CHAP. CIII. SALICA‘CER®. SA‘LIX. 1557 
among other species of Salix, it was 16 ft. high in 1834, after being 10 years 
planted. This species forms an upright bushy shrub or tree, with elliptical 
leaves ; the lower ones entire; the upper finely serrated, green, and a little 
villous; shining above; glaucous, pubescent, reticulated, and whitish be- 
neath. There are plants at Woburn, Flitwick, Henfield, Goldworth, and 
Hackney. 
¥ 86. S. macrosTIpuLA‘cEA Forbes. The large-stipuled Salliow. 
Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 130. 
The Seres. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 130.; and jig. 130. in p.1627. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, somewhat obovate, pointed, ser- 
rated, entire towards the base; upper side dull green and glabrous, glaucous 
beneath. Stipules very large, toothed, often cloven. Ovary stalked, 
ovate-subulate, glabrous. Stigmas parted. (Sal. Wob., p. 259.) A native of 
Switzerland. Introduced in ? 1824, and flowering in Apriland May. A 
rapid-growing tree, with dark green, round, downy branches, marked with 
small yellow or reddish spots; the lower branches pendulous. Leaves 
elliptic-lanceolate, acute, 3in. or 4in. long, and 14in. or more in breadth; 
base obtuse, entire, dilated above the middle; margins rather distinctly 
serrated ; the upper side green and glabrous; under side glaucous, with a 
downy midrib and veins. Footstalks reddish and downy, stout, measuring 
full Zin. long, Stipules large. Young leaves purplish, soft to the touch, and 
pubescent. Adult ones rather coriaceous, copiously marked beneath with 
dark blotches. Catkins of the female from 14in. to 2in. long, There are 
plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick, and also at Hackney. 
2 ¥ 87. S. incane’scens ? Schl. The whitish-leaved Sallow. 
Identification. 2? Schl. as quoted in Sweet Hort. Brit., ed. 1830, p. 469. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 120. 
The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 120. ; and fig. 120. in p. 1625. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptic, obovate, serrated or denticulated; greyish 
green and downy above; very downy, whitish, and reticulated beneath. 
Stipules rounded, serrated. Ovary ovate-lanceolate, downy. Style short. 
Stigmas ovate, entire. (Sal. Wob., p. 239.) A native of Switzerland. Intro- 
duced in 1823. Flowering in March, at which time the catkins are nearly 
sessile ; and again in August. A bushy shrub or tree; the branches round, 
inlets and of a muddy green colour, marked with a few yellow spots, 
aving the appearance of being besmeared with clay. Leaves obovate, about 
2 in. long, anda little more than ] in. wide; margins a little revolute; deeply 
denticulated ; denticles a little glandular; the upper side densely pubescent, 
wrinkled ; the midrib ferruginous; beneath, pubescent, reticulated, of a 
whitish colour, with prominent arched veins ; midrib pale beneath, and pro- 
minent. Footstalks shortish and stout, dilated at the base, and downy. 
Catkins from lin. to 14 in. long, appearing before the expansion of the 
leaves, in March; and again in August. “Ill adapted to any useful 
purpose.” ( Forbes.) 
&% ¥ 88. S. PANNO‘SA Forbes. The cloth-leaved Sallow. 
Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 123. 
The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Sal. Wob., t. 123.; and fig. 123. in p. 1626. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptic-obovate, serrated; green and downy above, 
greyish and densely pubescent beneath. Stipules large, serrated, glaucous. 
Ovary ovate-lanceolate, silky, on a short footstalk. Style glabrous. Stig- 
mas undivided. (Sal. Wob., p. 245.) A native of Switzerland. Introduced 
in 1824, and flowering, in the Woburn salictum, in April and May. A small 
tree, growing to the height of 12 ft. or 14 ft., with oblique spreading branches, 
which are of a darkish fuscous colour, and closely covered with a short 
ubescence ; the young twigs are of a greyish brown, and densely downy. 
aes from 1}in, to 2in, long, about 1 in, in breadth; elliptic-obovate; dull 
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