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156 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART Iii. 
‘Eng. Fi., 4. p. 225. ; Forbes in Sal. - C 
: ae es A n Sal. Wob., No.122.; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3., p. 429.; Mackay Fi. 
ynonymes. S. caprea Koch ; 
wire, Srey, Withy.- och, part of, Koch Comm., p.37.; common Black Sallow, Saugh in York- 
erivation. The name capréa seems to have originated in th 
ee x ) e reputed fondness of goats for the 
ine ae s exemplified in the wooden cut of the venerable Tragus, their namesake. (Sith in 
e Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Sal. Wob., and both in Ha ] 
e ( r 2 yne Abbild. 
reece Neti Sal., t. a fi 22G: 21. f. a. b. c. (Smith) ; Hass Abbild., t. 192.; Eng. Bot 
Je .5 sal. ob., No. 122. ; our fig. 1333., from the Sal. Wob. ; and fig. 1334 representin the 
ma! E> and jig. 1335. the female, both from Host’s Sa/. Aust., t. 66, 67.; and fig. 129, in p. 1626. a 
13353 
Spec. Char.,§c. Stem erect. Leaves 
roundish-ovate, pointed, ser- 
rated, waved; pale and downy 
beneath. | Stipules somewhat 
crescent-shaped. Catkins oval. 
Ovary stalked, ovate, silky. Stig- 
mas nearly sessile, and undivided 
Capsules swelling. (Smith E. “ 
F,) A native of Britain, in woods and dry pastures, common; flowering 
in April and May. The following traits are derived from Smith’s fuller 
description im his o> 
English Flora: —“ A yy! 
moderate-sized _ tree, 
with spreading, round, 
brown or purplish 
‘branches, minutely 
downy when young. 
Leaves larger and 
broader than in any 
other of the genus; of 
a deep green above, 
with a downy rib; 
white underneath, or 
rather glaucous, veiny, 
densely clothed with sy 
soft, white, cottony * 
down; generallybroad- __ 
ly ovate, approaching 
to orbicular, with a 
sharp point; some- 
times more elliptical, 
either rounded or 
slightly heart-shaped 
at the base; varying 
in length from 2 in. to 
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