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SALlCA'CEffi. SA'LIX.

1581

glabrous on the lower part. Style longer than the divided stigmas. ( Bor-rer in Eng. Bot. Suppl.) Wild in Breadalbane, Scotland. Cuttings broughtthence in 1810 produced plants that, in 1831, were upright shrubs,12 ft. to 15 ft. high. Twigs straight, spreading, slightly tinged with brown.Leaves scarcely 2 in. long, except on luxuriant young shoots ; rather rigid.Catkins of the female scarcely 1 in. long while the flowers are in blossom.Mr Borrer has thus contrasted the kind with S. Davalhana : — It is muchtaller. The leaves are rather longer, and more spreading; less shining, andof a duller green above, and whiter on the under surface; and the flowersdiffer. The following traits of S. tetrapla are derived from Smith’s descrip-tion:— “ The whole shrub is larger than S. Wulfenidna (S. Wcigeliaw^Borr.); the leaves longer, more elliptical, and more pointed, with unequalcoarse, and wavy serratures; deep green above; finely glaucous, with pro-minent pale or reddish veins beneath ; glabrous, except a very minute, short,dense downiness on the upper side of the midrib and of the footstalks;sometimes even this slight pubescence is wanting.” In conjunction with Mr.Forster, Mr. Forbes compared this species with his S. Wulfemarca, to whichhe says, it does not bear the least alliance. Mr. Forbes notes it as flower-ing in April. There are plants at Woburn and Henfield; also in theHackney arboretum.

Si 137. S. ramifu'sca Forbes, ? Anders. The brown-branched Willow.

Identification. Mr. Forbes states that he obtained this new British species from Mr. Mackay ofthe Dublin Botanic Garden, who received it from the late Mr. George Anderson. {Sal. Wob..No .53.)

Synonyme. We find S. ramifGsca Sal. Wob., t. 53., from recent specimens in leaf, so similar to our' S. tetrapla, that we can scarcely doubt its being the male of that species. {Borr. in Eng. Bot.Supply t. 2702.

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

Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 53.; and our Jig. 53. in p. 1615.

Spec. Char., Sfc. Stem erect. Leaves elliptic-acute, serrated ; shining above;glabrous, reticulated, and glaucous beneath. Stipules half-heart-shaped,serrated, and withering. Branches yellowish brown, pubescent when young.Catkins nearly 1 in. long, on short stalks. Anthers yellow, of 4 lobes.(Sal. Wob., p. 105.) A native of Britain, but where is not stated ; flower-ing, in the Woburn salictum, in April, before the expansion of the leaves,and again in July. An upright kind, attaining the height of between 12 ft.and 14 ft., with round, glabrous, dark green branches, of the preceding year’sgrowth. The young twigs of a brownish yellow, slightly downy when young.Leaves alternate, somewhat erect, elliptical, acute, approaching to an ovateshape when fully grown; glabrous and shining on their upper surface, glau-cous and reticulated beneath ; the two or three youngest leaves only slightlydowny, as also the tops of the young branches. Footstalks villous above,glabrous beneath, as also the midrib. Catkins nearly 1 in. long; often twocatkins bursting from the same bud. There are plants at Woburn, Henfield,Flitwick, and also in the Goldworth Arboretum.

* 138. S. Foebes/a'ata. Forbes’s Willow.

Synonyme. S. Weigelzdna Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 51., ? Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 678. {Forbes.) Mr. Borrerhas advised us, in his MS. list, that he is not certain whether S. Weigel iana Eng. Bot. Suppl. and S.WeigehVwHX Sal. Wob. are to be distinguished, and, if they are, which is the S. Weigelfdna Willd.See, also, Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2656. and t. 2795. While S. Weigelidna Forbes remains unidentifiedwith any other kind, it must be treated of as a distinct one.

The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. Mr. Borrer has expressed the opinionthat he has both male and female specimens of S. Weigehdna Forbes from the Highlands of Scot-land. {Borr. in Eng. Bot. Suppl ., t. 2795.)

Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 51.; and our fig. 51. in p. 1615.

Spec. Char., fyc. The following is the amount of Mr. Forbes’s original descrip-tion, taken separately from what he has quoted from Willdenow:—Upright,bushy, 5 ft. to 6 ft. high. Branches glabrous, brown. Leaves elliptic, acute,serrated, or finely toothed; entire towards the base ; bright green and shin-ing on the upper surface, glaucous and pale on the under one, where theveins are parallel, arched, and prominent. Stipules remarkably small, soonfalling off. Catkins appearing, in the willow garden at Woburn Abbey, in