CHAP. CII. SALICA CER. SA‘LIX. 1585 
underneath. The footstalks are long and slender, dilated at the base.” 
From the remarks made by Sir W. J. Hooker in Brit. Fi. (ed. 2.), and by 
Mr. Forbes, there seems to be a good deal of uncertainty as to this species ; 
which, as far as we are concerned, must be left to time, and the examination 
of plants in a living state, to be cleared up. There are plants at Henfield. 
Group xix. Vacciniifolie Borrer. 
Small, and generally procumbent, Shrubs. 
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Stamens 2 to a flower. Ovary sessile, downy. Leaves bearing a considerable 
resemblance to those of a Vaccinium; opaque ; the under surface glaucous. 
Plants, small shrubs, usually procumbent, rarely erect. (Hook. Br. F1., 
ed. 2., adapted.) It is probable that S. arbascula L. is the same as one or 
more of the four kinds, S. vacciniifolia Walker, S. carinata Smith, S. pruni- 
folia Smith, and S. venulosa Smith. (Borrer in his manuscript list.) 
x 145. S. vraccintro‘L1a Walker. The Vaccinium-leaved Willow. 
Identification. Walker’s Essay on Nat. Hist. (Hook Br. Fl., ed. 2.), ed..1812, p.460.; Smith Eng. 
ey mack Rees’s Cyclo., No. 56. ; Eng. Fl., 4. p. 194.; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 57.; Hook. 
r. Fl., ed. 3. f 
Si onyme. S. prunifdlia, part of, Koch Comm., p. 59. 
he Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 2341. ; Sal. Wob., No. 57.; our jig. 1342., and jig. 57. in p. 1615. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves lanceolate-ovate, serrated ; glabrous and even above, 
_ glaucous and silky beneath. Capsules ovate, silky. Stems decumbent. (Smith 
. Fl.) A native of Scotland, on Highland mountains; flowering in May, 
A low decumbent shrub, very distinct from S. prunifdlia, of a much more 
humble stature, with decumbent, or trailing, long, and slender branches, silky 
when young, though otherwise glabrous. aves of but half the breadth of 
those of S. prunifdlia or S. venuldsa, covered at the back with close, delicate, 
almost invisible, silky hairs, and likewise very glaucous ; the floral ones ovate, 
obtuse, on long silky footstalks, and beautifully silky at the back, especially 
when young; the upper surface of all the leaves even and glabrous, nearly as 
much so as in S. prunifdlia. ** An humble and pretty little shrub, which I had 
referred (in Flora Scot.) toa variety of S. prunifdlia, and which is very closely 
allied to S. carinata, prunifdlia, and venuldsa.” (Hook.) Of all the willows, it 
most resembles in foliage the Vaccinium Myrtillus L., or bilberry. The leaves 
have the teeth each terminated by a small spherical gland, and these are, 
especially in eu summer, of a pretty bright yellow colour. (Waik. Ess., ed. 
1812, p. 461.) There are plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick, and in 
the Goldworth Arboretum. 
2% 146. S. carntna‘ra Smith. The keeled, or folded-leaved, Willow. 
Identification, Smith Fl. Br., 1055. ; Eng. Bot., t.1363.; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 680.; Smith in Rees’s 
Cyclo., No. 63. ; Eng. Fl. 4. p.197., Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 59. ; Hook. Br. Fl, ed. 3. 
Synonyme. S. prunifdlia, part of, Koch Comm., p. 58. 
The Sexes. The female is figured in Eng. Bot. and in Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1563, ; Sal. Wob., No. 59. ; and jig. 59. in p. 1615, 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves ovate, finely toothed, glabrous, minutely veined, folded into a keel. Catkins 
cylindrical, with rounded hairy bracteas. Ovary sessile, ovate, silky. (Smith Eng. | A native 
of the Highlands of Scotland, on mountains ; flowering there in June, and, in the willow garden 
at Woburn Abbey, in April, and again in August. Larger and more erect than S. prunifdlia or 
S. venuldsa, to both which it is nearly related in the fertile catkins Mr. Forbes considers this 
too different from S. vacciniifdlia and S. venuldsa, to require any detailed comparative view of 
them. There are plants at Woburn and Flitwick. 
a 147. S. pruniFo‘“1A Smith. The Plum-leaved Willow. 
Identification. Smith F1. Br., p. 1054. ; Eng. Bot., t. 1361. ; Rees’s Cyclo., No. 55, ; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. 
p. 6/7.; Smith Eng. Fl, 4 p. 193. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 56.; Hook. Br. FL, ed. 3. 
Synonymes. _S. Myrsinites Lightf, not Lin. ; S. prunifdlia, part of, Koch Comm., p. 59. 
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he Sexes. The female is figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1361. ; Sal. Wob., No. 56. ; and our fig. 1615. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves broadly ovate, serrated, glabrous on both sides ; even 
above, glaucous beneath. Stem erect, much branched. Capsules ovate, 
shaggy, like the bracteas, with silky hairs, (Smith Eng. Fl.) A native of 
Scotland; flowering in April. Described by Smith as a bushy shrub, often 
3ft. high, with spreading branches; the whole erect, or ascending, not decum- 
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