

The Sexes. Both sexes are described in Eng. FI., and figured in Eng. Bot., and in Sal. Wob.

Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 2342.; Sal. Wob., No. 111.; and our Jig. 111. in p. 431.

Spec. Char., Src. Stem trailing. Leaves obovate, acute, serrated, flat, even,silky on both sides. Stipules hairy. Branches minutely downy. Ovary-stalked, awl-shaped, silky. Style as long as the blunt undivided stigmas.( Smith Eng. FI.) A native of Scotland, in woods and on the banks ofrivers; and flowering in April. Stems trailing or depressed, with dark-coloured branches, covered with very fine down when young. Leaves about1 in. long, obovate or elliptical, acute, even and flat, veiny, but not wrinkled ;finely and regularly serrated, beautifully silky with depressed hairs; moreespecially beneath, and when young. Footstalks downy, in the manner ofthe branches. Catkins appearing rather before the leaves, J in. long; thoseof the female soon becoming thrice that length, and more lax. A perfectlydistinct kind. The branches are tough, and suitable for tying and basket-work. There are plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick ; and also in theHackney and Goldworth arboretums.

32 120. S. tenuifo'lia L. The thin-leaved Willow.

Identification. Lin. FI. Lapp., ed. 2., 292. t 8. f. c. (Smith.) The figure in that work representsonly a floral leaf, and that unlike any that we have seen in our plant. ( Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl.)Smith FI. Br., p. 1052.; Eng. FI., 4. p. 179.; exclusively of the synonyme of Eng. Bot., t. 2186.;Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 50.; Hook. Br. FI., ed. 3.; Borr. in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2795.

Synonymes. S. arbuscula Wahlenb. var. Koch Comm., p. 45. “ If Koch had known S. tenuifbliaSmith FI. Br. in the living plant, I think he would have referred it to his own S. jyhylicifblia.”(Borrer in a letter.) S. tenuifhlia of Eng. Bot., t. 2186., is S bicolor Hook. Br. FI.

The -Se-res.^Both sexes are described and figured in Eng. Bot. Suppl., and figured in Sal. Wob.

Engravings. Lin. FI. Lapp., ed. 2., t. 8. f. c. ; SaL Wob., No. 50.; Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2795.; andour Jig."50. in p. 1614.

Spec. Char., fyc. Upright. Young shoots and petioles densely pubescent. Disksof leaves elliptical or oblong, flat, with a recurved point, crenate, reticulatedwith sunken veins, slightly hairy; glaucous beneath. Stipules half-heart-shaped. Catkins on a short stalk that bears small leaves. Bractea oblong,shaggy. Ovary glabrous, on a glabrous stalk. Style as long as the stigmas. Alink between the Malices nigricantes and Salices bicolores of Hook. Br. FI.,most allied, perhaps, to the former; and, indeed, so nearly to S. rupestris, thatwe cannot undertake to point out satisfactory distinctions. ( Borrer in E. B.Suppl.) A native of England, above the bridge at Kirkby Lonsdale. The fol-lowing are some of the features of the kind, as it is described by Mr. Borrer: —“ A much-branched spreading shrub, 10 ft. or 12 ft. high. Twigs very downy

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