CHAP. cm. 5ALICA'CE^. SAUX. 14'9'7 



S. urvlulita E/ir/i. Bfytr., 6. p. 101., according to the specific character, but witlioiit inspection of 

 Ehrhartian specimens, Willd. Sp. PI., i. p. 655. ; ? S. No. 38., Tiev. Obs. But.,j>. 18. ; and, as a 

 variety, S. lanceolhta SmM Ens. Bo/., t. 1156., according to an authentic English specimen. 

 Hooker has deemed identical with S. undul^ta of his Br. Ft., ed. 3., p. 419., the kinds now to be 

 noticed : — .S'. lanceolilta SmU/i Eng. Bat., t. 1436., Eng. Fl., and Forbes in Sal. IVob., No. 14. 

 "Dr. Meyler of Giittingen has sent ine specimens of the ,S. undiiliita of Ehrh., comparea witn 



^the Ehrhartian herbarium ; and Mr. Borrer is satisfied that they are identical with Smiths b. 

 lanceolata; at least, with the Sussex specimens communicated by Mr. Woollgar to iim, anrt 

 which are probably the same with the females figured in Eiig. Bat. Indeed, that station (viz. near 

 Lewes, in Sussex,) is the only one mentioned by Sir J. E. Smith as English. Mr Borrer Has 

 received German specimens of S. undulita with silky germens ; and these are probably the ■">. un- 

 dulata of Salict. IVob., which differs only in that respect, and in its more wavy leaves, trom 

 our present plant. (£r/7. f/., ed. 3., p. 419.) . „ . ^ n.-c „„a 



The Sexes. The female is figured in Sal. Woh , Nos. 13. and 14., and in Eng. Bot., t. 14o6. ; and 

 is described in Eng. Fl. Koch noted that he had seen the female wild and cultivated, but that he 

 had no knowledge of the male. . .,,.,. ^ ,^„ ^ ,o,ic 



Engravings. Sal. Wob., Xos. 13. and 14. ; Eng. Bot.,t. 1436. ; ? Hayne AbbUd., t. 160. ; our Jig. 1296.; 

 and^igs. 13 and 14. in p. 1605. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate through 

 much of then- length, serrulate at the tip, and minutely 

 crenulate at the base ; at first pubescent, but becoming 

 glabrous ; wavy at the edge, or not. Stipules half-heart- 

 shaped. Catkin peduncled upon a leafy twiglet. Brac- 

 tea bearded at the tip. Stamens 3. Capsule ovate- 

 conical, more or less pubescent, or glabrous, stalked ; the 

 stalk twice the length of the gland. Style elongated. 

 Stigmas bifid. (Koch.) It inhabits the banks of streams, 

 in the plains and lower valleys in the north of Germany, and in England. 

 (Id.) 



Varieties. 



2 3fe S. u. 2; S. undulata Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 13.— INL*. Forbes 

 has given the following specific character, or diagnosis, of this kind, 

 he treating it as a species ; and, as this character may serve to por- 

 tray its main features, we retain it in application to it, viewed as a 

 variety. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, somewhat attenuated 

 towards the base; wavy, and sharply serrated at their margins. 

 Ovary sessile, ovate, scarcely downy. Style about half the length 

 of the linear parted stigmas. (Sal. Wob., p. 25.) Cultivated in the 

 Dublin Botanic Garden, and flowering in April and May. It is an 

 upright-growing plant, soon forming a bushy tree, about 10 ft. or 

 12 ft. high, with brown, smooth, round branches, slightly downy 

 when young, and somewhat angular at the points. Catkins about 

 1 in. in length, bursting forth with the leaves. " This is a species 

 very distinct from the above, which is considered to be the S. undu- 

 lata of Ehrhart ; from which it is readily distinguished by long, 

 taper-pointed, wavy leaves. I conceive it to be a foreign kind. 

 I have not observed it in any collection but that contained in the 

 Dublin Botanic Garden, fi-om which I derived it." (Forbes in Sal. 

 Wob.) In relation to this kind, Mr. Borrer has remarked in his 

 list, that, " if S. undulata Forbes, and S. lanceolata Smiih and Forbes, 

 the S. undulata Hooker, are to be regarded as two species, the former 

 agrees best with Ehrhart's chai-acter of his S. undulata." There 

 are plants in the Hackney and Goldworth arboretums, and at Wo- 

 burn Abbey, Henfield, and Flitwick House. 

 ± ^ S. u. 3; S. lanceolata Smith Eng. Bot., t. 1436., Eng. Fl.,iv. 

 p. 168., Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 14. — The following is Smith's 

 diagnosis of this kind : — Leaves lanceolate, serrated, glabrous, taper- 

 ing towards each end. Footstalks decurrent. Ovary stalked, ovate, 

 glabrous. Styles as long as the stigmas. (Smith Eng. Fl.) Smith 

 has farther noted of its distinctive characters as follows: — "Akin to 

 S. triaudra Lin. and S. Hortmann?«Ha Smith. An essential means of 

 distinction exists in the leaves, which are longer and narrower than 

 those of S. triandra, or any of its reputed varieties ; more pointed 

 and tapering ; not linear, but truly lanceolate. Footstalks bearing 



