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April, before the leaves expand. Ovary ovate lanceolate, downy. Style 
longer than the deeply parted stigmas. There are plants at Henfield. 
%139, S. WeicELr4\w4 Borr. Weigel’s Willow. 
Identification. Borr.in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2656., perhaps exclusively of the identification of Willd., 
as intimated by Mr. Borrer at t.2795., and in his MS, list, as follows :—‘ I am uncertain whether 
S. Weigeliana Eng. Bot., 2656., and S. Weigeléana Sal. Wob., are to be distinguished, and, if so, 
which is S. Weigeléina Willd.” Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3., p. 434. ? exclusively of syn., Willd. ; 
? Hayne Abbild., p. 232., with a fig. : 
Synonymes. S. Wulfeniina Smith Eng. FI., 4. p.176.; Rees’s Cyclo., No. 16.; Forbes in Sal. Wob., 
No. 48. ; excluding from each the foreign synonymes. (Borrer.) 
The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Eng. Bot. Suppl. ; the male in Sal. Wob., as that of S. Wulfen- 
wana. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2656. ; Sal..Wob., No. 48.; Hayne Abbild., t. 173. ; our Sig. 1340. 5 
and fig. 48. in p. 1614. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptical, rhomboidal, or almost round, with a short 
point, obsoletely crenate ; glabrous on both sides, glaucous beneath. Sti- 
pules small. atkins on short stalks. Floral leaves small. Bracteas 
(scales) oblong, hairy, longer than the hairy stalk of the ovary. 
Style longer than the stigmas. (Borrer.) It seems not uncommon | ¥ 
in the more mountainous parts of Britain: Breadalbane in Scot- {yy 
land, and Yorkshire and Westmoreland, are places named. 
Cultivated. It is an upright shrub, about 10ft. high. Mr. Borrer & 
thinks it probable that it is of more humble growth in its native 
stations. Leaves thin, dark green, and more glittering than those 
of S. nitens ; the under surface very glaucous. Thecatkins appear: 
earlier than the leaves, about April or May, and are very similar 1340 
to those of S. nitens. It is difficult to define satisfactorily the distinctions 
between S. Weigelidna and S. nitens ; yet the aspect of the two is unlike, 
from the dark hue of the whole bush in S. nitens; and there seems to be a 
real difference in the structure of the leaves. (Borrer.) There are plants 
at Henfield. 
Variety. In what seems a variety of this species, the leaves are more con- 
spicuously toothed, rather silky when young; the shoots more downy, and 
the ovary pubescent towards the point only. (Borrer.) 
% 140. S. ni‘tENs Anders. The glittering-/eaved Willow. 
Identification. Anders. MS.; Smith Eng. Fl., 4. p.175.; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 44.; Hook. Br. 
FL, ed. 2., p. 426.; Borr. in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2655. 
The Sexes. Both sexes are described and figured in Eng. Bot. Suppl. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2655. ; Sal. Wob., No. 44. ; fig. 1341.; and jig. 44. in p. 1613. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate, or elliptical, acute, slightly serrated ; nearly 
glabrous above, with sunk veins ; glabrous and glaucous beneath. Stipules 
small. Catkins on short stalks. Floral leaves small. Bracteas (scales) 
oblong, hairy, longer than the hairy stalk of the ovary. 
Style longer than the stigmas. Nearly allied to S. Weigel- 
' idna, and more nearly to S, Crowedna. (Borrer in Eng. 
Bot. Suppl.) Mr. G. Anderson first distinguished the 
kind; and the male specimens figured were derived from 
a plant that he communicated to Mr. Borrer: the female 
came from Teesdale. The kind is an upright shrub, taller, 
and of rather stouter growth, than S. Borreridna, which it 
resembles in the dark mahogany hue of its shining twigs, 
most remarkable in the male. Young shoots slightly pu- 1341 
bescent. Petioles short, reddish. Disk of leaf about 14 in. long, in many 
instances waved or twisted ; upper surface dark green, shining, more or less ~ 
silky when young, afterwards glabrous, except on the midrib ; under surface 
glaucous, and even white. The flowers appear with Mr. Borrer earlier than 
the leaves, in April or May, about a fortnight later than those of S. Borrer- 
iana. Catkins of the male scarcely lin. long; of the female, by the figure, 
morethan lin. Thereare plants at Woburn, Flitwick, Henfield, Goldworth, 
and Hackney. 
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