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side white, and more densely silky, partly cottony. ( Smith .) There areplants at Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick.

Variety. Mr. Forbes has noted that he was in possession of a variety corre-sponding with S. Lapponum in the catkins exactly, but differing from it inthe branches and leaves; and that he had received it from Mr. M‘Nabof Edinburgh . (Sal. Wob., No. 72.)

-* 69. S. pyrena'ica Gouan. The Pyrenean Willow.

Identification. Gouan Illustr., 77., exclusively of the synonymes ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 696.; Smithin Rees’s Cyclo., No. 107.; Koch Comm., p. 56.

The Sexes. The female is described in the specific character.

Spec. Char.,£(C. Leaves elliptic or- ovate, acute, entire j when young, tomentosely villous; whenadult, glabrous, ciliate, of the same colour on both surfaces, reticulately veined. Catkins peduncled ;the peduncle a leafy twiglet. Capsules ovate-lanceolate, tomentose, upon a short stalk, which islonger than the gland. Style bifid. Stigmas elongated, bifid. A native of the Pyrenees , conti-guously to the region of snow. ( Koch.) Introduced in 1823.

Variety or Variation.

S. p. 2 cilihta ; S- cili&ta Dec. Fl. Fr. , 3. p. 293.; S. pyren&ica (3 ciliitta Dec. Ft. Fr. t 5.p. 344. ( Koch Comm.), differs from the species in having no hairs on the surface of theleaves, and only hairs remaining at the edges.

a 70. S. WaldsteinzPjm Willd. Waldstein’s Willow.

Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 679.; Koch Comm., p. 57.

The Sexes. The female is noticed in the specific character.

Spec. Char., $c. Leaves elliptic or lanceolate, acute, glabrous, serrated with distant adpressedteeth. Catkins upon a long leafy peduncle, which is a twiglet. Capsules ovate-conical, tomentose,sessile at first, eventually having a short stalk. Gland reaching higher than the base of the cap.sule. Style elongated, cleft half-way down. Stigmas bifid. Wild on the Alps of Carinthta,the Tyrol, and Salzburg . (Koch.) Introduced in 1822.

Group xv. Viminales Borrer.

Willows and Osiers.—Mostly Trees, or large Shrubs , withlongpliant Branches,used for Basket-making.

Stamens 2 to a flower. Ovary nearly sessile; in S. molKssima Ehrh. sessile;hairy or silky. Style elongated. Stigmas linear, mostly entire. Leaveslanceolate. Plants trees of more or less considerable size, with long pliantbranches. (Hook. Br. FL, ed. 2., adapted.)

s 71. S. subalpi'na Forbes. The subalpine Willow.

UenKjicatim. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 93.

1 (Forte ) ma * e * s described and figured in Sal. Wob. “ The female plant I have not seen.”

Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 93.; and fig. 93. in p. 1619.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, nearly entire; villous above, whiteand cottony beneath. Stipules not apparent. Catkins nearly 1 in. long.Bractea reddish. Anthers yellow. (Sal. Wob., p. 185.) A native of Switzer-land . Introduced in 1820, and flowering in April and May. A low uprightshrub, with round, yellowish, pubescent, slender branches, which soon turnblack in drying, the old ones becoming glabrous and brown. Leaves fromAin. to 2Jin. in length; elliptic-lanceolate, bright green, wrinkled, andpubescent; beneath, somewhat glaucous, whitish, densely pubescent, reticu-ated with prominent arched veins, their margins slightly revolute; at firstseeming entire, but, on minute investigation, appearing furnished with a fewdistant glandular serratures towards the apex. Barren catkins from J in.? * ln - h>ng. Anthers yellow. The twigs are brittle, and, though rathereongated, Mr. Forbes thinks them unfit for basketwork. Mr. Borrerre h" eu k' nc *’ that, perhaps, it is not of the group Viminales, in

w leh he has placed it. According to a specimen of it which has been sent¥‘"'®tooks of Flitwick House, it has rounded rather tumid buds,n ™ e s hoot is rather angled; and in these characters, and in those of its