CHAP. CII. SALICACEE. ‘SA.LIX. 1541 
and the Hebrides. (Borrer.) S. ambigua approaches, on the one side, to S. aurita, with the smallest 
varieties of which it is most liable to be confounded ; and, on the other, to S. fasca; differing 
from the former by its less rugose and less vaulted leaves, and in their distinct serrature, more 
delicate texture, and less woolly pubescense ; also in its smaller, flatter, and less oblique’stipules ; 
and from the latter, by its less silvery pubescence, in the more uneven upper surface of its leaves, 
and their more prominent veins beneath, as well as in some minute characters in the flowers. 
Koch regards it as a hybrid between the two. It varies much in the procumbent, ascending, or 
more erect manner of its growth, in the paler or darker brown tinge of the twigs, and in the 
quantity of pubescence. (Borrer.) 
- Karieties. 
-& « S. a. 1 vulgaris; S. a. « Borr. in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2733., 5 figures of the two sexes, 
and description. — A small straggling shrub, with branches sometimes procumbent, some- 
times,rising 1ft. or 2ft. from the ground. (Borrer.) A very tull description, and 5 
figures, are given in Eng, Bot. Suppl. There are plants at Henfield. 
& S. a. 2 major; S. a. major Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t.2733., 3 figures of the female, 
and description; 7S. ambigua @ Hook. Br. Fi., ed. 2., p.418.; 8S. versifolia Sering. 
Saules de la Suisse, No. 66., Monogr, 40. (Borrer.) —Mr. Borrer mentions the three 
following forms of this variety :— 1. A plant found on heathy ground, at Hopton, Suffolk, 
which attains, in the garden, the height of 5ft., and scarcely differs from 5S. ambigua 
vulgaris, except in growing erect, and in the greater size of all its parts. Itis much 
less silky than the following kind. 2. This, S.amb{gua 6 Hook. Br. Fi., has a silvery 
appearance, from the abundance of silky hairs which clothe the leaves, especially 
beneath. It is said by Mr. Drummond, who found it on bogs, near Forfar, to be of 
upright growth, and $ft. or 4ft. high. 3. S. versifdlia of Beenge 4 pears, from his speci- 
mens, to belong to this variety ; but whether S. versifdlia of Wahlenberg is, as Seringe 
thought, notwithstanding the long style, and some other discrepancies, the same, we have 
no means of deciding. Koch thinks it rather, according to Wahlenberg’s original idea, 
a hybrid ‘offspring of S. myrtillGides, and S. limdsa of Wahlenberg, the S. arenaria L. 
(Borrer.) There are plants at Henfield. : 
% S. a. 3 spathulata; S. a. y spathulata Bor. in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2733., where three speci- 
mens of the male plant are figured and described; S. amb{fgua y» Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2., 
p. 418.; S. spathulata Willd. Sp. Pl., 4.700.; Bluff: et Fing. Fl. Germ., 4.566. (Borrer) ; 
8. spathulata Willd. ; scarcely differs from S$. ambigua vulgaris, except in the narrower 
base of the leaf. Thestyle has been supposed to be longer; but that organ seems to 
vary a little in length, in both S. vulgaris and S. a, major, from accidental circumstances, 
(Borrer.) 8. spathulata Willd. is indigenous to Germany; and, according to Mr. 
Borrer’s identification of a kind found wild in England, to Epping Forest, Essex. There 
are plants at Henfield. 
&S. a.4 undulata; S.a. 3 undulata Borrer in Eng. Bot., t. 2733., 4 figures of the female, and de- 
scription ; S.spathulata Willd. ,var.undulata of Professor Mertens. (Borrer.)—This variety 
occurs at Hopton in Suffolk, as well as S.a. major. It is remarkable for its lanceolate 
or almost linear leaves, and distinctly stalked stipules. ‘‘ In our specimens of this, both 
(he style and the stalk of the germen are occasionally longer than in the other varieties.” 
orrer.) 
?-* 2? 55. S. pinma’Ronica Willd. The Finmark Willow. 
Identification. Willd. Enum. Suppl., p. 66. ; Ber Baum., p. 441.; Koch Comm., p. 51. 
The Sexes. The female is noticed in the specific character. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptic, obovate, or lanceolate, the tip recurved ; 
entire, or toothed with distant glanded teeth; beneath, wrinkled with veins, 
downy ; afterwards more or Jess glabrous. Stipules half-ovate, straight. 
Catkins of female flowers peduncled; the peduncle a leafy twig. Capsule 
ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, upon a stalk that is four times longer than the 
gland. Style short. Stigmas ovate, notched. (Koch.) Wild in moist 
meadows, and on mountains clothed with pines, in Podolia and Volhynia ; 
and, perhaps, wild in Finmark. Very like S. ambigua Lhrh., from which it 
differs only in its glabrousness, and in the peduncles of the catkins being 
longer, and furnished with more perfectly developed leaves. (Id.) Intro- 
duced in 1825. There are plants in the Hackney arboretum. 
 ?.« 56. S. versi/coLtor Forbes. The various-coloured Willow. 
Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 77. 
The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Sa/. Wob. 
Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 77. ; and our fig. 77. in p 1618. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptic, almost entire; greyish green and villous 
above, glaucous and pubescent beneath. Stipules large, ovate. Ovary 
ovate, stalked, silky. Style smooth. Stigmas divided. (Sa/. Wod., p. 153.) 
A native of Switzerland; when introduced is uncertain (? 1824) ; flowering, 
in the willow garden, in May. A low, depressed, or trailing shrub, about 
2 ft. high, with slender, round, pubescent branches ; the young ones green- 
ish brown, densely downy; much resembling those of S. alaterndides, but 
always depressed ; while those of S. alaterndides are quite erect. Leaves 
about 14 in. long, nearly 1 in. in breadth, elliptic, with bluntish points ; 
green and villous above; glaucous, pubescent, and whitish beneath ; margins 
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