CHAP. Cll. SALICA‘CEH. SA LIX. 1493 
late-oblong, with shallow serratures, smooth, rounded at the base, glaucous 
beneath. Stamen 1. Style nearly as long as the linear divided stigmas. 
(Smith Eng. Fl.) A native of England, flowering in April. The stem is 
erect, bushy, with upright, slender, smooth twigs, very flexible and tough, of 
a greyish yellow, not purple, hue. Fertile catkins extremely like those of 
S. Helix, but the leaves widely different. A valuable species for the finer 
sorts of wickerwork, and for basket-making, bands for tying faggots, 
packets, &c. When cut down, plants make shoots from 5 ft. to 7. ft. long. 
There are plants at Hackney, Goldworth, Woburn, and Flitwick. 
a ¥ 6. S. RU‘BRA Huds. The red, or green-leaved, Willow, or Osier. 
Identification. Huds. Fl, Angl., p. 428.; Smith’s Eng. Bot., t. 1145; | Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 674. 
Smith’s Eng. Fl., 4. p. 191. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 6.; Hook. Br, Fl., ed. 3., p. 418.; Mackay’s 
Fl. Hib, pt. 1. p. 244. ; ? Hayne Abbild., p. 230. 
Synonymes. The name ribra seems to be originally given to S. vitellina, a reddish [?twigged] 
variety of which was confounded with S. rubra Huds. (Smith.); S. rdbra, in part, Koch |Comm., 
eh S. fissa Hoffm. Sal., 1. p. 61. t. 13, 14. (Smith) ; S. céncolor Host Sal. Aust., 1. p. 10. t. 34, 
., from Host’s citation of Ray; 8S. viréscens Vill. Dauph., 3, 785. t. 51. 30. (Smith) ; S. linearis 
Walker’s Essays, p. 467., on the authority of Borrer. 
The Sexes. Both are described in Eng. Fi. ; and the female is figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1145.; 1. Wob., No. 6.; ? Host Sal. Aust., t. 1. t. 34, 35.; Villars 
auph., 3. t, 51. f. 30. (Smith.) ; ? Hayne Abbild., 171.; and our fig. 6. in p. 1604. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stamens combined below in a manner which affords a cha- 
racter in which it differs from all other British kinds of willow, except S. 
Crowedna, and from nearly all the foreign kinds. Mr. Borrer, however, has 
observed the same thing occasionally in S. fiisca, and in several of the Cinérez. 
** Leaves linear-lanceolate, elongate, acute, smooth, with shallow serratures ; 
green on both sides. Stigmas ovate, undivided.” (Smith E. F.) A native of 
Britain (in England, in low meadows and osier holts, as at Maidenhead, &c., 
but rare; in Scotland, frequent in hedges and osier grounds) ; flowering in 
April and May. In its wild state, it forms a small tree. The branches are 
long, upright, smooth, greyish or purplish, more frequently tawny, and very 
tough and pliant. The leaves are very long and narrow, and agree in 
shape with those of the common osier, S. viminalis; but have not, as that 
has, dense white pubescence beneath. (Smith.) Koch considers the S. For- 
bydna of Smith as a variety of S. ribra; and states that both are common 
about Erlangen, where there is also another variety, which he regards as a 
hybrid between S. rubra and S. viminalis. The leaves of this kind, even 
when adult, have their under surface covered with a dense silky down, like 
those of S. viminalis; the young shoots bear stipules the length of the 
etiole, like those of S. stipularis ; and the catkins resemble those of S. ribra. 
here are plants of S. rubra at Hackney, Goldworth, Woburn, Henfield, and 
Flitwick. When the plants of this species are cut down, they send out 
shoots from 5 ft. to 8ft. in length; and it is consequently one of the most 
valuable osiers in cultivation, for bands, crates, basketwork or wickerwork, 
and even small hoops. 
Statistics. In the garden of the Horticultural Society of London, 10 years planted, it is 12 ft. high : 
at Shepperton, on the Thames, it is 30 ft. high. 
App. i. Purpurea of which Plants have been introduced, but not 
described. 
S. ellfptica Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. Leaves resembling S. Hélix, but narrower. 
App. ii. Purpurea described by Authors, but not yet introduced, 
or of doubtful Identity with Species already in the Country. 
S. céncolor, mas et fem., Host Sal., 1. p. 10. t. 34,35., Fl. Aust., 2. p. 639.; syn. S. minima 
fragilis foliis longissimis, &c., aii Syn., 449. In the Eng. Fi, Ray’s species is identified with S, 
ribra ; but Host’s plant may possibly be something different. 
S. Helix, mas et fem., Host Sal. 1. p. 10. t. 36, 37., Fl. Aust., 2. p. 639, This species, Host 
~) yphied othe ne oe ieee, peccanes Ww ane, ; mae ane ee Wes ys dwarfer. 
» mas et fem., Host. Sal., 1. ie & 9,, Fl. Aust. . ‘ost ha i 
to this a syn. of Ray, which identifies it with S. Helix L. mr wee 
S. purpiirea, mas et fem., Host Sal., 1. p. 12. t. 40, 41., Fl. Aust., 2. p.640. The catkins resemble 
those o the a pd iprg of oe sts ; and, hence, 4 ee plants may be identical. 
__S. mutdbilis, mas et fem., Host -p. 12 t. 42,43. FL t., 2. p. 640, i 
the S. mutabilis of Sad. Wob. ee Mee. ite: rt fom, 
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