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ARBORETUM AND FRVTICETUM.

PART Ilf.

Eng. FI., 4. p. 225.; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 122.; Hook. Er. FI., ed. 3., p. 429.: Mackav FIHibern., p£. 1. p. 252.

Synonymes. S. ckprea Koch, part of, Koch Comm., p. 37.; common Black Sallow, Saugh in York.' shire, Grey Withy.

Derivation. The name caprta seems to have originated in the reputed fondness of goats for thecatkins, as exemplified in the wooden cut of the venerable Tragus, their namesake. {SmithhEng. FI.)

The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Sal. Wob., and both in llayne Abbild .

Engravings. Hoffm. Sal., t. 3. f. 1., 2. t. 21. f. a. b. c. ( Smith); Hayne Abbild., t. 192.; Eng. Bot.t. 1438.; Sal. Wob., No. 122. ; our fig. 1333., from the Sal. Wob. ; and fig. 1334., representing themale, and fig. 1335. the female, both from Host’s Sal. Amt., t. 66, 67.; and Jig. 122. in p. 1626.1333

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Spec. Char.ySfC. Stem erect. Leavesroundish-ovate, pointed, ser-rated, waved; pale and downybeneath. Stipules somewhatcrescent-shaped. Catkins oval.

Ovary stalked, ovate,silky. Stig-mas nearly sessile, and undividedCapsules swelling. (Smith E.

F.) A native of Britain , in woods and dry pastures, common; floweringin' April and May. The following traits are derived from Smith’s fullerdescription in hisEnglish Flora: — “Amoderate-sized tree,with spreading, round,brown or purplishbranches, minutelydowny when young.

Leaves larger andbroader than in anyother of the genus; ofa deep green above,with a downy rib;white underneath, orrather glaucous, veiny,densely clothed with -v-.soft, white, cottonydown; generallybroad-ly ovate, approachingto orbicular, with asharp point; some-times more elliptical,either rounded orslightly heart-shapedat the base; varyingin length from 2 in. to

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