CHAP, CIII. SALICA‘CER. SALIX. 1539 
stem is much branched, elongated, and decumbent. Branches elongated, wand- 
like, 1 ft. or 1 ft. Gin. long, spreading obliquely, or else procumbent ; very densely 
clothed with innumerable leaves, round, thickish, hairy or silky. Leaves spread- 
ing or recurved, about din. long, of a broad elliptical figure, with curved points ; 
the. margin slightly revolute, either quite entire, or marked here and there with 
a minute glandular tooth ; the upper surface is of a dull lightish green, and nearly 
glabrous ; the under surface glaucous, and more or less silky. Footstalks very 
short, and broad. Catkins of the female ovate, dense, yellowish. Both sexes are 
‘figured in Sal. Wob..; the female is described in Eng. Bot. 
Both these kinds or subvarieties are distinguished by their strong 
fishy smell. “This odour becomes powerfully offensive, when fresh 
te he been confined in a box for several days.” (Eng. F1., 
iv. p. 209. 
2S.f. r incubdcea; S. f. 5 Hook. Br. Fl., ed.3.; S. incubacea Lin. 
Sp. Pl., 1447., Fl. Suec., ed. 2., 351., Smith Eng. FI, iv. p. 212., 
exclusively of all the synonymes, according to Borrer in Eng. Bot. 
Suppl., except the two of Linnzus quoted above, Forbes in Sal. 
Wob., No.79., our fig. 79. in p.1618., Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl., 
t. 2600., Hayne Abbild., p.243,t.185. The female is described in 
Eng. Flora and Eng. Bot. Suppl., and figured in Eng. Bot. Suppl., 
Sal. Wob., and Hayne Abbild.—Mr. Borrer, in Eng. Bot. Suppl., has 
treated of this as a species, although he has since regarded it as a 
variety. The following is the specific character, given in Engl. Bot, 
Suppl., and it will serve to portray the characteristic features of the 
kind, whether viewed as a species or a variety. Leaves elliptic-lan- 
ceolate, nearly entire, acute, with a twisted point; glaucous and silky 
beneath. Stipules stalked, ovate, acute. Stem procumbent. 
Branches erect. Catkins erect, oblong-cylindrical. Stalk of the 
silky ovary about as long as the obovate bractea (scale). (Borrer.) 
Wild in England, at Hopton in Suffolk, in Anglesea on sandy 
shores; and in Switzerland and Germany. A shrub, about 4 ft. 
high, It shows “the closest affinity'to S. argéntea Smith, in its 
mode of growth, flowers, stipules, and silky pubescence; and from 
which it differs in little besides the shape of the leaf. Serratures 
are, indeed, more frequently found, and more apparent when 
present ; but in S. argéntea the leaves are not always strictly 
entire. We have seen, on Swiss specimens, the male flowers of S. 
incubacea, but they afford no distinctive marks.” (Borrer.) 
+ Sf. 6 argéntea; S. f. 6 Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2.; S. argéntea Smith 
Ling. Bot., t. 1364., Rees’s Cyclo., No. 98., Willd. Sp. Pl., iv. p. 693., 
Smith Eng. Fl., iv. p.206., Walker's Essays, p.435., Forbes in Sal. 
Wob., No 78., our fig. 78. in p. 1618., Hayne Abbild., p. 240. t. 182. ; 
S. répens Koch y Koch Comm., p.47.— Stem erect, or spreading. 
Leaf elliptical, with a recurved point; the under surface very silvery. 
The following information on this kind is derived from Engl. FI. 
and Sal. Wod., chiefly the former : —Leaves elliptical, entire, some- 
what revolute, with a recurved point; rather downy above, silky and 
shining beneath, as well as the branches. Stem upright. Ovary 
ovate-lanceolate, silky; its silky stalk nearly equal to the linear 
oblong bractea. Style not longer than the stigmas. (Smith E. Fi.) 
A native of England, on dry heath and sandy situations, chiefly 
near the sea; flowering in April and May. Stems mostly spreading, 
but, if sheltered, erect; 4 ft. or 5 ft. high, with numerous, upright, 
leafy branches, beautifully downy or silky. Leaves on short, 
stout, downy footstalks, scattered; 1 in., or often less, in length, 
and half as much in breadth; truly elliptical, with a small curved 
point; the margin entire, slightly revolute ; the upper side of a dull 
green, at first silky, then downy, finally naked, reticulated with small 
veins ; under side covered at all times with the most brilliant, silvery, 
satin-like, close, silky hairs, very soft, almost concealing the strong 
midrib and transverse veins. Catkins appearing before the leaves. 
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