CHAP. CIII. SALICA CEE, Sa‘LIXx. 1595 
?% 2% Ps» 166. S. avpr‘na ?Forbes. The alpine Willow. 
Identification. % Forbes Sal. Wob., No, 149, Mr. Forbes has not quoted an authority for the name, 
though he has noted that he was indebted to Professor Don for a specimen, 
Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 149. ; and our fig. 149. in p. 1630. 
Spec. Char., &§c. Leaves obovate, elliptic, entire; margins slightly revolute, densely silky on the 
upper surface; glaucous, reticulated, hairy underneath. Branches slender, and very black when 
dried. (Sal, Wob., p. 279.) “ Dr. Graham kindly sent me living cuttings of a willow with this 
. Name, alpina, from the Edinburgh Garden, in 1831; but I have not succeeded in cultivating it. I 
think it much resembled S. cordifdlia Pursh, which I formerly had growing, 
-* 167. S. BERBERIFO‘\LIA Pall. The Berberry-leaved Willow. 
Identification, Pall. F\, Ross., 1. p. 2. 84. t. 82.; Itin., 3., Append., 759. t. K. k..f. 
7.; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 683. ; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 68. ; Forbes in Sal. 
Wob., No. 140. 
The Sexes. The male is figured in Sal. Wob, ; the female is noticed in the Specific 
Character. : 
Engravings. Pall, Fl. Ross., at 2. t. 82.; Itin. Append., t. K. k. f.'7.; Gmel. 
Sib., 1. t. 35. f. 3. ; Sal. Wob., No. 140.; our fig. 1355, ; and fig. 140. in p. 1630. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves obovate, bluntish, with deep tooth-like serratures, glabrous, 
shining, ribbed, and reticulated with veins on both sides. Capsules ovate, glabrous. 
(Smith in Rees’s i ne A native of Daiiria, in rocky places on the loftiest moun- 
tains ; growing, along with Rhododéndron chrysénthum, near the limits of per- 
petual snow. ‘Ihe stems are branched and diffuse. Leaves with disks not much + 
above fin. long, and so deeply toothed as to be almost pinnatifid ; and very 
happily compared to those of the berberry..(Smzth.) A variety with elongated 1355 
leaves is found in Kamtschatka. Introduced in ? 1824, and flowering in May. 
¥ 168. S. TETRASPE’RMA Roxb. The four-seeded Willow. 
Identification. Roxb. Corom., 1. p. 66.;; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p.657.; Smith in} Rees’s Cyclo., No. 9. ; 
Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 31. 
The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Rox.’ Cor. and in Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Roxb. Corom., 1. t. 97.; Sal. Wob., No. 31.; and jig. 31. in p. 1609, 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaf oblong-lanceolate, with the upper part acuminate ; serrated, glabrous, glau- 
cous beneath. Flowers blossoming after the protrusion of the)leaves. Male flower having 6 sta- 
mens. Ovary ovate, stalked. Style short. Wild in mountainous places in India, by the banks 
of rivers. (Willd. Sp. Pl.) A native of India. Introduced in 1796, or soon afterwards. In its 
native country, it forms a middling-sized tree, with an erect trunk, but short, and as thick as a 
man’s body, bearing a very large branching head, with twiggy branches. It had not flowered in 
the Woburn collection anteriorly to the date of the publication of that work in 1829, 
¥ 169, S. ULmiro‘L1A Forbes. The Elm-leaved Willow, or Sallow. 
Identification. Forbes in Sal, Wob., No. 158. ‘ 
The Sexes. The female is described in Sal. Wob., and in the Specific Character. 
Spec. Char., &c. Stem erect. Leaves ovate-elliptic, serrated ; glaucous beneath, shining above: a 
little heart-shaped and unequal at the base, acute at the tip. Stipules large, half-heart-shaped, 
serrated and glandular towards the stem. Ovary nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate, glabrous. Style 
elongated, glabrous. Stigmas notched. Bracteas obovate, dark in their upper half, and fringed. 
' (Sal. Wob., p. 286.) A native of Switzerland, Introduced in 182], and flowering, in the Woburn 
salictum, in April, and again in August. An upright bushy tree, attaining the height of 18 ft. or 
more. Branches round, pubescent, of a dark brown colour, and marked with many small red 
spots towards autumn. The leaves from 2 in, to 23 in. long, and 13 in. in breadth, of an ovate-elliptic 
shape, sometimes hollowed out at the base; finely serrated; green and shining above, glaucous 
and besprinkled with minute hairs underneath. Footstalks above }in. long, villous, like the mid- 
rib. Catkin slender, 1 in. long when at maturity. Three applications of the epithet ulmifdlia, 
besides the above, have been made; namely, S. ulmifdlia Thuill. Paris., 518., De Cand. Fl. Fr. 
, 5. p. 340. (Koch Comm., p. 37.; Smith Eng. Fl.); S. ulmifdlia Schl, (Steud. Nom. Bot.); and S 
ulmifdlia Hort. Berol. (Roch Comm., p. 42.) Koch has referred the first of these to S. cAprea, and 
Smith to S. aurita ; the second is referred, in Steud. Nom. Bot., to S. nigricans Smith; the third by 
Koch, to his S. phylicifdlia. ? Is Mr. Forbes’s distinct from all these. S. ulmifdlia Thuill. is regis- 
tered in Hort. Brit., No. 24006,, as having been introduced from Switzerland in 1821. 
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+ 170. S. vitto'sa Forbes. The villous-/eaved Willow. 
Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., p. 183. , 
The Sexes. The plant in the Woburn collection had not flowered in 1829. 
Engravings. Sal. Wob., t. 92. ; and fig. 92. in p. 1619. 
Spec. Char., &§c. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, finely serrated towards the tip; rather slightly toothed, 
and tapering towards the base ; upper surface shining, and minutely covered with small hairs; be- 
neath, glaucous, reticulated, and slightly hairy. (Sal. Wob., p. 183.) A small shrub, with slender, 
greenish yellow, villous branches, which are sometimes marked with yellow dots; growing here to 
the height of 2 ft. The leaves are from 1 in. to 1}in. long, obovate-lanceolate, tapering towards the 
base, minutely serrated at their tip, but generally finely toothed in the middle: often appearing as 
entire; their upper surface shining, besprinkled with very minute hairs; under glaucous, reticu- 
lated, covered with small shining hairs, The whole substance of the leaves is very thin and tender. 
| Mr. Forbes cannot unite this with the hitherto described species ; the leaves and slender growth 
of the branches being very different from any other species of the genus. It appears rather impa- 
tient of cold; and, as it suffers during the winter, that may be one reason why it has not yet 
flowered A S. villdsa Schleicher is registered in Steudel’s Nomenclator Botanicus; and such is 
likely to be indigenous to Schleicher’s country of residence, Switzerland, whether the kind noticed 
above is identical with it, or not. 
