1578 - ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART Ill. 
% 130. S. LAxiFLo‘RA Borr. The loose-catkined Willow. 
Identification. Borr. in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t.2749.; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3. 
The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Eng. Bot. Suppl. The male plant is not known. 
Engraving. Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2749. ‘ 
Spec. Char., §c. Upright. Young shoots slightly pubescent. Leaves gla- 
brous, flat, broadly obovate, narrower to the base, slightly toothed, glau- 
cescent beneath ; upper leaves acute. Stipules small, concave Flowers 
loosely disposed in the catkin. Ovary stalked, bluntish, glabrous in the 
lower part. Style as long as the linear divided stigmas. (Borrer in E. B. 
Suppl.) Wild at Killin, in Breadalbane, where it was observed in 1810. 
Mr. G. Anderson had previously distinguished it, and communicated to 
Mr. Borrer the plant from which the specimens figured were taken, but 
without informing Mr. Borrer in what part of Britain he had found the 
kind. That plant has formed a tree-like shrub, more than 12 ft. high, with 
crooked, divaricated branches, and flowers in April. The twigs are shin- 
ing, greenish grey or slightly tinged with brown; at first, sparingly and 
inconspicuously pubescent. Leaves lin. to 14in. long; bright green and shin- 
ing abové, more or less glaucous beneath. Catkin about 1in. long when 
the flowers are in blossom, which are loosely set in the catkin. It flowers 
in April. It resembles S. /atrina in the figure of the leaves; but that kind 
differs in its more acutely angled {ramification ; its mahogany-coloured 
twigs, densely cottony while young; the abundance of short appressed 
hairs present on both surfaces of the young leaves; the more awl-shaped 
ovary, white all over with cottony hairs; and the shorter style, with short 
stigmas, the segments of which usually adhere together. (Borrer in E. B. 
Supp’. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3.) 
#131. S. Lav’Rina Smith. The Laurel-leaved, or shining dark green, Willow. 
Identification. Smith Lin. Soc. Trans., 6. p.122.; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2., p. 425. 
Synonymes. S. bicolor Smith Eng. Bot., t. 1806., Eng. Fi., 4. p.178., Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 38. ; 
S. arbascula Waklenb. var. Koch Comm., p. 45. 
The Sexes. The female is described in Eng, Fi., and figured in ng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1806. ; Sal. Wob., t.38,; our jig. 1338. ; and jig. 38. in p. 1612. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptic-oblong, acute, waved, Z 
and slightly serrated, nearly glabrous; glaucous be- 
neath. Footstalks dilated at the base. Stipules 
pointed, serrated. Bracteas obtuse, hairy, and half 
as long.as the densely downy, ovate, long-stalked 
ovary. (Smith Eng. Fl.) A native of Britain, in 
various parts; growing plentifully in woods and 
thickets ; flowering in March and April. A shrub 
or small tree. Branches at first erect, or wand-like, 
round, of a mahogany-colour, beset with copious 
nearly upright leaves, and attaining the height of 
6ft. Catkins earlier than the foliage. If neglected, the plant becomes a 
small tree. (Smith.) The twigs are very brittle, and unfit for any useful 
purpose. (Forbes.) There are plants at Woburn and Henfield; also in the 
Goldworth and Hackney arboretums. 
% 132. S. pa‘tENs Forbes. The spreading-branched Willow. 
Identification. Forbes in Sai. Wob., No. 39. 
The Sexes. The femaie is described and figured in Sai. Wob. 
Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 39.; and our jig. 39. in p. 1612. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem spreading. Leaves elliptical, entire; glabrous, green 
and shining above; veiny, glabrous, and glaucous beneath. Stipules lan- 
ceolate, very minute, withering. Ovary sessile, ovate-lanceolate, silky. 
Style longer than the parted stigmas. (Sal. Wob., p.77.) The native country 
of this species is not given. It is a branching shrub, about 3 ft. or 4 ft. 
high, with short, spreading, dark brown branches, slightly villous only 
when in their youngest state. The leaves are 1 in, long; and sometimes 
2in. long, and 1 in. in breadth, on luxuriant shoots; much resembling those 
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