CHAP. CIII. SALICA‘CER. SA‘LIX. 1599 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves obovate or elliptical, shortly acuminate, entire except the upper ones, 
which are serrate with remote blunt teeth; glaucescent or livid rather than glaucous on the under 
surface; when adult, glabrous. Stipules kidney-shaped. Fructiferous catkins peduncled; the 
uncle a short twig bearing one or two leaves. Capsules stalked, tomentose, ovate at the base 
nceolate and long in the remaining part ; stalk five times as long as thegland. Style very short. 
Stigmas ovate, bifid. (Koch Comm., p. 39.) Koch compares it to S. aurita, but says that the male 
catkins are more slender, and the female ones thicker, and with looser flowers. Introduced in 
1824, according to Sweet’s Hort. Brit. 
+ 198. S. Loneirro‘L1a Miihlenb. The long-leaved Willow. 
Identification. Miihlenb. Nov. Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Berol., 4. p. 238. t. 6. f. 6.; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. 
p- 670.; Miihlenb. in Sims et Kon. Ann., 266. t. 5. f. 6.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 613. ; 
Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 41. 
The Sexes. ‘The male is described. 
Engravings. Nov. Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Berol., 4. t. 6. f.6.; Ann. of Bot., t. 5. f. 6. 
Spec. Char., ic, Leaves linear, pointed at each end, very distinctly toothed, glabrous, green on both 
surfaces. ipules lanceolate, toothed. Catkins protruded after the leaves. Bracteas rounded, 
somewhat hairy, mostly so on the inside. Stamens 2. Filaments bearded at the base. (Pursh, as 
pr py by Smith in Rees’s Cyclo.) Gathered on the banks of the Susquehanna; flowering in 
uly. Not above 2ft. high. Leaves 5in. to 6in. long, not }in. wide. The flowering branches 
sometimes bear broader and shorter foliage. (Jd.) According to Pursh, the branches are brown, 
and the branchlets white. 
% 199. S. mesemiro‘Lia Schl. The Mespilus-leaved Willow. 
Identification. Schi. Cat.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836, 
Description, §c. A shrub, a native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1824; flowering in April and 
May. There are plants at Messrs. Loddiges’s, from which it appears to belong to the group Cinérex. 
% 200. S.muRI‘NA Schl. The Mouse Willow. 
Identification. Schi. Cat. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836, 
Description, §c. A shrub, a native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1824, and flowering in March 
and April, From the plants at Messrs. Loddiges’s, it appears to belong to the group Cinéree. 
% 201. S. myricé1‘\pEs Miihlenb. The Myrica-like Willow. 
Identification. Mihlenb. Nov. Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Berol., 4. p. 285, t. 6. f.2.; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. 
p. 666.; Miihlenb, in Sims et Konig Ann. of Bot., 263. t.5.f.2.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. 
», 613.; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 29. 
The Sexes. The female is noticed in the Specifie Character. 
Engravings. Nov. Act. Soc, Nat. Scrut. Berol., 4. t. 6. f.2.; Ann. of Bot., 2. t. 5. f. 2. . 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, about 4in. long, and lin. broad, bluntly serrated, 
— glaucous beneath, glanded at the base. jo ovate, serrated with glanded teeth. 
atkins woolly, about 1} in. long. Ovary lanceolate, glabrous ; its stalk and the bractea remarkably 
woolly, and the former longer than the gland. Style the length of the divided stigmas. (Smith.) 
Wild in North America, in wet meadows and woods, from New England to Virginia ; flowering 
in April. A shrub, from 6 ft. to 9ft. high. (Pursh and Smith.) According to Pursh, the adult 
branches are green, and the younger ones purple, and glabrous. Introduced in 1811. 
% 202. S. NERvO'sA Schl. The nerved-leaved Willow. 
Identification. Schi. Cat. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Description, §c. A shrub, a native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1824. From the plants in the 
Hackney arboretum, it appears allied to S. caprea. 
% 203. S. optu'sa Link. The blunt-/eaved Willow. 
Identification. ? Link: 
Description, §c. A low shrub, rarely exceeding 4ft. high ; a native of Switzerland. Introduced 
in 1820, and flowering in May. 
& 204. S.oprusiro‘L1a Willd. The obtuse-leaved Lapland Willow. 
Identification. Willd., No. 106. ; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 131. . 
Synonymes. S. fdliis obléngis, &c., Lin. Fl. Lapp., ed. 2., p. 301.; S.caprea 8 Sp. Pl., 1448.; S. 
Olea sylvéstris, &c., Rudd. Lapp., 99. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, wedge-shaped at the base. Frequent in the woods and 
mountains of Lapland. (Linneus.) A slender shrub, not unfrequently arborescent. Young 
branches slender, clothed with long silky down. Leaves rather: more than 2 in. long, $in. wide; 
n, shining, slightly downy above, with many curved parallel veins ; glaucous, and not more downy, 
neath, Footstalks downy. It is very remarkable, that, contrary to the nature of most willows, 
the lower blunter leaves of each branch are furnished with minute distant teeth, or shallow ser- 
ratures; while the upper and pointed ones are quite entire, Except the teeth of the leaves, it comes 
nearer to S. Lappdnum than any other kind of willow. (Smith in Rees's Cyclo.) 
& 205. S. opru‘sI-sERRA‘TA Sch/. The obtusely-serrated-leaved Willow. 
Identification. Schi. Cat. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Description, &c. A shrub, a native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1824, The plants in the Hack. 
ney arboretum appear allied to S. cdprea. 
#2 206. S. PALLE’sceNs Schl. The pale Willow. 
“Identification Schi. Cat. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. | 
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