1504< ARBOUETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PAFIT 111. 



YVahlenb. Flora Ups., accordiii}^ to Koch Comm., p. l-t., Smith in 

 I'tWii Ci/ilo., No. 1. — The catkins bearing rarely male flowers and 

 I'eniaie ones, and some of the stamens being changed into monstrous 

 pistils. 



t 17. S. Meyera^V^ Willd. Meyer's Willow. 



Identification. Willd. Berl. Baumz., p. 427. ; Hayne Abbild., p. 222. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 33. ; 



Hook. Br. Kl, ed. 3., p. 4il. . , _ 



Si/nonymes. Koch, in his Cowot, p. 14., has presented the following :—".<>. cuspidiita Schultz rl. 



'stare. Siippl.,p. i~. ; S. tinclhria Smil/i in Jiecs's Ctjclo., No. 13.; S. pcntandra ^ Linn. Ft. Suec, 



according to Smith ; S. hexundra Ehrh. Arh., 140. ; S. Elirharuawa Smith in Htcs's Cyclupaitia." 



Koch has adopted the name 6'. cuspidata Sc/iullz. S. tetr&ndra ffilld. is quoted as synonymous 



in Huok. Br. Ft., ed. 3. „, , , 



The Scii-s. The male is figured in Havne's Abhild., and described and figured in Sal. Wob., unless 



some mistake as to the kind.has occurred : sec Borrer, below. The female is mentioned in Koch's 



Com., and Hooker's .Br. /v., ed. 3., p. 421. 

 Engravings. Hayne Abbild., t. 16'i ; Sal. Wob., No. .33., with a doubt, at least, as to the flower- 



Ijciring specimen J out fig. 1300.; and fig. 33. in p. 1610. 



Spec: Char., i^-c. Leaves ovate-elliptic, pointed, glabrous, green, and shining 

 above, rather pale beneath, but not glaucous, serrated ; the serratures of 

 the young leaves glandular. Sti[)ules soon falling off. Stamens 3 — 4. 

 Bractea obtuse, yellow. {Sn/. IVoh., p. (io.) Koch has stated the geogra- 

 phic distribution of S. cusi^idata Schultz,to which he refers the S. Meyen««a 

 Willd., to be Pomerania and Sweden, in meadows, and woody and marshy 

 places. Germany is given as tlie native country of this kind in our Ilortus 

 Britannicm, and in Sweet's : and the date of its introduction into Britain is, in 

 the former, 1822 j in the latter, 1823. Mr. Borrer states that the insertion of 

 this kind in Hooli. Br. FL, ed. 3., as a native of Britain, arose from a mistake 

 of his. (See Borrer in Comp. to Bol. Mai^., p. 22.3.) It forms a handsome- 

 growing tree, with brownish smooth branches, which are slightly wiU-ty ; and 

 large, broad, shining leaves, somewhat unetiual, and obtuse at the base, often 

 broaclest above the middle : of an ovate-elliptic shape, pointed; green, 

 smooth, ami shining above ; pale, but not glaucous, beneath ; strongly serrated, 

 and the serratures of the younger leaves furnished with glands. Nearly 

 allied to .S'. lucida, which, however, has smaller leaves, and longer, more 

 slender, catkins. It flowers in April. i\ Meyeno«« is a desirable kind 

 of willow for introducing into ornamental plantations of the coarser kind, 

 as it grows quickly, and has large shining leaves, and the catkins o( 

 flowers of the male are ornamental. It assimilates to S. pentandra in its 

 flowers, but is obviously distinct from that kind when the two are seen 

 growing near together. It is of freer growth, is more robust, and its leaves 

 are longer, narrower, and more shining. Mr. Borrer has communicated 

 the following remarks relative to the figure of S. Meyer/ana, given in Sal. 

 ]]"oh.. No. 33.: — " I never saw the catkins sessile, as represented in Sal. 

 Wob., t. 33., but always on leafy stalks, as in S. liicida, t. 32. Possibly the 

 two figures re|)reseut the same species. In American specimens of S. liiciila 

 JFiih/. and Willd., there is some silkiness on the young leaves. Still they 

 maybe of the same species as S. Meyer/V//w; and, if .so, .V. lucida is the 

 older name." There are plants at Woburn Abbey, at Henfield, and at Flit- 

 wick House, the latter of which are 13 ft. high. 



If 18. S. LU^ciDA MlJilenb. The shining-fcrtrerf Willow. 



Identification. IMiihlenb. Nov. Act. Soc. N.it. Scrut. Berol., 4. p. 239. t. fi. f. 7. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. 



667. ; Miihlenb. Sims et Klin. Ann. of Bot., 2. (>6. t. 5. f. 7. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 61.0. ; 



Smith in Kccs's Cyclo., No. 32.; Michx. North Amer. Sylva, 3. p. 81. ; 'i' Forbes .in Sal. Wob., 



No. 32., who has quoted Willd. with doubt. 

 Synonymes. S. ForbOsji Sweet Hort. Brit., ed. IS.SO ; where it is stated to bo not the S. Iticida of 



others, and where the S. Idcida of Sprcng. Syst., which is the S. lucida Miihlenb., is registered 



besides. 

 The Sexes. The male is described and figured in 5a/. Wob., and noticed below, in the specific 



char.icter. 

 Engravings. Nov. Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Berol.. 4. t. 6. f. 7. ; Sims et Ko'n. Ann. of Bot, 2. t. 5. f. /. ; 



Michx. North Amer. Sylva, 3. t. 125. f. .3. ; ? Sal. Wob., 32. ; our fig. 1301. ; and fig. 32. in p. 1610. 



Spec. Char.,<.fc. Leaves ovate, acmninate, serrated, glabrous ; shining above, pale 

 beneath; the serratures resinous. Footstalks glandular Stipules large, 

 half-heart-shaped, serrated, and iurnishcd with glands. Catkins of the male 



