CHAP. CIII. SALICA'CEH. SA‘LIX. 1553 
or in general quite, wanting in the female. Their sides, in that stage of 
growth, are closely rolled back, as is usual in the group to which this 
species belongs.” (Eng. Bot.) There are plants at Woburn Abbey, at 
Henfield, and at Flitwick: at the latter place, one specimen, seven years 
planted, is 10 ft. high, with a trunk 7 in. in diameter. It is also in the 
‘Goldworth Arboretum, and at Messrs. Loddiges’s, whence we have had 
specimens of both sexes. 
¥ 82. S. acumina’Ta Smith. The acuminated-/eaved, or large-leaved, Sallow, 
or Willow. 
Identification. Smith FI. Brit., p. 1068., excluding the references to Mill. Dict. and Hoffm. Sal. 
(Smith in Eng. Fl.) Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 704., excluding the reference to Hoffm. Sal. ; ? Hayne 
Abbild., p.251.; Koch Comm., p. 30., exclusively of some of the synonymes; Smith Eng. Bot., 
t. 1484. ; Eng. FI., 4. p. 297.; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 13].; Hook. Br. F1., ed. %., p.421.; Mackay 
Fl. Hibern., pt. 1. p. 250. 
Synonyme. S. lanceolata Seringe. 
The Sexes. The female is described in Eng. Fl., and figured in Eng. Bot. andin Sal. Wob. Koch 
has described the male, if what he has described belongs to this species. 
Engravings. ae, t. 1454. ; Sal. Wob., No. 131. ; ? Hayne Abbild., t, 193. ; our jig. 1330.; and 
. 131. in p. 1628. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem erect. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, pointed, wavy, finely 
toothed, glaucous and downy beneath. Stipules half-ovate, then kidne- 
shaped. Catkins cylindrical. Ovary stalked, ovate, hairy. Style as long 
as the undivided stigmas. (Smith E. F.) A native of England, in wet 
grounds ; floweringin Apriland May. Neither Mr. Borrer nor Mr. Forbes 
has ever found this species wild. (Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2.) Localities in 
Ireland for it are stated in Mackay’s Flora Hibernica. Smith and Forbes 
place this kind among the true sallows. (Jbid.) In its upright mode of 
growth, in the shape of its leaves, and in its general habit, it agrees much 
better with S. viminalis, S. stipularis, and S. Smithidna than with any of 
the sallow tribe. At Florence Court, where I collected specimens in the 
autumn of 1833, it has become a tree of about 20 ft. high, although grow- 
ing in an elevated situation. (Mackay in Flora Hibern.) The following de- 
scription is derived from Eng. Fl, and Sal. Wob., chiefly from the former : — 
Generally of more humble growth than the S. caprea; though sometimes 
becoming a lofty tree, with upright, or less spreading, branches, which are 
always minutely downy, and very soft to the touch. Leaves of a totally 
different shape, commonly 3 in. or 41n. long, and 1] in. at least in breadth ; 
elliptic-lanceolate, tapering to an acute point, either flat or somewhat 
rugged, with copious, though shallow and unequal, marginal notches; the 
upper side green and smooth, except the midrib; under side paler, and, 
in a young state, glaucous; delicately soft and downy, with a prominent 
reddish midrib and veins. Footstalks reddish and downy, stout, mea- 
suring full Sin. Catkins of the female cylindrical. (Smith.) A very distinct 
sallow, soon recognised to be different from S. macrostipulacea (Forhes) 
by its downy germen, and much larger leaves. (Jd.) There are plants at 
Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick (where there is a var. called S. a. alpina), 
and also at Messrs. Loddiges’s. Specimens from the latter arboretum, also 
bearing the names of S, serpyllifolia and S. répens, were S. acuminata. 
App. i. Viminales in the Country, but not described. 
S. trichocdrpa. A specimen obtained from Messrs. Loddiges, under this name, seems the same as 
S. incana, according to a specimen of the latter obtained of Mr. Brooks ; but it may be an allied 
kind, not yet described. 
Group xvi. Cinéree Borrer. 
Sallows. — Trees and Shrubs, with roundish shaggy Leaves, and thick Catkins. 
vllal 
Stamens 2 to a flower. Ovary tomentose with silky tomentum. Leaves 
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