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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.
PART III,
¥ 189. S. finma'rchica Lodd. Cat. The Finmark Willow.
Identification. Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836.
Description , tyc. A low tree, a native of Sweden . There are plants under this name at Messrs.Loddiges’s, which bear some resemblance to S. vimin&lis ; and at all events are quite different fromS. finm&rchica Wild., No. 55. in p. 1541. It flowers in April and May.
j i 190. S. foliolo'sa Afzel. The many-leaved Willow.
Identification. Afzel. in Linn. FI. Lapp., ed. 2., p. 295.; Willd., No. 61.: Smith in Rees’s CvcloNo. 73.
Synonymes. ? S. folibsa Lond. Hort. Brit., No. 24028., Sweet's Hort. Brit., No. 159.5 S. alplnamyrtifcilia Rudb. Lapp., 99. j S. arbdscula /3 Lin. Sp. PL, 1445.
Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves elliptic, ovate, entire, somewhat pointed, smooth, glaucous beneath. Ovarylanceolate, silky, on a long stalk. Stigmas nearly sessile, deeply divided. ( Linn .) A very lowshrub, not exceeding 1ft. high, with very thin almost pellucid leaves; and short, thick, many-flowered catkins, produced on short lateral branches. A native, according to Linnaeus , of sandyfields in the wild part of Lapland , but rare. {Smith in Rees's Cyclo.) Some botanists consider thissynonymous with S. If vida, No. 190.
a 191. S. formo'sa Willd. The elegant Willow.
Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., No. 51.; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 62.
Synonymes. S. glafica Willd. Arb., 358., ? S. alplna Scop. Cam., ed. 2., vol. 2. p. 2 55.
Engraving. ? Scop. Cam., vol. 2.,t. 61.
Spec. Char., %c. Branches reddish-brown. Leaves Tin. or more in length, a little contracted atthe base, finely fringed at the edge ; the young ones very silky beneath. Stipules extremely minute.Female catkins scarcely 1 in. long, s with lanceolate, fringed scales. {Willd.) A native of the Swiss and Carinthian Alps.
j* 192. S. fusca'ta Pursh. The bvov/n-stemmed Willow.
Identification. Pursh FI. Amer. Sept, 2. p. 612.; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 110.
Spec. Char., $c. Branches ofjthe preceding year covered with a dark brown or black tomentum.Leaves obovate-lanceoiate/acute, somewhat serrated, glaucous beneath, downy when young.Stipules minute. Catkins drooping. Scales obtuse, scarcely hairy on the inside. {Pursh.) Foundwild, in low overflowed grounds on the banks of rivers, from New York to Pennsylvania ; flower-ing in March or April. {Id.)
m 193. S. glabra'ta Schl. The glabrous Willow.
Identification. Schleich. Cat.; Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836.
Description, fyc. A shrub, a native of Switzerland . Introduced'in 1820. There are living plantsin the Hackney arboretum, from which it appears to belong to the group,Cindreae.
a 194. S. iieterophy'lla Deb. The various-leaved Willow.Identification. De Bray; Lodd. Cat. , ed. 1836.
Description, fyc. A shrub, a native of Europe. Introduced into Britain in 1823, and floweringin April and May. There are plants in the Hackney arboretum.
a* 195. S. hu'milis Dec. The humble Willow.
Description, #c. A low shrub, seldom rising above 1£ in. high. Introduced in 1820, and floweringin April.
jk 196. S.. Jacqui'n// Host. Jacquin’s Willow.
Identification. Host Synops., p. 529.; Wahlenb. Carpat., p. 315,; Koch Comm., p. 61.
Synonymes. S. fusca Jacq. Austr., 1409., ? Hoff. Hist. Sal. ; S. alpina Scop. Cam,, 2. 255. t. 61.; 5.Jacquimina Willd.“Sp. PI., 4. p. 692., Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 95., Hayne Abbild., p. 239»Host Sal. Aust, 1. p. 31.
The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Hayne Abbild., and both in Host Sal. Aust.
Engravings. Jacq. Aust., t 409.; Scop. Cam., 2. t. 61. j Hayne Abbild., 1181. ; Host Sal. Aust., 1.t. 102.
Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves elliptic‘or lanceolate, entire, reticulately veiny on both surfaces, shining,
eventually becoming more or less glabrous, ciliate. Catkins upon a twiglet nearly as long as tnecatkin j leafy in the lower part, leafless in the upper. Capsule (? or ovary) ovate-acuminate, sessile,woolly, eventually upon a very short stalk, and more or less glabrous. Gland reaching higher tnathe base of the capsule. Style elongated. Stigmas linear, bifid or entire. It only differs troS. Afyrsinltes Koch in having its leaves entire, and mostly, if not always ciliate, at the warp ■? Is it a variety of that species. {Koch.) S. ikfyrsinltes of Koch's Comm, is equal to the 0 . jk? •sinites L., andtS. ietulif 61ia Forster of this work. S. Jacquini? is indigenous to the highest aipchains of Carinthia, Carniola, Austria, Carpathia, and Transylvania . {Koch.) Introduced in 101 •
* 197. S. li'vida Wahlenb. The livid-feaued Willow.
Identification. Wahlenb . Lapp., No. 1169. j Koch Comm., p. 39. 0 c|. ar te-
Synonymes. S. arbdscula y Lin. FI. Suec., p. 348.; ? S. arbfiscula 0 Lin. Sp. PL, p. 1446,5 Aana Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 677., according to specimens from Silesia j ? S. foliolbsa Afzel. in ru d W”ed. 2., p. 295., Willd. Sp, PL, 4. p. 685.; 5. wialifMia Bess. Galic., p. 313., according to the auiuin Enum. PL Folhyn., p. 37. j £..bicolor Ehrh. Arb., 118.* Fries Novit., p. 58. {Koch Cowwn _ _S. livida Hook. FI. Scot., and Smith Eng. FI. , 4. p. 1999., once supposed identical with •Wahl., has been since referred, in Hook. Br. FL, ed. 2., to S. ^acciniifulia Walker.