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ovate-lanceolate, slightly downy. Style thick, glabrous, twice the length of 
the parted stigmas. (Sal. Wob., p. 213.) A native of Switzerland.  In- 
troduced in ? 1824, and flowering, in the willow garden at Woburn Abbey, 
in March and April. A spreading bushy shrub, producing long, dark, 
mahogany-coloured branches, which are glabrous and shining after the first 
year; the younger ones reddish brown and pubescent. Leaves from 1 in. 
to 1din. long, bluntly and deeply serrated, sometimes alittle wavy and un- 
equal at the base; green and shining above, glaucous and hairy beneath, but 
ultimately becoming nearly glabrous on both sides: the young leaves are 
very hairy when first expanded. Footstalks 4in. long, brown and downy. 
Catkins appearing before the expansion of the leaves. This species, Mr. 
Forbes observes, is a very remarkable one. Its very dark mahogany- 
coloured branches, which are of a deeper hue than even those of S. bicolor 
and S. nigricans, readily distinguish it from any other species. There are 
plants at Henfield. 
% 113. S. HELVE’TICA Forbes. The Swiss Willow, or Sallow. 
Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 159. 
The Sexes. The female is described in Sal. Wob. . 
Spec. Char., §c. eaves ovate, acute, serrated; green, shining, and silky 
above; glaucous and hairy underneath. Stipules large, half-heart-shaped, 
serrated. Catkins often recurved, about lin. in length. Ovary ovate, - 
silky, stalked. Style divided. Stigmas notched. (Sa/. Wob., p. 287.) A 
native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1824, and flowering in April, and again 
in August, in the willow garden at Woburn Abbey. This is a bushy 
tree, somewhat resembling S. Andersonidna in form of leaves and mode 
of growth,. In the Woburn salictum, it grows to about 14 ft. high, with 
greenish brown, round, villous branches, which are copiously marked with 
yellow dots. Leaves from 14in. to nearly 2in. long, and about 14in. 
in breadth ; ovate, acute, sometimes hollowed out at the base, finely ser- 
rated; green and shining above; glaucous, and besprinkled with minute 
hairs underneath. Footstalks above 4 in. long, villous, like the midrib. A 
very distinct species. 
%114. S. FI’RmMA Forbes. The firm-leaved Sallow, or Willow. 
Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 106. 
The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 106.; and our fig. 106. in p. 1622. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptic, obtuse, serrated, unequal at the base; green, 
shining, and villous above ; glaucous and minutely hairy beneath. Stipules 
large, rounded, glabrous. Catkins above 1 in. long, nearly sessile. Ovary 
ovate-lanceolate, nearly glabrous. Style longer than the parted stigmas. 
(Sal. Wob., p.211.) A straggling bushy shrub, flowering, in the willow 
garden at Woburn Abbey, in March or April, and again in August; with 
dark brown glabrous branches, much resembling S. dura in colour and mode 
of growth; but the leaves are very different in shape, being elliptical, broader 
above the middle, and furnished with shallow serratures: in their surfaces 
they have no material difference. Leaves about 2 in. long; often obtuse and 
unequal at the base; green, shining, and somewhat villous above; glaucous 
and besprinkled with minute hairs beneath; both surfaces becoming nearly 
glabrous. _ Footstalks about 1 in. long, pubescent, reddish. Twigs and 
branches very brittle. There are plants in the Goldworth and Hackney 
arboretums. 
#115. S. carprntFo‘LIA Schl. The Hornbeam-leaved Sallow, or 
Willow. 
Identification. ? Schleicher, as quoted in Hort. Brit., No. 24078. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 155. 
Synonyme. 8S. phylicifdlia var. Kock Comm., p. 42. 
The Sexes. ‘The female is described in Sal. Wob. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate, acute, unequal, and a little heart-shaped at the 
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