CHAP. CIll. SALICA‘CER. SALIX. 1601 
% 215. S.strest‘aca Willd. The Silesian Willow. 
Snag TT Willd. Sp. Pl, 4. p. 660. ; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 17. ; Koch de Sal. Europ. Comm., 
Pp. a ’ 
The Sexes. The female is noticed in the Specific Character. 
Engraving. Wayne Abbild., t. 164. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves obovate, with an acuminate point ; the lowest ones blunt; waved and ser- 
rated in the margin ; under surface of the same colour as the upper one, and glabrous in adult 
leaves. Stipules kidney-shaped, or half-heart-shaped. Catkins sessile. Capsule ovate-lanceolate, 
glabrous or silky, stalked. Stalks three to four times as long as the gland. Style of middling 
length. Stigmas ovate, bifid. (Kech.) Wild in woods, in mountainous, and subalpine places, at 
the termination of the growth of the spruce fir, in Carpathia, in Sweden, and on the Alps of 
Croatia. (Koch.) Introduced in 1816, and flowering in May. 
# 216. S. SrarKed‘NA Willd. Starke’s Sallow, or the Marsh Silesian Willow. 
Identification. Willd. Sp. Pl., No. 46.; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 54.; Hayne Abbild., p. 252. ; 
Host’s Salix, p. 27. 
The Sexes. The female is figured in Hayne Abbdild., and both in Host Sal. 
Engravings. Hayne Abbild., t. 174. ; Host Sal., figs. 89. and 90, 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptical, nearly orbicular, smooth, somewhat serrated in the middle, rather 
gisuicous beneath. Catkins appearing after the leaves. Capsules ovate-lanceolate, stalked, and 
owny. Stipules small, ovate, and toothed. (Wéil/d. and Smith.) Found in the bogs of Silesia, by 
the Rev. Mr. Starke. A shrub, growing to the height of 4ft. ; introduced in 1820, and flowering 
in April and May. Koch regards it as identical with S. livida Wahl. 
% 217. S. reTRA/NDRA Host. The four-stamened Willow. 
Identification. Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Description, §c. From the specimen in the Hackney arboretum, this kind appears closely allied 
to S, fragilis. 
4 218, S. THyMELZOI‘DEs Host. The Wild-Olive-like Willow. 
Identification. Lodd, Cat., ed. 1826. 
Description, &c. There are living specimens of this kind of willow in the Hackney and Goldworth 
arboretums. ose in the former are dwarf plants, appearing to belong to the group Cinéree. 
% 219. S. Trevira‘né Lk. Treviranus’s Willow. | 
a a Link Enum. ; Sweet’s Hort. Brit., No. 19.; ? Spreng. Syst., incidentally in Koch’s 
‘omm. 
Description, &c. Koch mentions the S. Trevirani of Spreng. in the list at the end of his work, as 
one of the kinds which he had not observed with sufficient accuracy to describe ; and states that it 
was in the Erlangen Botanic Garden in 1828, but that it had not then flowered. (Comm., p. 64.) 
% 220. S. veLutTi‘NA Willd. The velvet Willow. 
Identification. Willd. Enum. ; Sweet’s Hort. Brit., No. 216. 
# 221. S. versiro‘L1a Spreng. The twining-leaved Willow. 
Identification. Spreng. Syst. ; Sweet’s Hort. Brit., No. 117.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Description, §c. From the specimen at Messrs. Loddiges, this isa dwarf sallow belonging to the 
group Cinérez. 
4x 222, S. vaccini61‘pEs Host. The Vaccinium-like Willow. 
Identification. Lodd. Cat., ed1836. 
Pv a §c. The plant bearing this name in the Hackney arboretum, appears allied to S. 
gilis. 
% 223. S. WaLpsternr4é‘nNA Willd. Waldstein’s Willow. 
; Identification. Willd., No. 50.; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 61. 
myme, S. alpéstris Host Sal. Austr., 1. p. 30. 
he Sexes. Both are figured in Host Sal. 
Engravings. Host Sal. t. 99. and t. 100. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves obovate elliptic, smooth, rather acute, remotely serrated in the middle only ; 
shining above, somewhat glaucous beneath. Germen lanceolate, silky, and perfectly sessile. 
Anthers yellow. Young branches smooth. (Willd. and Smith.) Found on the Croatian Alps. 
Very iy é akin to S. Dicksoniana, but differing in the smoothness of its branches. A shrub, 
about 4 ft. high. Introduced in 1822, and flowering from April to June. 
% 224. S. WuLrenzi‘nA Willd. Wulfen’s Willow. 
Identification. Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 660. ; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 16. ; Host Sal. Austr., 1, p. 29, 
ia go fas hastata var. Koch Comm., p. 43.; ? S.phylicefdlia Wulf. in Jacg. Coll., 2. p. 1389. ; 
‘ost Syn. b 
Pie Sears, Both are figured th ‘Hoe Sat: 
Engravings. Sal. Austr., t. 95., and t. 96. ; 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves obovate, bluntish, serrated, smooth, glaucous beneath. Catkins dense with 
fringed scales. Germen stalked, awl-shaped nearly smooth. Style ee. than the stigmas. 
Smith in Rees’s Cyclo.) This is not the 8. Wulfen‘ana of Smith in Eng. Fl., described p. 1582. 
Mr. Borrer says of this species, “‘ The true S. Wulfenidna of Willdenow we have no reason to 
believe a British species. We have seen of it several foreign specimens of both sexes ; in all of 
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