CHAP. CIIIl. SALICA CEA. SA\‘LIX. 1565 
2 99. S. austra‘Lis Forbes. The southern Sal/low, or Willow. 
gy asta Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 103. 
The Sexes. The female is deseribed and figured in Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 103.; and our fig. 103. in p. 1621. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptical, acute, slightly serrated ; glaucous beneath. 
Stipules large, heart-shaped, serrated, and downy. Catkins appearing before 
the leaves. Ovary glabrous, stalked. Styles longer than the divided 
stigmas. (Sal. Wob., p. 205.) A native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1824, 
and flowering in April and May. A low, upright, bushy shrub, with red- 
dish brown downy branches. The leaves from 14in. to 2in. in length, 
and about 1 in. in breadth; of an ovate-elliptic shape, acute at the point ; 
their margins slightly serrated ; upper surface dull green, and a little downy ; 
beneath, glaucous, and more downy, but ultimately becoming nearly gla- 
brous, particularly at the latter end of the season. Catkins on short stalks, 
erect; about 1 in. long. “ Unfit for any useful purpose.” (Forbes.) There 
are plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick, and also in the Hackney 
arboretum. 
2 100. S. vaupE’Nsis Forbes. The Vaudois Sallow, or Willow. 
Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 117. 
The Sexes. ‘The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 117. ; and our fig. 117. in p. 1624. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptical, serrated ; dark green, shining and villous 
above; glaucous, reticulated, and pubescent beneath. Stipules rounded, 
toothed. Branches reddish, downy. Ovary ovate, stalked, downy. Style 
rather longer than the parted stigmas. (Sa/. Wob., p. 233.) A native of 
Switzerland. Introduced in ?1824, and flowering in March and April. A low, 
spreading, bushy shrub, with slender, round, downy branches, which are at 
first reddish, but become of a dark sooty brown colour after the first year. 
Leaves elliptical, somewhat obovate, with oblique points, entire towards 
the base, serrated above ; lower leaves small, rounded, slightly crenate, and 
becoming ultimately nearly glabrous; upper ones dull green and villous 
above; but glaucous and reticulated with: large prominent veins beneath, 
and downy. The young ones are purplish, on luxuriant shoots, above 
2 in. long and lin. in breadth, but in their general habit little more than 1 in. 
in length; all of rather a thin texture, losing their pubescence when nearly 
full grown. Footstalks of a middling size, downy and purplish. Catkins 
above 1 in. in length. A very distinct kind. There are plants at Woburn 
and Flitwick, and in the Hackney and Goldworth arboretums, 
2 10). S. crisopuy’LLA Forbes. The grey-leaved Willow, or Sallow. 
Identification. Sal. Wob., No. 1191. ; 
The Sexes. The male is described and figured in Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Sal Wob., No. 119. ; and our fig. 119. in p. 1629. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptical, acute, denticulated ; shining above, reticu- 
lated and downy beneath. Stipules large, half-heart-shaped, serrated, pubes- 
cent. Catkins nearly lin. Jong, obtuse, on short thick stalks. Bracteas 
elliptic and silky. (Sal. Wob., p. 237.) A native of Switzerland. Introduced 
in 1824, and flowering in April and May. This is a strong-growing plant; 
the branches round, hairy, of a reddish brown colour, and somewhat angu- 
lar when young. Buds large, purplish when fully grown. Leaves from 24in. 
to 3in. long, and 14 in. broad; rounded at the base ; above, dull green and 
shining, besprinkled with many minute hairs; beneath, pubescent, reticu- 
lated, and of a whitish hue, with denticulated margins; the substance of 
the leaves of a thick coriaceous texture. Footstalks nearly $in. long, of 
a purple colour, and much dilated at the base. Catkins nearly 1 in. long 
when fully expanded; bursting forth before the expansion of the leaves. 
There are plants at Woburn and Flitwick; also in the Hackney arbore- 
