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AllBQllETUM AND FflUTICETUM*

PART HI.

Synonymes. S. elasagnifolia Forbes in Sal Wob., No. 69., where 3 the name is quoted as one adoptedby M. Schleicher; S. glahca var., with leaves lanceolate, more narrow and more acute, and withflowers in the catkin a little more laxly disposed. (Koch De Sal. Europ . Comm.)

The Sexes. The female is de-scribed and figured in Sal. Wob. s but the male is neither mentionedthere, nor by Koch.

Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 69.; and Jig. 69. in p. 1616.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves entire, ovate-elliptic, nearly glabrous above, woolly andwhite beneath. Catkins cylindrical. Ovary nearly sessile, ovate, downy.Style elongated. Stigmas bifid. (Forbes in S.W.) A native of Europe . In-troduced in 1824; flowering in May, and, "in the willow garden at WoburnAbbey , in April, and again in August. This is an upright-growing shrub, at-taining the height of 6 ft.; the leaves and branches much resembling thoseof S. glauca, but distinct; the leaves being of a thinner texture, with adifferent direction of their finer veins. The leaves are of an ovate-ellipticshape, nearly glabrous on their upper surface, white and woolly underneath.Catkins of the female 2 in. long, and cylindrical.

-<4 61. S. glau'ca L. The glaucous Mountain Willow.

Identification. Lin. Sp. Pi., 1446.; FI. Lapp., ed. 2., 299. t. 8. f. p, t. 7. f- 5.; but it is not S. sericeaof Villars {Smith.) ; Wahlenb . FI. Lapp., 264. t. 16. f. 3.; Willd. Sp. PI, 4. p. 687.; Smith in Rees’sCyclo., No. 84.; Koch Comm., p. 55.; Smith Eng. Bot», t. 1810.; Eng . Flora, 4. p. 201.; Forbes inSal. Wob., No. 68. ; Hook. Br. FI, ed. 2., p. 419.

Synonyme. S. appendiculkta FI. Dan., 1. 1056., Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 690., Smith in Rees's Cyclo ,No. 93.

The Sexes. Both sexes are described in Eng. FI .; the female is figured in Eng . Bot. , and in Sal.Wob.

Engravings. Lin. FI. Lapp., ed. 2., t. 8. f. p, t. 7. f. 5.; Wahl. FI. Lapp., t. 16. f. 3.; Eng . Bot,t 1810.; Sal. Wob., No. 68.; Hall. Hist., 2. t. 14. f. 2.; our fig. 1324.; and Jig. 68. in p. 1616.

Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves nearly entire, elliptic-lanceolate; even, and nearlyglabrous above ; woolly and snowy-white beneath. Footstalks decurrent.Ovary sessile, ovate, woolly. ( Smith E. F.) A native of the High-lands of Scotland ; flowering therein July, but, in the t //

willow garden at Woburn Abbey , in May. Describedby Smith as having a stem 2 ft. to 3 ft. high, stout,bushy, with numerous short, round, spreading, brown JLor yellowish branches, downy in their early state, fraLeaves nearly 2 in. long, and Jin. or Jin. wide; Helliptic-lanceolate, acute, somewhat rounded at the 'base; nearly, if not in every part, quite entire; theupper side of a beautiful glaucous green, the underone densely downy or cottony, of no less elegant andpure a white, with slightly prominent veins, and areddish midrib. In the willow garden at Woburn Abbey the plant is 18 in.high; there are plants also at Henfield.

.* 62. S. seri'cea Villars. The silky Willow.

Identification. Villars Delph., 3. p. 782. t. 51. f. 27.; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 688.

Synonyme. S. glauca, a synonyme of Koch Comm., p. 56. “ S. sericea of Villars, according u)

’ own specimens, is the true Lappbnum; and I have Swiss ones, properly so named, from M. ScnJeicnIt is dialler’s No. 1643.” ( Smith in Engl. Fl, 4. p. 202.)

The Sexes. Willdenow has described the female, and noted that he had seen it in a dried stateEngravings. Vill. Delph., 3. t. 51. f. 27.; and Jig. 74. in p. 1617.

Spec. Char., §c. Stem prostrate. Leaf oblong-lanceolate, entire, obtuse,silky and hoary on both surfaces. Catkins silky, stout. Capsules ovate-oblong, stout, very villous, sessile. Very different from S. glauca L.

Villars in Willd. Sp. PI.) Branches brown, glossy. Leaves 2in. long,covered with long appressed hairs. Stipules are not apparent. Law®J in. long, cylindrical. Bracteas lanceolate, hairy, caducous. Style shor,

bifid. Stigmas dilated, bifid. Wild in the Alps of Switzerland and France .

{Id.) Introduced in 1820. Mr. Forbes has a kind under the name S. seri£®>but has quoted Willdenow in identification, with a mark of doubt,following matter is taken from Mr. Forbes’s account. Leaves oblonglanceolate, very entire, both sides silky, glaucous beneath. Ovary ow >villous, nearly sessile. Style deeply divided. Stigmas parted. (Sal. )> ■>p. 147.) A native of Switzerland . Introduced in 1820, and nowen s>