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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

PART III,

Wahlenb . Flora Ups., according to Koch Comm., p. 14., Smith inRees’s Cyclo., No. 1. — The catkins bearing rarely male flowers andfemale ones, and some of the stamens being changed into monstrouspistils.

S 17. S. Meyer/a'na Willd. Meyer’s Willow.

Identification. Willd. Berk Baumz., p. 427. $ Hayne Abbild., p. 222.; Forbes in Sal, Wob., No. 33.;

Hook. Br. FI., ed. 3., p. 421. i

Synonymes. Koch, in his Comm., p. H., has presented the following: —“5. cuspidata Schultz Pi.

' Starg. Supply p. 47 .; S. tinctbria Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 13.; S. pentandra Linn. FI. Suec.,according to Smith ; S. hex&ndra Ehrh. Arb 140. ; S. EhrharUdwa Smith in Rees’s Cyclopadia,"

Koch has adopted the name S. cuspid&ta Schultz. S. tetr&ndra Willd. is quoted as synonymousin Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3.

The Sexes. The male is figured in Hayne’s Abbild ., and described and figured in Sal. Wob., unlesssome mistake as to the kind.has occurred : see Borrer , below. The female is mentioned in, Koch’sCom., and Hooker’s Br>Fl.,e d. 3., p.421.

Engravings. Hayne Abbild., t. 162.; Sal. Wob., No. 33., with a doubt, at least, as to the flower-bearing specimen ; our fig. 1300.; and fig. 33. in p. 1610.

Spec. Char., 8>c. Leaves ovate-elliptic, pointed, glabrous, green, and shiningabove, rather pale beneath, but not glaucous, serrated ; the serratures ofthe young leaves glandular. Stipules soon falling off. Stamens 3—4.Bractea obtuse, yellow. (Sal. Wob., p. 65.) Koch has stated the geogra-phic distribution of S. cuspidata Schultz, to which he refers the S. MeyeriffliflWilld., to be Pomerania and Sweden , in meadows, and woody and marshyplaces. Germany is given as the native country of this kind in our HortrnBritannicus, and in Sweet’s: and the date of its introduction into Britain is,inthe former, 1822; in the latter, 1823. Mr. Borrer states that the insertion of .this kind in Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3., as a native of Britain , arose from a mistakeof his. (See Borrer in Comp, to Bot. Mag., p.225.) It forms a handsome-growing tree, with brownish smooth branches, which are slightly warty; andlarge, broad, shining leaves, somewhat unequal, and obtuse at the base, oftenbroadest above the middle : of an ovate-elliptic shape, pointed; green,smooth,and shining above; pale, but not glaucous,beneath; strongly serrated,and the serratures of the younger leaves furnished with glands. Nearlyallied to S. lucida, which, however, has smaller leaves, and longer,slender, catkins. It flowers in April. S. Meyerifoza is a desirable kindof willow for introducing into ornamental plantations of the coarser kind,as it grows quickly, and has large shining leaves, and the catkins offlowers of the male are ornamental. It assimilates to S. pentandra in itsflowers, but is obviously distinct from that kind when the two are seengrowing near together. It is of freer growth, is more robust, and its leavesare longer, narrower, and more shining. Mr. Borrer has communicatedthe following remarks relative to the figure of S. Meyer kina, given in S«.Wob., No. 33.: — “ I never saw the catkins sessile, as represented in MWob., t. .33., but always on leafy stalks, as in S. lucida, t. 32. Possibly thetwo figures represent the same species. In American specimens of S. lucidaMiihl. and Willd., there is some silkiness on the young leaves. Still theymay be of the same species as S. Meyer iana; and, if so, S. lucida is theolder name.” There are plants at Woburn Abbey ', at Henfield, and at Flit-wick House, the latter of which are 13 ft. high.

i 18. S. lu'cida Miihlenb. The shining-feaned Willow.

Identification. Miihlenb. Nov. Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Berol., 4. p. 239. t. 6. f. 7.; Willd. Sp. PM;

667.; Miihlenb. Sims et K6n. Ann. of Bot., 2. 66. t. 5. f. 7. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. P-Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No, 32.; Michx. North Amer. Sylva, 3. p. SI.; ? Forbes .in Sal. w ■»

No. 32., who has quoted Willd. with doubt. ividaof

Synonymes. S. ForbSs U Sweet Hort. Brit., ed. 1830 ; where it is stated to be not the &. lflC ^others, and where the S. Ihcida of Spreng. Syst., which is the S. lhcida Miihlenb., is re g ubesides. ^g c

The Sexes. The male is described and figured in Sal. Wob., and noticed below, in the s **^character. . . *.

Engravings, Nov. Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Berol., 4. t. 6. f. 7.; Sims etKon. Ann.

Michx. North Amer. Sylva, 3. t. 125. f. 3.; ? Sal, Wob., 32.; our fig. 1301.; and fig. 3 l l- m P- *

Spec . Char., fyc. Leaves ovate, acuminate, serrated, glabrous; shining above,Pbeneath; the serratures resinous. Footstalks glandular Stipuleslajg>half-heart-shaped, serrated, and furnished with glands. Catkins of the