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CHAP. CIII. SALICA‘CEX. SALIX. 1575 
branches and brown twigs. Young shoots covered with short, horizontal, 
or deflexed hairs. Leaves on the upper surface slightly hairy, very dark 
green and shining; on the under one, bluish, and rather more hairy, or 
woolly ; at length glabrous on ‘both surfaces, except on the petiole and 
midrib, and losing, or very nearly losing, the glaucous tinge on the under 
one; the edges slightly recurved, serrated throughout with blunt gland- 
tipped teeth. Stipules remarkably large, serrated, having glands at the 
edge, and a few on the disk, near the point of insertion. The kind is re- 
markable for the long, dark, shining, wavy leaves, and large stipules, of its 
strong shoots. The flowers come forth with the young leaves about the 
beginning of May. Catkin, in the earliest state of flowering, ovate, and 
usually less than 4 in. long; but it gradually becomes cylindrical, and 3 or 4 
times as long. (Idid.) There are plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick. 
¥ 123. S. AMMANNIA‘NA Willd. Ammann’s Willow. 
Identification. Willd. Sp. P1., 4 p. 663. ; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 21. 
Synonymes. S. phylicifdlia var. Koch Comm., p. 41. ; S. Myrsinites Hoff? Sal., 1. p. 71. t. 17, 18, 19. 
and 24, £ 2. (Smithin Rees’s Cyclo.) ‘*S.stylaris Seringe Monogr. des Saules de la Suisse, p. 62., is 
regarded as S. Ammannzdna Willd. (Borrer, incidentally in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2725.) 
The Sexes. The female is noticed in the Specific Character. 
Engravings. Hoffim. Sal., 1. p. 71. t. 17, 18, 19. and 24. f. 2. (Smith.) 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oblong-elliptical, acute, serrate, glabrous; glaucous 
beneath. Petiole long, downy. Stipules ovate, dentate, persistent. Cat- 
kins protruded before the leaves. Ovaries lanceolate, glabrous. ( Willd.) 
Wild in the alps of Salzburg and Carinthia. (Jd. and Smith.) Introduced 
in 1821. 
% 124. S.aTrovi‘RENs Forbes. The dark-green Sallow, or Willow. 
Identification. Forbes in Sal, Wob., No. 108. 
The Sexes. Both sexes are described and figured in Sal, Wob. 
Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 108. ; and our jig. 108. in p, 1622. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate-acute, bluntly serrated, nearly glabrous, heart- 
shaped at the base. Footstalks rather short, downy. Stipules large, 
rounded, serrated. Ovary awl-shaped, on a short stalk, downy. Style 
glabrous, longer than the parted stigmas. (Sal. Wob., p. 215.) A native of 
Switzerland. Introduced in 1824, and flowering, in the willow garden at 
Woburn Abbey, in May. An upright shrub or tree, attaining the height of 
10 ft. or 12 ft. Branches dark brown, round, downy, and slightly striated. 
Leaves above 2in. long, 1Zin. broad, of an ovate-heart-shaped figure, 
slightly hairy ; glaucous beneath, with a downy midrib and prominent arched 
veins ; margins bluntly serrated. Footstalks short. Catkins of the male 
rather more than }in. long, and appearing with the leaves. A very distinct 
species, and easily distinguished by its dark green leaves, which are generally 
heart-shaped at the base. 
% 125. S.srre’pipa Forbes. The creaking Willow, or Sallow. 
Identification. Sal. Wob., No. 100. 
The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 100.; and our fig. 100. in p. 1621. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves obovate-elliptical, acute, pubescent, glaucous beneath ; 
margins denticulated ; the tip oblique. Stipules half-heart-shaped, serrated, 
and glabrous. Catkins oblong. Capsules awl-shaped, silky. Style long. 
Stigmas bifid. (Sa/. Wob., p. 199.) A native of Switzerland. Introduced in 
1820, and flowering in March and April. This plant forms a straggling 
bush, producing rather long pendulous branches, of a pale greenish colour, 
very pubescent, and soft to the touch; perfectly round. Buds of a purplish 
colour, and hairy. Leaves about 2 in. long, and broadest about the middle ; 
the tip oblique, acute, and nearly entire; margins dentated, or slightly 
serrated ; the lower serratures, in some of the leaves, sometimes elongated ; 
upper surface of a dull green, pubescent ; under surface glaucous, hairy, with 
a pale, prominent, and downy midrib. Footstalks rather short, sometimes 
tinged with red. Catkins of the female lin. long. The shoots unfit for 
