CHAP. CIII. SALICA CER. SA‘LIX. 1567 
covered with minute, depressed, scattered hairs ; under side pale, or slightly 
glaucous, more loosely hairy, especially the rib and transverse parallel veins, 
the subdivisions of which compose a fine rectangular network. Catkins much 
earlier than the foliage. (Jéid.) This is a readily distinguished species ; and 
the leaves are more heart-shaped at the base than even those of S. hirta. 
There are plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick. 
% * 105. S.u’Rta Smith. The hairy-branched Sallow, or Willow. 
Identification. Smith Eng. Bot., t. 1404. ; Rees’s Cyclo., No. 121.; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 696.; Smith 
Eng. F1., 4. 221.; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 113.; Hook. Br. FL, ed. 3. The first four of these, 
at least, relate to the male only : the fifth relates to both sexes. See, also, under Synonyme. 
Synonyme. S. picta Schleicher is the female of S. hirta. (Forbes in Sal. Wob. 
The Sexes. The male is described in Eng. Fi., and figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal.Wob. The female is 
described in Sal. Wob., and in Hook. Br. Fi., ed. 2. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1404. ; Sal. Wob., Nu. 113. ; and our fig. 113. in p. 1623. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem erect. Branches densely hairy. Leaves elliptic-heart- 
shaped, pointed, finely crenate, downy on both sides. Stipules half-heart- 
shaped, flat, toothed, and nearly glabrous. (Smith Eng. Fl.) A native of 
Britain, in woods and on the banks of rivers; flowering in May. A small 
tree, remarkable for its thick, round, hoary branches, clothed very densely 
with prominent, close, horizontal, soft, cottony hairs. Leaves elliptic-ob- 
long, a little heart-shaped, or cut away, at the base; from 2in. to 3in. in 
length, and at least 1 in. in breadth ; sharp-pointed and flat, bordered with 
shallow serratures, or blunt notches; the upper surface of a dull green, 
minutely hairy; under side pale or glaucous, and more densely downy, 
particularly the rib and veins, which last are reticulated like those of S. 
cotinifolia Smith. Footstalks stout, densely downy, 3in. long. Catkins 1 in. 
or more in length. (Jdid.) There are plants at Woburn and Henfield; 
and in the Goldworth and Hackney arboretums. 
% 106. S. R1vuLa‘RIs Forbes. The River Willow, or Sallow. 
Identification. Sal. Wob., No. 102. 
The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 102. ; and our jig. 102. in p. 1621. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches erect. Leaves elliptical, glabrous ; glaucous and 
pubescent beneath when young; dark green on their upper surface. Stipules 
rounded, serrated. Catkins obtuse, short. Ovary stalked, ovate-lanceo- 
late, slightly downy. Style about the length of the parted stigmas. (Sal. 
Wob., p.203.) A native of Switzerland. Introduced in 71824; and flowering, 
in the willow garden at Woburn Abbey, in May. An erect-growing shrub, 
with dark mahogany-coloured branches, nearly perpendicular in their mode 
of growth, copiously marked with yellow dots; the young ones green and _ 
pubescent. Leaves from lin. to 14 in. long, with short oblique points ; 
generally unequal at the base; finely serrated; green and villous above 
when young ; glaucous and hairy beneath, but soon losing their glaucous 
hue, and much of their pubescence ; the older leaves are bright green, and 
almost glabrous on both sides. Footstalks rather long, slender. Catkins 
on short thick stalks, scarcely lin. long. There are plants at Woburn, 
Flitwick, Goldworth, and Hackney. In the latter arboretum is a variety 
named S. rivularis minor Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
* 107. S. arropuRPU‘REA Forbes. The dark-purple-branched Willow, or 
Sallow. 
Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 156. 
The Sexes. The male is described in Sal. Wob. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate, serrated; somewhat heart-shaped and unequal 
at the base; dark green, shining above ; glaucous and finely hairy beneath. 
Footstalks nearly lin. long, downy. Stipules very large, half-heart- 
shaped, serrated, glabrous. Filaments yellow. (Sal. Wob., p. 284.) A 
native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1824, and flowering in April. This 
is a low tree, with darkish brown branches, afterwards inclining to purple, 
which are copiously covered with minute hairs, and marked with small 
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