CHAP. CHI,

SAUCA'CEAC. .Va'LIX.

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35. S. myrtilloldes L., not of Willd. nor Smith,in p. 1587.

Group viii.

Syn.: S. elegans Bcsser En. PUVolhyn .; No. 150.

Chrysanthce.

Catkins sessile, with small bract-like leaves at the base; produced ^frthe ends of the branches of theprevious year, or just below them, and placed above the leaf-buds.

36. S. lanata L. Syn.: S. chrysanthos Fahl FI. Dan. ; S. depressa Lin. FI. Suec., FI. Lapp.; No.164. in p. 1593.

Group ix. Frigides .

Catkins lateral, the fertile ones on leafy peduncles; scales dark or brown at the point. Stamens 2,distinct, or slightly joined. Anthers, after flowering, yellow or brown. Capsules sessile, or placedon stalks that'are not longer than the gland. Branchy shrubs ; the old branches knotted, and theyounger ones hardly twiggy, or fit for basketwork.

37. S. limbsa Wahl. Syn. : S. nlvea Ser. Sal. Hslo. ; S. helvetica Vili. Delpk .; S. brkctea Debray.

in den Denkschrif. d. Regensb. Rot. Ges., 2. p. 43. ; S. arenkria Willd. Sp. PI. ; S. leuco-phylla Willd. Enum. Supply Berol. Baumx. \ S. arenaria Smith FI. Br. ; S. canescens Willd.Sp. PI .; S. Stuartidwa Smith in Rees’s Cyck>.; No. 67. and 68. in p. 1547.

38. S. glaCica L. Syn. : S. sericea Pill. Delph .; S. glauca y Lappbnum Wahl. FI. Lapp. ; S. Lap-

pbnum Lin. Sp. PI., Willd. Sp. PI. ; S. albida Schleich. Cat .; S. eleeagno'ides Schleick. Cat.,Ser. Sal. Hclv. ; S. appendiculkta Vahl in FI. Dan. ; S. gladca /3 appendiculkta Wahl. FI.Lapp. ; No. 61. in p. 1544.

39. S. pyrenaica Gouan. Syn.: S. ciliata Dec. FI. Fr. ; S. pyrenkica /3 cilikta Dec. FI. Fr. ; No. 69.

in p. 1547.

40. S. Waldsteimdna Willd. Syn.: S. arbuscula Jacq. Aus.', S. ovkta Ser. Sal. Helv., Ser. Sal.

■ exsicc. ; No. 70. in p. 1547.

41. S. prunifblia Smith. Syn.: S. venulbsa Smith FI. Br. ; S. carinkta Smith FI. .Br. ; S. formbsa

Willd. Sp. PI. ; S. fee tida Sckleick. Cent. ; S. alpina Sut. Helv. ; S. vacciniifblia Eng. BotRees’s Cyclo. ; Nos. 145,146, and 147. in p. 1585.; and No. 148. in p.1586.

42. S. cassia Vili. Syn : S. prostrkta Ehrk. PI. Select. ; S. myrtilloides Willd. Sp. PI. , not of Lin.

nor of Smith ; No. 149. in p. 1586.

43. S. Myrsinltes Lin. Syn.: S. arbutifblia Willd. Sp. PI., Ser. Sal. Helv. j S. ddbia Sut. FI. Helv .;

S. rettisa Dicks. ; No. 153. in p. 1588.

'44. S. Jacqufn» Host. Syn.: S. fusca Jacq. Austr., not of Lin.; S. alpina Scop. Cam. ; S. Jacquin-iiina Willd. Sp. PI.: No. 196. in p. 1598. S. arctica R. Br. seems intermediate between S.Jacquinif and S. reticulata ; p. 1602.

Group x. Glaciales.

From the terminal bud of the branches of the preceding year, proceeds a new branch clothed withleaves, having the buds fora future year in their axils; and on the topof this is placed a catkin.The catkins, therefore, are seated upon a leafy permanent peduncle, by which the branch is con.tinued and lengthened. Very small shrubs, with subterranean creeping trunks, and ascendingbranches.

45. 5. reticuldta Lin. ; No. 159. in p. 1543.

45. S. lethsa Lin. Syn.: S. Kitaibelidna Willd. Sp. PI., Wahl. Carpat. ; S. serpyllifblia Scop. Cam.,Willd. Sp. PI., Jacq. Austr .; Nos. 156. and 157- in p. 1589., and No. 159. in p. 1590.

47. S. herbacea Lin. ; No. 161, in p. 1590.

48. S. polkris Wahl, j No. 162. in p. 1591.

The following species, Koch states, are not sufficiently known to him to be comprehended in anyof the preceding groups : — S. t/iolkcea Willd. and S. Trevirkni Spreng., which are in the BotanicGarden, Erlangen, but have not yet (1828) flowered. The following Koch had not seen : — S. versi-fblia Wahl., S. punctata Wahl., S. coruscans WiUd., S. cinerkscens Willd., S. reflexa Willd., S.rufinervis Dec., S. canaliculkta Bess., and S. campestris Fries. Very many of these are, probably,either synonymes or varieties of those already described ; as are the following :—S. splendens, rdbens,iserana, nepetifblia, and multiflbra Prcsl ; and S. reflexa sedinensis and Pseildo-c&prea Compend.Fl. Ger.

App. iv. Kinds of S cilix described in Host's Flora Austriaca, and

figured in Host's Salix.

The very few identifications given are those of Host

6'alix klba, m. and f., Fl. Aus., 2. p. 638., Sal., t. 32. and 33.

alp£stris, m. and f., Fl. Axis., 2. p. 653., Sal., t. 99. and 100. ; S. WaldsteimVJ«a Willd. Sp.

PI., 4. p. 679.; S. Hostfdraa Willd. Mag., 1810, p. 63.amygdalina, m. and f., Fl. Aus., 2. p. 634., Sal., 1.13. and 14.austriaca, m. and f., Fl. Aus., 2. p.646., Sal., t. 64. and 65.aurlta, m. and f., Fl. Aus., p. 648., Sal., t. 78.

caprea, m. and f., Fl. Aus., 2. p. 646., Sal., t. 66. and 67., Lin. Sp. PI., 1448.,' Willd. Sp. PI., 4.p. 703.

carni61ica,m. and f., Fl. Aus., 2. p. 641., Sal., t. 44. and 45.

cindrea, m. and f., Fl. Aus., 2. p. 637., Sal., t. 26. and 27. ; S. daphnoldes Fill. Delph., 3.p. 765. t. 5. f. 2.; S. pree'cox Hoppe.

cbncolor, m. and f., Fl. Aus., 2. p. 639., Sal., t. 34. and. 35.; S. minima, &c., Raii Syn.,p. 449., applied by Smith in Eng. Fl., 4. p. 192., to S. rbbra Huds.corfiscans, in. and f., Fl. Aus., 2. p. 651., Sal., t. 94., Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 681.; S. arbusculaJacq. Aus., t. 408., Host Syn., p. 527.discolor, m. and f., Fl. Aus., 2. p- 645., Sal., t. 60. and 61.elegans, m. and f., Fl. Aus., 2. p. 652., Sal., t. 97.excelsior, m. and f., Fl. Aus., 2. p. 638., Sal., t. 28. and 29.flavescens, m. and f., Fl. Aus., 2. p. 653., Sal., 1.101.fragilis, m. and f., Fl. Aus., 2. p. 635., Sal., t. 18. and 19.

fragilior, m. and f., Fl. Aus., 2. p. 636., Sal., t.20. and 21.; S. fragilis Host Syn.,' p. 527.fragilissima, m. and f., Fl. Aus., 2. p. 636., Sal., t. 22. and 23.