CHAP. CITI. SALICA‘CEA. SA‘LIX. 1589 
thick, cylindrical. Ovary nearly sessile, tapering, obsoletely quadrangular. 
Style short, deeply cloven. Stigmas spreading, bifid. (Borrer in Eng. Bot. 
Suppl.) A native of the Highlands of Scotland: it has been found in the 
mountains of Breadalbane, and upon Brae-Riach, one of the Cairngorm 
range. It flowers in June, but, in the willow garden at Woburn Abbey, 
in May. The following characters are some of those described of it by Mr, 
Forbes :—A low procumbent shrub, extending along the ground, with green- 
ish brown, pubescent, round, shortish branches. Leaves from 1 in. to 14 in. 
long, and upwards of 1 in. in breadth; of a roundish-elliptical shape, 
hollowed out, or somewhat heart-shaped, at the base; bright green and 
shining on both sides ; always perfectly glabrous and serrated. Readily dis- 
tinguished from S. detulifolia, which at first sight it greatly resembles, by 
its procumbent mode of growth, and large elongated catkins. Dr. Hooker 
has observed of it, that it is a beautiful shrub; and that it has been culti- 
vated for years in the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, where it retains all its 
characters. There are plants of it at Henfield. 
+ 156. S.retu‘sa L. The retuse-/eaved Willow. 
Identification. Lin. Sp. Pl., 1445.; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 684.; Hayne Abbild., p. 234. ; Smith in 
Rees’s Cyclo., No. 70.; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 159. 
Synonymes. S.retiisa Koch, part of, Koch Comm., p. 62.; S. serpyllifdlia Jacg. Austr., t. 298. 
The Sener. Both sexes are described in Rees’s Cyclo., and thence in Sal. Wob., and below ; and both 
are figured in Hayne Abbild.: the male is figured in Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Bocce. Mus., 1. t.1.; Jacq. Austr., t.298. ; Hayne Abbild., t. 176. ; Sal. Wob., No. 159. ; 
our fig. 1346. 3 and fig. 139. in p. 1630. 
Spec. Char., &c. eaves obovate, entire, glabrous, shining above. Catkins 
of the female oblong, of few flowers. Bracteas (scales) the length of the 
oblong smooth ovary. (Smith in Rees’s Cyclo.) Native of the alps of 
Germany, Switzerland, France, and Italy, but not of Britain or 
the north of Europe. The main stems are woody, depressed, 
trailing, branched, often of great thickness, throwing up many 
short, glabrous, leafy branches, which are likewise partly decum- 
bent. Leaves stalked, various in size and breadth, but usually 
from 4 in. to 1 in. long, and from one to four lines broad; quite \\W 
entire, abrupt, or even emarginate, at the extremity; tapering at \ 
the base; furnished with one rib, and many straight parallel veins. |), .'* 
Catkins lax; those of the male yellow, with elliptic, oblong, 1346 
slightly, hairy bracteas (scales). Stamens 2 to a flower. Catkin of the 
female of about 8 or 10 flowers. Capsules large, nearly sessile, ovate, gla- 
brous. The style, which is short and undivided, remains at the extremity 
of one of the valves; and, as the capsule becomes quite ripe, its stalk is 
somewhat elongated. (Rees’s Cyclo.) Introduced in 1763, and flowering in 
May. It almost equals S. herbacea in diminutiveness. ( Willd.) 
? Varieties. tis probable that S. Kitaibelidna, 8. U'va-arsi, and S. serpyllifolia 
Scop., are only varieties of S. retiisa L. (Borrer in his list.) 
+ 157. S. Kivarwetz4‘Nn4 Willd. Kitaibel’s Willow. 
Identification. Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p.683.; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 69.; Forbes in Sal. Wob., 
No. 64. ; Wahlenb. Carpat., p. 314. (Koch.) 
Synonymes. S. retisa Koch, 8 major Koch Comm., p. 63. ; ? S. U'va-trsi Pursh. (Borrer in his list.) 
It is probable that S. Kitaibelidna is only a var. of S. retdsa L. 
The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 64.; and our fig. 64. in p. 1616. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves obovate, lanceolate, entire, emarginate ; glabrous and 
shining above. Catkins appearing with the leaves, cylindrical, and many- 
flowered. Bracteas shorter than the ovate-lanceolate ovary. (Willd. and 
Smith.) A very small shrub, with yellowish glabrous branches, spreading close 
along the ground. A native of the Carpathian Mountains; flowering there in » 
April and May, and, in the willow garden at Woburn Abbey, in April and 
May, and again in August. Branches dark brown, the young ones shining. 
Leaves nearly 1 in. long, obovate, lanceolate, entire; emarginate at the 
tip; very glabrous on both sides, the upper side shining; the under one 
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