1594 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 
perhaps, other parts of the north of Europe, besides Scot- 
land, in which country it has been found in two localities; 
one, Glen Callater, where it was found by Mr. G. Don, 
who was the first to discover the species in Scotland; the 
other, the Clova Mountains, where Mr. T. Drummond 
discovered it on rocks, in sparing quantity. It flowers in 
May. The figures in Eng. Bot. Suppl., dated February, 
1830, had been partly prepared from a plant cultivated 
in the Chelsea Physic Garden, that had been originally Ni 
brought from the Clova Mountains. The following traits “J ¥ ™4 
are derived from Smith’s detailed description in Eng. Fi. : 1354 
—“Stem 3ft. or 4ft. high, with numerous thick dis- 
torted branches, downy when young. Leaves broader than those of any 
other British willow except S. caprea, on shortish stout footstalks ; elliptic 
or roundish, with a short oblique point; entire, though somewhat wavy ; 
from: 1din. to 24 in. long, occasionally heart-shaped at the base; some- 
times more obovate, inclining to lanceolate, and the earlier ones much 
smaller : all of hoary or grey aspect, being covered, more or less completely, 
with long, soft, silky, shaggy hairs, especially the upper surface; the under 
one is more glaucous, beautifully reticulated with veins. Catkins terminal, 
large, and very handsome, bright yellow: those of the female proceed from 
lateral buds.” Dr. Wahlenberg considers this species as “ the most beau- 
tiful willow in Sweden, if not in the whole world.” The splendid golden 
catkins at the ends of the young shoots light up, as it were, the whole 
bush, and are accompanied by the young foliage, sparkling with gold and 
silver. It yields, also, more honey than any other salix. Grafted standard 
high, it would make a delightful little spring-flowering tree for suburban 
gardens. There are plants at Henfield, and in the Goldworth Arboretum. 
Varieties, according to Koch, in Koch Comm., p. 53. 
aw S. /. 2 glabréscens; S. chrysanthos Vahl Fl. Dan., vi. t. 1057. (Koch 
Comm., p. 53.) — Leaves glabrous in a great degree. 
x S. /. 3 glandulosa Wahlenb. Fi. Lapp., t. 16. f. 1. (och Comm.) — Leaves 
sublanceolate, glabrous in a great degree, tooth with glanded teeth. 
? « 8.1.4 depolita Koch; S. depréssa Lin. Fl. Suec., No. 899., Fl. Lapp., 
No. 361. t. 8. fig. n., Wahlenb. Fl. Lapp. (Koch Comm.), Lin. Fl. Suec., 
ed. 2., 352., Fl. Lapp., ed. 2., 297. t. 8. f. n. (Smith in Rees’s 
Cyclo.) 
_If S. chrysanthos F/. Dan. be admitted as a variety of S, lanata L., the 
question as to its synonymes stated above may be deemed unnecessary. 
Group xxiv. Miscellénee A. 
Kinds of Salix described in Sal. Wob., and not included in any of the preceding 
Groups. 
ale 
¥ 165, S. zeyptr‘aca L. The Egyptian Willow. 
Identification. Lin. Sp. Pl., 1444. ; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 686., excluding the references to Pallas and 
Gmelin ; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 82:;. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 146. 
Synonymes. Calaf and Ban, Alpin. Aigypt., 61. t. 62. 
The Sexes. The male is mentioned in the description in Rees’s Cyclo. 
Engravings. Alpin, Zgypt., t. 62.; Sal. Wob., No, 146.; and jig. 146. in p. 1630. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves somewhat toothed, elliptic, oblong, veiny; rather glabrous above, glaucous 
and more or less hairy beneath. Stipules half-heart-shaped. Branches glabrous, and angular and 
furrowed. Catkins sessile, very hairy. Aipioua describes this species as a small tree. The leaves 
are on rather short footstalks, broad at the base, without glands, usually 3 in. or 4in. long, and 
’ nearly 2in. broad; acute, rather distinctly toothed; glaucous and densely downy when young. 
(Rees’s Cyclo., art. Salix, No. 82.) A native of Egypt, where a water is said to be procured from 
| the catkins by distillation, which is considered antipestilential, (Zb¢d.) : 
