AMENTIFERiE. 210 



towards the base than in the other Ibnns, and it has also tlie youn^ 

 branelies more glaucous. The young branches and leaves, as observed 

 by Smith, bear some rcseml)lance to those of a honeysuckle, and are 

 at first more or less downy. Stipules are very rarely found in any of 

 tlie forms, except on strong shoots springing up when the plant has 

 been cut down. 



Vars. a and ^, Purple Willow. Var. 7, Boyton Willow. 



Frencli, Saule a une etaiiiine. German, I'nrpur Weide. 



The common name of osier is frequently given to this willow, and tlie young anmuil 

 shoots are in great request for the finer descriptions of basket-work, being very 

 slender, tough, and flexible, and becoming very white when peeled. It is, therefore, 

 often grown in osier beds, but not much cultivated. The bark is so extremely bitter 

 that rabbits and hares will not touch the plant. It is consequently well adapted for 

 fonning fences round warrens, or for protecting gardens from the depredations of 

 these Uttlc animals. 



SPECIES (?) XXVI.— S ALIX DONIANA. Sm. 



Plate MCCCLXV. 



Uewh. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Hclv. Vol. XI. Tab. DLXXXIV. Fig. 1233. 



Engl. Fl. Vol. IV. p. 213. Booh. Brit. Fl. ed. iv. p. 361. Uuuk. & Am. Urit. Fl. 



cd. viii. p. 403. Bah. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. vi. p. 313. 

 S. repens-purpurea, Whnm. Sal. Europ. p. 171. 

 S. pui'purea, var. sericea, Eeich. Ic. 1. c. p. 22. 



Leaves alternate and subopposite, oblanceolate, broadest beyond the 

 middle, acute, very faintly denticulate or serrate, dull green a])ove, at 

 length glabrous, with prominent reticulate veins when dried, livid- 

 glaucous beneath, at length nearly glabrous. Stipules lanceolate, gene- 

 rally absent. Catkins opening before the leaf-buds, the male catkins 

 with small subsessile nonfoliaceous bracts at the base, cylindrical, 

 slender, dense ; female catkins rather slender, dense, erect-ascending, 

 with a few subfoliaceous bracts at the base. Catkin-scales oblanceolate 

 or obovate, blunt, pilose. Stamens 2, with the filaments combined 

 nearly to the apex, slightly pilose at the base. Capsule ovate-conical, 

 not acuminate, silvery-silky tomentose, rarely glabrous, on a stalk twice 

 or thrice as long as the nectary ; style very short, shorter than the 

 stio-mas; stio;mas ovate, short, thick, entire or notched. Young leaves 

 more or less thickly silky hairy, with adpressed pubescence especially 

 beneath ; young branches very slightly pubescent, soon quite glabrous. 



Sent from Scotland (probably Forfin-shire) by G. Don to Anderson. 



Scotland. Shrub. Late Spring and early Summer. 

 Of this plant the female alone has been reported as British. I have 



F F 2 



