CHAP. CII. SALICA CEJ. — SA‘LIX. 1533 
the leaves, cylindrical, villous. Bracteas ovate, acute. Stamens 3 to 5, 
bearded half-way up. Branches extremely brittle at the base. (Pursh.) 
A native of Virginia and Carolina. In the salictum at Woburn, it is a low- 
growing shrub, with slender, roundish, smooth, yellowish branches, rising 
about 3 ft. or 4ft. high; flowering in May and June. “ This species,” Pursh 
observes, “so frequently found in gardens under the name of S. tristis, is 
very far from being in any way related to it. The specimen in the Banksian 
herbarium was collected by Houston, and, as it is said, in Vera Cruz; but 
I am confident that it is a more northern plant, as I have frequently seen 
it in Virginia.” (FV. Amer. Sept., ii. p. 614.) There are plants in the Gold- 
worth Arboretum, and at Woburn Abbey, Henfield, and Flitwick House ; 
also in the arboretum at Hackney, under the name of S. trfstis. 
&% 41. S. rautca‘ra Pursh. The sickle-/eaved Willow. 
Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 614.; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 44.; Forbes in Sal. 
Wob., No. 148 
Engravings. Sal. Wob., No, 148., a leaf; and our fig. 148. in p. 1630. 
Spec. Char., §c. eaves very long, linear-lanceolate, closely serrated, tapering gradually, and some- 
what falcate upwards ; acute at the base; glabrous on both surfaces; when young, silky, Stipules 
crescent-shaped, toothed, deflexed. A very smooth species, with very slender brown branches : 
flowers not yet observed. (Pursh.) A native of North America, from Pennsylvania to Virginia, 
on the banks of rivers. Introduced in 1811, and flowering in April and May; but we have never 
seen the plant. 
% 42. S.cri'sea Willd. The grey Willow. 
Identification. Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 699. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 615.; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., 
No. 113.; Koch Comm., p. 21., note *. 
Synonymes. 8. sericea Miihlenb. Nov. Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Berol., 4. p. 239. t. 6. f. 8.; Sims et 
Konig Ann. of Bot., 2. 67. t. 5. f.8. Perhaps the S. pennsylvénica Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 95., is 
the S. grisea Willd. (Borrer in a letter.) 
The Sexes. Both sexes are described in Willd. Sp. Pl., andin Rees’s Cyclo.: they are more briefly 
noticed in the specific character below. 
Engravings. Nov. Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Berol., 4. t. 6. f. 8.; Ann. of Bot., 2. t. 5. f. 8. 
Spec. Char., &c.  Petiole long, silky. Disk of leaf lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate ; glabrous on the 
the upper surface, silky on the under one. Stipules linear. Stamens 2. Ovary silky, oblong, Stig- 
mas sessile, obtuse. (Willd. and Miihlenb.) Wild in marshes in Pennsylvania, A shrub of man’s 
height Branches brown, downy when young. Disk of leaf 14in. long. Catkins protruded earlier 
than the leaves. (Willd.) Introduced in 1820, 
Variety. 
x S. a 2 ga Appar Koch considers this the same as the S. petiolaris of Smith, described 
e 
below, No. 45.5 and asserts that it is not a native of Britain, though Smith has included 
it in his English Flora. 
¥ #43. S. perioLa‘Ris Smith. The /ong-petiolated Willow. 
Identification. Smith in Lin. Soc. Trans., 6. p. 122. ; Eng. Bot., t. 1147.; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 665. ; 
Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 616. ; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 28.; Eng. FL, 4 p. 181. ; Forbes in 
Sal. Wob., No. 25.; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3., p. 423. 
Synonymes. S. grisea Willd. var. 8 subglabrita Koch Comm., p.@1., note*. Koch regards ‘the 
S. petiolaris Smith asa var of S. grisea ; and it probably is so. (Borrer in a letter.) 
The Sexes. ‘The temale is figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. Smith observes that he‘ knows 
nothing of the male plant.” (Zng. Fi.) Mr. Borrer had formerly both sexes growing at 
erie ny ne received the male from Mr. G. Anderson, but at present he has the female 
only. (W. B. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1147.; Sal. Wob., No. 25.; our fiz. 1319. ; and fig. 23. in p. 1607. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves lanceolate, serrated, glabrous; glaucous beneath, some- 
what unequal at the base. Stipules lunate, toothed. Catkins lax. Bracteas 
hairy, shorter than the stalks of the ovate silky ovaries. Stigmas divided, 
sessile. (Snrith Eng. Fi.) A native of Scotland, im An- 
gusshire and other places; forming a bushy tree, with 
slender, spreading, flexible, smooth, purplish, or dark brown 
branches ; flowering in April. It is easily known from every 
other species, by its short obtuse catkins, and long dark 
. leaves. After gathering, the young leaves especially exhale 
a strong scent, like the flavour of bitter almonds, but less 
agreeable. No use has been made of this willow, though 
it seems to abound in tannin.” (Smith in Eng. Fl.) “ Sent 
from Scotland by the late Mr. Dickson, In Possil Marsh, 1319 
on the north side of the canal; Mr. David Don Marshes in Angusshire ; 
Mr. George Don. (Hooker.) Mr. Pursh has suspected it not to be 
