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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

PART 111

Group xxv. Miscellanea B.

Kinds of Sdlix introduced, and of many of which there are Plants at Messrs.Loddiges’s, but which we have not been able to refer to any of the precedingGroups.

Several of the names in this group are Schleicher’s, Koch’s estimate of which we have alreadygiven in p. 1486. Many of the others are probably of kinds described as belonging to preceding groups ;because, when the salictum at Woburn was planted, the entire collection of Messrs. Loddiges, as itexisted in 1827, was included. We have', however, given the names and descriptions below, thatnothing might be wanting to render our article on Salix as complete as the nature of the recordedinformation on that genus will admit.

Si 171. S. albe'scens Schl. The whitish-featied Willow.

Identification. Schleicher Cat. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836.

Synonyme. S. stylbsa * Dec.

Description, #c. There are living plants in the Hackney arboretum, which appear to belong toCintrea?. It is mentioned in the Hortus Britannicus as a native of Switzerland, introduced in 1824.

* 172. S. alnifo'ua Host. The Alder-leaved Willow.

Identification. Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836.

Description, 8;c. This kind appears to belong to the group Cinfcreas. There were living specimensin the Hackney arboretum, and in the Cambridge Botanic Garden, in 1836.

5 173. S. Ammann/a'na Willd. Ammann’s Willow.

Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., No. 16. ; Smith in Rees’s CycL, No. 21. j ? Walt., on the authority ofSteud.

Synonymes. S. Myrsinltes Hoffm. Sal., 17,18,19., on the authority of Willd. j S. hastata Hopp.,not L.

Engravings. Hofftn. Sal., t. 17, 18, 19. ; Hayne Abbild., t. 116.

Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves oblong-elliptic, acute, serrated, glabrous, glaucous beneath. Stipules ovate,permanent, toothed. Catkins about 1 in. long, with elliptic, obtuse, hairy scales ; appearing beforethe leaves. {Smith, adapted.) A tree with brown branches, downy when young ; a native of theSalzburg and.Carinthian Alps. According to Hort. Brit., it was introduced from Austria in 1821.

*£ 174. S. angustata Pursk. The taper-leaved American Willow.

Identification. Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., No. 21.; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 27.

Spec. Char., $c. Leaves lanceolate, acute, very long, gradually tapering at the base, finely serrated,quite glabrous, scarcely paler beneath. Stipules half-heart-shaped. Catkins erect, smoothisb,appearing before the leaves. (Pursh.) A low tree, found in shady woods on the banks of rivers,in New York and Pennsylvania; flowering in March. It has very long leaves, and resemblesS. prinoldes. (Ibid.) Introduced in 1811.

& 175. S. angustifo'lia Willd. The narrow-leaved Caspian Willow.

Identification. Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 699.; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 112.

Synonyme. ? S. caspica Pall. FI. Ross., 1. p. 274.

Engraving. N. Du Ham., 3. t. 29.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves linear, very narrow, without stipules, nearly entire, ovate at the base,hoary above, silky beneath. (Willd. and Smith.) A low shrub, a native of the country near theCaspian Sea. Branches brown. Pallas’s plant is said to be glabrous, otherwise his descriptionagrees with that given by Willdenow. (Ibid,) Introduced in 1825.

176. S. .eetu'lina Host, The Birch-like Willow.

Identification. Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836.

Description, 8[C. This seems to belong to the group Cinferese. There are living plants in the Hack-ney arboretum, the leaves of which are too long and too narrow to bear much resemblance to thoseof any kind of i&tula; so that the name probably refers to some other part of the plant.

? sfe 177. S. candi'dula Host. The whitish Willow.

Identification. Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836.

Description, 8(C. Leaves in form somewhat resembling those of an elm. Apparently belonging tothe group CinSre®. There were living plants in the Hackney arboretum, and in the Botanic Gar-den at Cambridge, in 1836.

? ® 178. S. cam/scens Lodd. The hoary Willow.

Identification. Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836.

Spec Char., &c. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, 2in. or 3 in. long; glabrous and shining above,white and downy beneath; young leaves hoary on the upper side. Capsules ovate, sessile,downy. There are plants under this name in the Hackney arboretum, which appear to belong tothe group Cinyreae Borr., p. 1553.; and are totally different from S. canescens Willd., No. 67.in p. 1546, which belongs to the group Glaticas Borr., p. 1543.