CHAP. CIII. SALICA‘CEA. SALIX. 1549 
the lower alpine valleys on the Pyrenees, Cevennes, Alps of Dauphiny, 
Switzerland, Tyrol, Austria, Carpathia; whence it follows the course of 
rivers, and inhabits their banks and moist meadows; but it does not grow 
in Germany, onthe Rhine, beyond the limits of Suabia, nor north of the 
Danube. It descends from the Carpathian Mountains into Hungary and 
Galicia ; but, according to Besser, is not found in Volhynia. Introduced in 
1821. It flowers, in the willow garden at Woburn, in April. It is an in- 
teresting kind for distinctness of character. There are plants at Woburn, 
Henfield, and Flitwick; and also in the Hackney arboretum, under the 
name of S. trichocarpa. 
2 74. S. LinEA‘RIs Forbes. The linear-/eaved Willow. 
Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 89. 
Synonyme. ? 58. incana var. linearis Borrer. (Borrer in a letter.) 
The Sexes. The male is described and figured in Sal. Wob. Mr. Forbes has noted that he had not 
seen catkins of the female. 
Engravings. Sal. W/ob., 89. ; our fig. 1328.; and fig. 89. in p. 1619. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves linear, villous; shining above, cottony beneath ; mar- 
gins slightly denticulated. Branches brown. Stipules none. Catkins ellip- 
tical, nearly sessile. Bracteas elliptical, yellow, as are also the anthers. (Sad. 
Wob., p.177.) Brought from Switzerland by the Hon. 
Henry Grey Bennett, in 1820; and_ flowering, in the willow 
garden at Woburn Abbey, in April. A low bushy shrub, 
with copious branches, dark brown or purplish in every 
stage. Leaves from 14 in. to 24 in. long, truly linear; the 
margins slightly serrated ; the teeth sometimes furnished 
with glands; the upper surface green, shining, wrinkled, 
and besprinkled with fine, minute, adpressed hairs, some- 
times scarcely visible; beneath, white and cottony, their 
margins revolute ; leaves frequently opposite and alternate 
on the same branch. Buds of a bright crimson colour. "9 
Footstalks short, reddish. No vestige of stipules is to 1328 
be perceived in any state of growth. Catkins appearing before the 
leaves, 1 in. long, and erect in the male plant. Easily known by the 
rosemary-like appearance of its leaves. In the figure of the stamens in 
Sal. Wob. (see our fig. 1328.), the stamens are represented as palpably mon- 
adelphous ; a case of which not any mention is made in the text there. 
This kind is striking from the narrowness of its leaves. There are plants 
at Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick, and in the Goldworth Arboretum. 
2¥ 75. S. vimina‘tis L. The twiggy Willow, or common Osier. 
Identification. Lin. Sp. Pl., 1448.; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p.706.; Hayne Abbild., p. 251.; Koch Comm., 
oe Host Sal. Austr., 4 16.; Smith Eng. Bot., t.1898.; Eng. Fl., 4. p. 228.; Forbes in: Sal. 
fn No. 1383, ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3.; Mackay FI. Hibern., pt. 1. p.249.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. 
p. 608. » 
Synonyme. S. longifdlia Lam. FI. Fr., 2. 252. (Koch.) 
The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Eng. Bot., Sal. Wob., Hayne Abbild., and Host Sal, Austr. 
Both exist in Britain. The male seems less robust and vigorous than the female. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t.1898.; Sal. Wob., No.133.; Hayne Abbild., t. 194; Host Sal. Austr., 
t. 54, 55. ; our fig. 1329. ; and fig. 133. in p. 1629. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves linear, inclining to lanceolate, 
elongated, taper-pointed, entire, wavy ; snow-white and 
silky beneath. Branches straight and slender. Ovary 
sessile. Style as long as the linear undivided stigmas. C 
(Smith E. F.) A native of England, inwet meadows; and 
flowering in April and May. According to Pursh, it “°° 
grows in North America, introduced from Europe, on 
the banks of rivers, and about plantations. The follow- : 
ing description of its characters is derived chiefly from 
the English Flora: — Branches straight, erect, wand- 
like, very long and slender, round, polished; when young, “” 1329 
~ downy with fine silky hairs. Leaves on short footstalks, rf 
+ almost upright, about a span long, and } in. wide, being nearly linear, acute, 
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