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bent. In the Woburn salictum, it grows about 18in. high, quite upright. 
Young branches brown, bearing a little short, soft, curved down; not rigid 
prominent hairs, as in the S. detulifolia Forster. Leaves broadly ovate, 
tolerably uniform, lin. long, or rather more, bluntly pointed, serrated 
throughout, but not deeply; quite glabrous, even, of a full shining green 
on the upper surface, without any prominent veins; glaucous, veiny when 
very young only, besprinkled with a few silky close hairs, beneath. Catkins 
obtuse, of a brownish purple, much shorter than those of S. vacciniifolia, 
S. venulésa, and S. carinata; and more like those of S. detulifolia Forster. 
The branches are, likewise, more thickly clothed with upright shorter leaves, 
than those of either S. venuldsa or S. vacciniifolia. The above is derived 
partly from Smith, and partly from Forbes. There are plants at Woburn 
and Flitwick. 
Variety. 
4 S. p. stylo longidre Koch, style longer; S. prunifolia Ser. Sal. Helv. 
p. 49.5 S. formésa Willd. Sp. Pl., iv. p. 680.; S. foe’tida Schleich. Cent., 
li. n. 95.; S. alpina Sut. Helv., p. 283.—This is wild in Switzerland. 
(Koch Comm.) S&S. formosa Willd, is registered in Sweet’s Hortus 
Britannicus as introduced in 1820. 
gz 148. S. venuLo‘sa Smith. The veiny-leaved Willow. 
Identification. Smith FI. Br., 1055.; Eng. Bot., 1362.; Rees’s Cyclo., No, 57.; Eng. Fl., 4. p. 195. 
Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 58. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3. 
Synonyme, S. prunifdlia, part of, Koch Comm., p. 41. 
The Sexes. The female is figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t.1362.; Sal. Wob., No. 56.; and jig. 56. in p. 1615. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves ovate, serrated, naked, reticulated with prominent veins above, rather 
glaucous beneath. Capsules ovate, silky. Stem erect, much branched. (Smith Eng. Fl.) A native 
of Scotland, on the Breadalbane Mountains, where the blossoms are in perfection in June; but in 
gardens they flower in April; and, in the willow garden at Woburn Abbey, they flower a second 
time in August. Insize and general habit, this species agrees with S. prunifolia; but the some- 
what narrower leaves differ materially on their upper surface, in their prominent, elegantly reticu- 
lated veins, conspicuous in the dried as well as growing specimens, especially towards the margin. 
The under side is generally less glaucous than in the two last; and, in having many close-pressed 
hairs, comes nearest to S. vacciniifolia. Catkins much longer and more slender than in S, pruni- ~ 
fdlia; and the whole shrub is more erect, and grows in the Woburn collection to twice the height 
of either S. prunifdlia or S. vacciniifdlia, "Sir W. J. Hooker agrees with Mr. E, Forster, in considering 
S. venuldsa as only a variety of S. prunifolia; and, indeed, he doubts if S. prunifdlia, S. carinata, 
and S. vacciniifdlia, with S. venuldsa, are not different states of the same species; and Koch and 
Dr. Lindley are of this opinion, having included them all under one species, S. prunifdlia. We 
accordingly consider those forms as varieties, though we have treated them, to a certain extent, as 
if they were species, for the sake of those who differ from us in opinion. Mr. Borrer has remarked, 
- in the manuscript list with which he has favoured us, that probably S. arbuscula L. is the same 
as one or more of the kinds S. vacciniifodlia Waik., S. carinata Smith, S. prunifodlia Smith, and S: 
venuldsa Smith. There are plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick. 
@ 149. S. cm'sta Villars. The grey-leaved Willow. 
Identification. Villars Dauph., 3. 768.; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 80. ; Koch Comm., p. 59. 
Synonymes.~ S. myrtilldides Wéelld. Sp. Pl., 4. p.686., exclusively of the synonymes of Linnzus 
(Borrer), Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 66. (Borrer) ; S. prostrata Ehrh. Pi. Select., p. 159., according 
to Seringe (Koch). 
The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Villars Dauph., 3. t. 50. f.11.; Sal. Wob., No. 66,; and our jig. 66. in p. 1616. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptic or lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, nat 
shining, entire and revolute at the edge. Catkin upon a short leafy twiglet. 
Capsule ovate-conical, tomentose, seemingly sessile, eventually having a 
very short stalk. Gland reaching as high as the base of the capsule. Style 
shortish. Stigmas ovate-oblong, entire, and bifid. (Xoch.) Wild in the 
Alps of Dauphiné, and in Savoy, upon the mountain Enzeindog. (Jd.) 
Registered as introduced in 1824, Mr. Forbes has given a detailed de- 
scription, whence we quote as follows :—“A low straggling shrub, attaining 
the height of 3 ft. or 4 ft., with slender shortish branches, dark brown on 
their upper side, pale beneath, somewhat wrinkled or striated. Leaves about 
1 in. long, perfectly entire, wavy, with a short sharp point; very glabrous, 
glaucous and veiny beneath; lower opposite, upper alternate. Catkins 
from 3in. to nearly lin. in length, appearing, in the willow garden at 
Woburn Abbey, along with the leaves, in April or May, and again in Au- 
gust. Koch has noted (Comm., p. 52.) that S. cw sia Villars differs from 
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