CHAP. cm.

SALlCA'CEiE. SA LIX,

1599

Spec . Char., $c. Leaves obovate or elliptical, shortly acuminate, entire except the upper ones,which are serrate with remote blunt teeth; glaucescent or livid rather than glaucous on the undersurface; when adult, glabrous. . Stipules kidney-shaped. Fructiferous catkins peduncled; thepeduncle a short twig bearing one or two leaves. Capsules stalked, tomentose, ovate at the baselanceolate and long in the remaining part j stalk five times as long as the gland. Style very short!Stigmas ovate, bifid. (Koch Comm., p. 39.) Koch compares it to S. aurlta, but says that the malecatkins are more slender, and the female ones thicker, and with looser flowers. Introduced in1824, according to Sweet's Hort. Brit.

j m 19S. S . longifo'lia Muhlenb. The long-leaved Willow.

Identification . Muhlenb. Nov. Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Berol., 4. p. 238. t. 6. f. 6.; "Willd. Sp.Pl., 4.p. 670.; Muhlenb. in Sims efc Kon. Ann., 266. t. 5. f. 6.; Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 613. jSmith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 41.

The Sexes. The male is described.

Engravings. Nov. Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Berol., 4. t. 6. f. 6.; Ann. of Bot., t. 5. f. 6.

Spec. Char., &c. Leaves linear, pointed at each end, very distinctly toothed, glabrous, green on bothsurfaces. Stipules lanceolate, toothed. Catkins protruded after the leaves. Bracteas rounded,somewhat hairy, mostly so on thd inside. Stamens 2. Filaments bearded at the base. ( Pursh, asquoted by Smith in Rees’s Cyclo.') Gathered on the banks of the Susquehanna; flowering inJuly. Notabove2ft. high. Leaves 5in. to 6in. long, nothin, wide. The flowering branchessometimes bear broader and shorter foliage. (Id.) According to Pursh, the branches are brown,and the branchlets white.

ai 199. S. mespilifo'lia Sckl. The Mespilus-leaved Willow .

Identification. Schl. Cat.; Lodd. Cat. , ed. 1836.

Description, $c. A shrub, a native of Switzerland . Introduced in 1824; flowering in April andMay. There are plants at Messrs. Loddiges’s, from which it appears to belong to the group Cinbres.

* 200. S. muri'na Schl. The Mouse Willow.

Identification. Schl. Cat.; Lodd. Cat. , ed. 1836.

Description , fyc. A shrub, a native of Switzerland . Introduced 'in 1824, and flowering in Marchand April. From the plants at Messrs. Loddiges’s, it appears to belong to the group Cinlrese.

* 201. S. jMyricoi'des Muhlenb. The Myrica-like Willow .

Identification. Muhlenb. Nov. Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Berol., 4. p. 285. t. 6. f. 2.; Willd. Sp. PI., 4.p. 666.; Miihleub. in Sims et Konig Ann. of Bot., 263. t. 5. f. 2.; Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., 2.p. 613. j Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 29.

The Sexes. The female is noticed in the Specific Character.

Engravings. Nov. Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Berol., 4. t. 6. f. 2. ; Ann. of Bot., 2. t. 5. f. 2.

Spec. Char.,fyc. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, about 4 in. long, and 1 in. broad, bluntly serrated,glabrous, glaucous beneath, glanded at the base. Stipules ovate, serrated with glanded teeth.Catkins woolly, about 1| in. long. Ovary lanceolate, glabrous; its stalk and the bractea remarkablywoolly, and the former longer than the gland. Style the length of the divided stigmas. (Smith.)Wild in North America, in wet meadows and woods, from New England to Virginia ; floweringin April. A shrub, from 6 ft. to 9 ft. high. (Pursh and Smith.) According to Pursh, the adultbranches are green, and the younger ones purple, and glabrous. Introduced in 1811.

34 202. S. nervo'sa Schl. The nerved -leaved Willow.

Identification. Schl. Cat. ; £odd. Cat. , ed. 1836.

Description, #c. A shrub, a native of Switzerland . Introduced in 1824. From the plants in theHackney arboretum, it appears allied to S. c&prea.

34 203. S. obtu'sa Link. The blunt -leaved Willow.

Identification. ? Link.

Description , $c. A low shrub, rarely exceeding 4 ft. high ; a native of Switzerland . Introducedin 1820, and flowering in May.

B 204. S. obtdsifo'lia Willd. The obtuse-leaved Lapland Willow.Identification. 'Willd., No. 106. ; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 131.

Synonymes. S. fbliis oblongis, &c., Lin. Fl. Lapp., ed. 2., p. 301.; S. caprea /3 Sp. PI., 1448.: S.0 lea sylvlstris, &c., Rudd. Lapp., 99.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, wedge-shaped at the base. Frequent in the woods andmountains of Lapiand. ( Limumis.) A slender shrub, not unfrequently arborescent. Youngbranches slender, clothed with long silky down. Leaves rather more than 2 in. long, £ in. wide jgreen, shining, slightly downy above, with many curved parallel veins; glaucous, and not more downy,beneath. Footstalks downy. It is very remarkable, that, contrary to the nature of most willows,the lower blunter leaves of each branch are f\\rnished with minute distant teeth, or shallow ser-ratures; while the upper and pointed ones are quite entire. Except the teeth of theieaves, it comesnearer to S. Lappbnum than any other kind of willow. ( Smith in Rees’s Cyclo.)

* 205. S. obtu'si-serra'ta Schl. The obtusely-serrated-fcaued Willow.

Identification. Schl. Cat. ; Lodd. Cat. , ed. 1836.

Description, fyc. A shrub, a native of Switzerland . Introduced in 1824. The plants in the Hack,ney arboretum appear allied to S. cdprea.

34 206. S. palle'scens Schl. The pale Willow.

Identification Schl. Cat.; Lodd. Cat. , ed. 1836.

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