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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

PART HI.

basketwork. There are plants at Woburn, and in the Goldworth and Hack-ney arboretums.

* 126. S. so'rdida Forbes. The sordid Sallow, or Willow .

Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 101.

The Sexes. The male is described and figured in Sal. Wob.

Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 101.; and our fig. 101. in p. 1621.

Spec. Char., $c. Leaves lanceolate, serrated, pubescent, and glaucous beneath.Stipules rounded, toothed, glandular. Catkins numerous, recurved. Fila-ments whitish. Anthers yellow. Bractea obovate, slightly fringed. (Sal. Wob.,p. 201.) A native of Switzerland . Introduced in ? 1824; flowering, in thewillow garden at Woburn Abbey , in April. It is a bushy, upright-growingshrub, with yellow, round, pubescent branches, which are variously markedwith small black spots. Buds yellow, rather longer than in S. strepida.(Forbes.) Leaves from 2 in. to 2J in. long, and about 1 in. broad, of anelliptic-lanceolate shape, remotely serrated, the serratures furnished withglands ; upper surface pubescent, but ultimately becoming nearly glabrous;glaucous beneath, with a densely pubescent midrib. Footstalks nearlyJ in. long, slender. Catkins appearing before the leaves; all incliningtowards one side of the branch; very numerous. The twigs are brittle, andunfit for basketwork. There are plants at Woburn , Flitwick, Henfield, andHackney.

a 127. S. ScHLEicHERDi'JV/t Forbes. Schleicher’s Willow, or Sallow .

Identification!. Sal. Wob., No. 98.

The Sexes. The female is described in Sal. Wob.

Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 98.; and our fig. 98. in p. 1620.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves elliptic, acute, serrated, dark green ; villous above,glaucous and pubescent beneath. Germens awl-shaped, glabrous, stalked.Style twice as long as the undivided ovate stigmas. Stipules half-ovate,serrated. (Sal. Wob., p. 195.) A native of Switzerland . Introduced in 1824;flowering in April and May. This species forms a very bushy head, attainingthe height of 12 ft. or 15 ft., spreading obliquely, with round dark brownbranches, copiously covered with a sort of pubescence when young, whichcontinues, to a certain degree, on the preceding year’s shoots. Leavesfrom ljin. to 2 in. long, elliptic, acute ; shining and villous on their uppersurface; glaucous and hairy beneath ; often contracted at the base; theyoung ones densely covered with long silky hairs, but losing their pubescenceas they advance in age, and ultimately becoming almost glabrous. Footstalksslender, about Jin. long. Catkins from IJin. to 2 in. long, expanding withthe leaves. There are plants at Woburn and Henfield; and also in theGoldworth and Hackney arboretums.

Sk 128. S. grisone'nsis Forbes. The Grisons Sallow, or Willow .

Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob, No. 99.

The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob.

Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 99.; and our/ig.‘99. in p. 1620.

Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous; deep green,shining above; paler glaucous beneath. Stipules half-heart-shaped, toothed,glabrous. Ovary ovate-lanceolate, somewhat downy, on a short stalk.Style glabrous, longer than the cloven stigmas. (Sal. Wob., p. 197.) A nativeof the Grisons . Introduced in ? 1824, and flowering, in the willow gardenat Woburn Abbey , in March and April. A shrub, much resembling S. Schlei-cher iana in size and mode of growth ; but the leaves are much longer, andlikewise the catkins, by which it is readily distinguished from that species.The branches are brownish green, glabrous, and shining, after the first year;young opes reddish brown, pubescent, but becoming glabrous in autumn.Leaves from 2 in. to 3 in. long, elliptic-lanceolate ; their breadth 1 m. ormore; deep green, glabrous, and shining on their upper surface; glaucous anapaler beneath; pubescent in their young state; their margins furnished withshallow serratures, entire towards their extremities. Footstalks § in. ° r