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PART III.

perhaps, other parts of the north of Europe, besides Scot-land, in which country it has been found in two localities;one, Glen Callater, where it was found by Mr. G. Don,who was the first to discover the species in Scotland; the

other, the Clova Mountains, where Mr. T. Drummonddiscovered it on rocks, in sparing quantity. It flowers in

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May. The figures in Eng. Rot. Suppl., dated February,1830, had been partly prepared from a plant cultivated

in the Chelsea Physic Garden, that had been originally '31 Vf/brought from the Clova Mountains. The following traits "3V "“Ware derived from Smith’s detailed description in Eng. FI.: 1354 .

— “ Stem 3 ft. or 4 ft. high, with numerous thick dis-torted branches, downy when young. Leaves broader than those of anyother British willow except S. caprea, on shortish stout footstalks; ellipticor roundish, with a short oblique point; entire, though somewhat wavy;from ljin. to 2 Jin. long, occasionally heart-shaped at the base; some-times more obovate, inclining to lanceolate, and the earlier ones muchsmaller : all of hoary or grey aspect, being covered, more or less completely,with long, soft, silky, shaggy hairs, especially the upper surface; the underone is more glaucous, beautifully reticulated with veins. Catkins terminal,large, and very handsome, bright yellow: those of the female proceed fromlateral buds.” Dr. Wahlenberg considers this species as “ the most beau-tiful willow in Sweden, if not in the whole world.” The splendid goldencatkins at the ends of the young shoots light up, as it were, the wholebush, and are accompanied by the young foliage, sparkling with gold andsilver. It yields, also, more honey than any other salix. Grafted standardhigh, it would make a delightful little spring-flowering tree for suburbangardens. There are plants at Henfield, and in the Goldworth Arboretum.

Varieties, according to Koch, in Koch Comm., p. 53.si S. /. 2 glabrescens ; S. chrysanthos Vahl FI. Dan., vi. t. 1057. ( KochComm., p. 53.) — Leaves glabrous in a great degree,si S. /. 3 glandulosa Wahlenb. FI. Lapp., t. 16. f. 1. ( Koch Comm.') — Leavessublanceolate, glabrous in a great degree, tooth with glanded teeth.

? S. /. 4 depolita Koch; S. depressa Lin. FI. Succ., No. 899., FI. Lapp.,No. 361. t. 8. fig. n., Wahlenb. FI. Lapp. ( Koch Comm.), Lin. FI. Succ.,

ed. 2., 352., FI. Lapp., ed. 2., 297. t. 8 . f. n. (Smith in Rees’sCyclo.)

If S. chrysanthos FI. Dan. be admitted as a variety of S. laniita L., thequestion as to its synonymes stated above may be deemed unnecessary.

Group xxiv. Miscellanea; A.

Kinds ofSalix described in Sal. Wob., and not included in any of the preceding

¥ 165. S. -T.gvi’ti'ac a L. The Egyptian Willow.

Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1444.; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 686., excluding the references to Pallas andGmelin ; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 82. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 146.

Synonymes. Calaf and Ban, Alpin. JEgypt., 61. t. 62. •

The Sexes. The male is mentioned in the description in Rees's Cyclo.

Engravings. Alpin. JEgypt., t. 62. ; Sal. Wob., No. 146.; and fig. 146. in p. 1630.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves somewhat toothed, elliptic, oblong, veiny; rather glabrous above, glaucousand more or less hairy beneath. Stipules half-heart-shaped. Branches glabrous, and angular andfurrowed. Catkins sessile, very hairy. Alpinus describes this species as a small tree. The leavesare on rather short footstalks, broad at the base, without glands, usually 3 in. or 4 in. long, andnearly 2 in. broad; acute, rather distinctly toothed; glaucous and densely downy when young.(. Rees's Cyclo., art. S&lix, No. 82.) A native of Egypt, where a water is said to be procured from, the catkins by distillation, which is considered antipestilential. {Ibid.)