CHAP. CIlIl. SALICA‘CEH. SA‘LIX. 1581 
glabrous on the lower part. Style longer than the divided stigmas. (Bor- 
rer in Eng. Bot. Suppl.) Wild in Breadalbane, Scotland. Cuttings brought 
thence in 1810 produced plants that, in 1831, were upright shrubs, 
12ft. to 15 ft. high. Twigs straight, spreading, slightly tinged with brown. 
Leaves scarcely 2 in. long, except on luxuriant young shoots; rather rigid. 
Catkins of the female scarcely 1 in. long while the flowers are in blossom. 
Mr Borrer has thus contrasted the kind with S. Davallidna : — It is much 
taller. The leaves are rather longer, and more spreading ; less shining, and 
of a duller green above, and whiter on the under surface; and the flowers 
differ. The following traits of S. tétrapla are derived from Smith’s descrip- 
tion: — “ The whole shrub is larger than S. Wulfenidna (S. Weigelidna 
Borr.) ; the leaves longer, more elliptical, and more pointed, with unequal 
coarse, and wavy serratures; deep green above; finely glaucous, with pro- 
minent pale or reddish veins beneath ; glabrous, except a very minute, short, 
dense downiness on the upper side of the midrib and of the footstalks ; 
sometimes even this slight pubescence is wanting.” In conjunction with Mr. 
Forster, Mr. Forbes compared this species with his S. Wulfenidna, to which 
he says, it does not bear the least alliance. Mr. Forbes notes it as flower- 
ing in April. There are plants at Woburn and Henfield; also in the 
Hackney arboretum. 
# 137. S. Ramiru’sca Forbes, ? Anders. The brown-branched Willow. 
Identification. Mr. Forbes states that he obtained this new British species from Mr. Mackay of 
the Dublin Botanic Garden, who received it from the late Mr. George Anderson. (Sal. Wob., 
Phe diel . We find S. ramifdsca Sal. Wob., t. 53., from recent specimens in leaf, so similar to our 
S. tétrapla, that we can scarcely doubt its being the male of that species. (Borr. in Eng. Bot. 
The Since + Tie inla ty Aeaceibed and figured in Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 53.; and our fig. 53, in p. 1615. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem erect. Leaves elliptic-acute, serrated ; shining above ; 
glabrous, reticulated, and glaucous beneath. Stipules half-heart-shaped, 
serrated, and withering. Branches yellowish brown, pubescent when young. 
Catkins nearly lin. long, on short stalks. Anthers yellow, of 4 lobes. 
(Sal. Wob., p. 105.) A native of Britain, but where is not stated ; flower- 
ing, in the Woburn salictum, in April, before the expansion of the leaves, 
and again in July. An upright kind, attaining the height of between 12 ft. 
and 14 ft., with round, glabrous, dark green branches, of the preceding year’s 
growth. The young twigs of a brownish yellow, slightly downy when young. 
Leaves alternate, somewhat erect, elliptical, acute, approaching to an ovate 
shape when fully grown; glabrous and shining on their upper surface, glau- 
cous and reticulated beneath ; the two or three youngest leaves only slightly 
downy, as also the tops of the young branches. Footstalks villous above, 
glabrous beneath, as also the midrib. Catkins nearly | in. long; often two 
catkins bursting from the same bud. There are plants at Woburn, Henfield, 
Flitwick, and also in the Goldworth Arboretum. 
# 138. S. Forsesz4‘NA. Forbes’s Willow. 
Synonyme. S. Weigelidna Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 51., ? Willd. Sp. P1., 4. p. 678. (Forbes.) Mr. Borrer 
has advised us, in his MS. list, that he is not certain whether S. Weigelidna Eng. Bot. Suppl. and S. 
Weigeliana Sal. Wob. are to be distinguished, and, if they are, which is the S. Weigel‘a@na Willd. 
See, also, Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2656. and t. 2795. While S. Weigelidana Forbes remains unidentified 
with any other kind, it must be treated of as a distinct one. 
The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. Mr. Borrer has expressed the opinion 
that he has both male and female specimens of S. Weigeli@na Forbes from the Highlands of Scot- 
land. (Borr. in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2795.) 
Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 51. ; and our jig. 51. in p. 1615. 
Spec. Char., §c. The following is the amount of Mr. Forbes’s original descrip- 
tion, taken separately from what he has quoted from Willdenow :— Upright, 
bushy, 5 ft. to 6 ft. high. Branches glabrous, brown. Leaves elliptic, acute, 
serrated, or finely toothed ; entire towards the base ; bright green and shin- 
ing on the upper surface, glaucous and pale on the under one, where the 
veins are parallel, arched, and prominent. Stipules remarkably small, soon 
falling off. Catkins appearing, in the willow garden at Woburn Abbey, in 
