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salica'ceae. sa'lix.

fii 215. S. sii.esi'aca Willd. The Silesian Willow.

Identification. Willd. Sp. PI, 4. p. 660.; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 17.; Koch de Sal. Europ. Comm.,p. 40.

The Sexes. The female is noticed in the Specific Character.

Engraving. Hayne Abbild., 1.164.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves obovate, with an acuminate point; the lowest ones blunt; waved and ser-rated in the margin ; under surface of the same colour as the upper one, and glabrous in adultleaves. Stipules kidney-shaped, or half heart-shaped. Catkins sessile. Capsule ovate-lanceolate,glabrous or silky, stalked. Stalks three to four times as long as the gland. Style of middlinglength. Stigmas ovate, bifid. ( Kcch .) Wild in woods, in mountainous, and subalpine places, atthe termination of the growth of the spruce fir, in Carpathia, in Sweden, and on the Alps ofCroatia. {Koch.) Introduced in 1816, and flowering in May.

$k 216. S. Starke ,4Vv.4 Willd. Starke’s Sallow, or the Marsh Silesian Willow.

Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., No. 46.; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 54.; Hayne Abbild., p.232.;Host’s Salix, p. 27.

The Sexes. The female is figured in Hayne Abbild., and both in Host Sal.

Engravings. Hayne Abbild., 1.174.; Host Sal., figs. 89. and 90.

Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves elliptical, nearly orbicular, smooth, somewhat serrated in the middle, ratherglaucous beneath. Catkins appearing after the leaves. Capsules ovate-lanceolate, stalked, anddowny. Stipules small, ovate, and toothed. {WiUd. and Smith.) Found in the bogs of Silesia, bythe Rev. Mr. Starke. A shrub, growing to the height of 4 ft.; introduced in 1820, and floweringin April and May. Koch regards it as identical with S. livida Wahl.

a 217. S. tetea'ndra Host. The four-stamened Willow.

Identification. Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836.

Description , $c. From the specimen in the Hackney arboretum, this kind appears closely alliedto S. fragilis.

j t 218. S. thymei.eoi'des Host. The Wild-Olive-like Willow.

Identification. Lodd. Cat., ed. 1826.

Description, &c. There are living specimens of this kind of willow in the Hackney and Goldwortharboretums. Those in the former are dwarf plants, appearing to belong to the group Cinfereffi.

* 219. S. Trevira'na Lk. Treviranus’s Willow.

Identification. Link Enura.; Sweet’s Hort. Brit., No. 19.; ? Sprung. Syst., incidentally in Koch’sComm.

Description, fyc. Koch mentions the S. Trevirkm of Spreng. in the list at the end of his work, asone of the kinds which he had not observed with sufficient accuracy to describe ; and states that itwas in the Erlangen Botanic Garden in 1828, but that it had not then flowered. {Comm., p. 64.)

* 220. S. veluti'na Willd. The velvet Willow.

Identification. Willd. Enum.; Sweet’s Hort. Brit., No. 216.

j* 221. S. versifo'lia Spreng. The twining-Ieaved Willow.

Identification. Spreng. Syst.; Sweet’s Hort. Brit., No. 117.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836.

Description, fyc. From the specimen at Messrs. Loddiges, this is a dwarf sallow belonging to thegroup Cin&re®.

m 222. S. eaccinioi'des Host. The Vaccinium-like Willow.

Identification. Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836.

Description, $c. The plant bearing this name in the Hackney arboretum, appears allied to S.fr&gilis.

as 223. S. Waldstein ia'na Willd. Waldstein’s Willow.

Identification. Willd., No. 50.; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 61.

Synonyme. S. alpcstris Host Sal. Austr., 1. p. 30.

The Sexes. Both are figured in Host Sal.

Engravings. Host Sal. t. 99. and 1.100.

Spec. Char., %c. Leaves obovate elliptic, smooth, rather acute, remotely serrated in the middle only ;shining above, somewhat glaucous beneath. Germen lanceolate, silky, and perfectly sessile.Anthers yellow. Young branches smooth. {Willd. and Smith.) Found on the Croatian Alps.Very nearly akin to S. Dickson/Vma, but differing in the smoothness of its branches. A shrub,about 4 ft. high. Introduced in 1822, and flowering from April to June.

as 224. S. Wulfen/aWa Willd. Wulfen’s Willow.

Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 660.; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 16.; Host Sal. Austr., 1. p. 29.Synonymes. S. hastAta var. Koch Comm., p. 43.; ? S.phylicafbUa Wulf. in Jacq. Coll., 2. p. 139. ;Host Syn., 526.

The Sexes. Both are figured in Host Sal.

Engravings. Sal. Austr., t. 95., and t. 96.

Spec. Char., &c. Leaves obovate, bluntish, serrated, smooth, glaucous beneath. Catkins dense withfringed scales. Germen stalked, awl-shaped, nearly smooth. Style longer than the stigmas.Smith in Rees's Cyclo.) This is not the S. Wulfenfdwa of Smith in Eng. FI., described p. 1582.Mr. Borrersaysof this species, “The true S. Wulfemdna of Willdenow we have no reason tobelieve a British species. We have seen of it several foreign specimens of both sexes; in all of

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