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distantly marked with 3 or 4 minute teeth, entire towards the base. Foot- 
stalks short, rather slender, downy; midrib and veins prominent. Stipules 
on short footstalks, ovate, sloping off at one side. Catkins numerous, 
recurved, above 4 in. in length. 
% 57, S. ALATERNOI‘DES Forbes. The Alaternus-like Willow. 
Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 76. ¥ 
re ia The female is described and figured in Sa? Wob. “ Ihave not met with a male plant.’” 
weeny. Sal. Wob., No. 76. ; and our fig. 76. in p. 1618. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, entire, pointed; villous above, 
hairy and white beneath. Stipules ovate, serrated. Catkins 1 in. long, 
thick, and obtuse. Ovary ovate, subulate, silky, stalked. Style shorter 
than the linear undivided stigmas. (Sal. Wob., p. 151.) A native of Swit- 
zerland. Introduced in 1824, and flowering in April and May. A low, up- 
right, bushy shrub, growing, in the Woburn collection, to the height of 5 ft. or 
6 ft., with slender, round, pubescent, reddish branches, dark green after the 
first year. Leaves from 1 in. to 13 in. long, or perhaps more; about 3 in. 
in breadth; elliptic-lanceolate, or somewhat obovate, pointed, entire, dull 
green and villous above, whitish and densely hairy beneath; reticulated, 
with a pale midrib. Catkins | in. long, appearing before the leaves. There 
are plants at Woburn Abbey and in the Hackney arboretum. 
s% ?¥ 58. S. pRoTE#FO‘LIA Schl. The Protea-leaved Willow. 
Identification. Schleicher, quoted in Hook. Br. F1., ed. 2., p. 419. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 75. 
Synonymes. Erroneously referred to §. ambigua in Hook. Br. Fi., ed 2. (Borrer MSS.) 
The Sexes, The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 75.; and our jig. 75. in p. 1617. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptical, entire ; villous above, white and silky be- 
neath, Stipules ovate, silky. Catkins thick, obtuse. Ovary stalked, ovate, 
silky. Bractea obovate, silky. Stigmas undivided. (Sal. Wob., p. 149.) A 
native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1820; flowering in April and May. 
This is a handsome upright-growing shrub, or low tree, attaining the height 
of 12 ft., although only four years planted. Branches of a brownish green 
fuscous colour, somewhat downy, but ultimately becoming smooth; the 
young twigs are of a yellow purple, pubescent, and soft to the touch. 
Leaves elliptic, about 14 in. long; dull green and villous above, whitish and 
silky beneath, and reticulated with large prominent veins; the young leaves 
have rather a silky silvery appearance; while the old ones become more 
firm and pubescent, their margins entire, or sometimes very distinctly 
marked with shallow serratures. Catkins about 1 in. long. A very orna- 
mental plant, but not fit for cultivation for economical purposes. There 
are plants at Woburn Abbey, Henfield, and Flitwick House, and also in 
the Goldworth Arboretum. 
Group xiii. Leticuldte Borrer. 
Thecharacteristics of this group, as adopted in Hook. Br. Fl., are not described ; 
because it consists of only one species, the S. reticulata Z., and the charac- 
teristics of this species may be deemed representative of those of the group. 
« 59. S.ReticuLa‘ta L. The netted, or wrinkled, leaved, Willow. 
Identification. Lin. Sp. Pl., 1446. ; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 685.; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No, 75.; Koch 
Comm., p. 62.; Du Ham, Arb., ed. 1., 3. p. 132.; Smith Eng. Bot., t. 1908. ; Eng. Fl., 4 p. 200. ; 
Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 67.; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2., p.419.; Hayne Abbild., p. 236.; Host Sal. 
Aust., 1. p. 33.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 610. ~~ 
The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Eng. Bot., and Sal. Wob., Host Sal. Aust., and Hayne Abbil 
It may be inferred that both are not difficultly obtainable in the wild localities of the species. 
Engravings. Lin. Fl. Lapp., ed. 2., t.3. f. 1., t. 7. f 1, 2.; Fl. Dan., t. 212.; Hoftm. > Qamed.y 
wrt 2507 3; Du Ham. Arb., ed, 1., 3. t. 32,; Eng. Bot., t. 1908. ; Sal. Wob., No, 67.; Hayne Abbild., 
t. 178.5 Host Sal. Austr., 1. t. 105.; our fig. 1323. ; and jig. 67. in p. 1616. 
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