15i4 AHliOUETUM AND IK UTJCKTUM. I'AR'r' III. 



Syiwnymes. i". fla-aniiilolia Forbes in Sal. Hoi., No tiii., where tlie name is cjuotcd ui> one atlojited 

 by M. SchlcictuT ; 6". glaCicu var, with leaves lanceolate, more narrow and more acute, and with 

 Hower-s in the catkin a little more laxly disposed. {Kuch De Sal. Eurup. Conini.) 



Thf Sfxes. The female is described and figured in Sal. U'ub. ; but the male is neither mentioned 

 there, nor by Koch. 



Eitffravings. Sal. Wob., N'o. fiy. ; unAJig. till, in p. IGlfi, 



Spec. Char., i^r. Leaves entire, ovate-elli()tic, nearly <:labroiis above, woolly and 

 white beneath. Catkins cylinilricai. Ovary nearly .sessile, ovate, downy. 

 Style elongated. Stignias bifid. (Forbes in S. 11.) A native of Knrope. In- 

 troduced ill 1H-J4-; flowerini; in May, and, in tiie willow garden at Woburn 

 Abbey, in April, and again in Angust. This is an npright-growiiig shrub, at- 

 taining the height of G ft. ; the leaves and branches much resembling those 

 of i'. glauca, but distinct; the leaves being of a thinner texture, with a 

 different direction of their finer veins. The leaves are of an ovate-elliptic 

 shape, nearly glabrous on their upper surface, white and woolly underneath. 

 Catkins of the female "i in. long, and cylindrical. 



j» Gl. S. Gi.Av'cAL. The glaucous JfoM«tow Willow. 



Identification. I.in. .Sp. PI., l-Hti. ; Fl. Lapp., ed. 2., 29'). t. 8. f. p, t 7. f. 5. ; but it is not S. serlcea 

 of Villars [Smith) ; Wahlenb. Fl. Lapp., aj4. t. 16. f. o. ; Willd. Sp. PI , +. p. (iS?. ; Smith in Rees's 

 Cyclo., No. 84. ; Koch Comm., p. 55. ; Smith Eng. Bot., t. 1810. ; Eng. Flora, 4. p. 2(lL : Forbes in 

 Sal. Wob., No. 68. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2., p. 419. 



Synonynic. A', appendiculita Fl. Dan., t. 1056., I\'i!ld. Sp. PI., i. yi. 690., Smith in Rees's Cyclo., 

 No. 93. 



The Sexes. Both sexes are described in Eng. Fl. : the female is figured in Ens. Bot., and in Sal. 

 Wob. 



Engravings. Lin. Fl. Lapp., ed. 2., t. 8. f. p, t. 7. f. 5. ; Wahl. Fl. Lapp., t. 16. f. 3. ; Eng. Bot, 

 t 1810. ; Sal. Wob., No. 68. ; Hall. Hist., 2. t. 14. f. 2. ; om fig. 1324. ; amXfig. 68. in p. 1616. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves nearly entire, elliptic-lanceolate; even, and nearly 

 glabrous above ; woolly and snowy-white beneath. Footstalks decurrent. 

 Ovary sessile, ovate, woolly. {Smith E. F.) A native of the High- 

 lands of Scotland; flowering there in July, but, in the 

 willow garden at Woburn Abbey, in May. Described 

 by Smith as having a stem 2 ft. to 3 ft. high, stout, 

 bushy, with numerous short, round, spreading, brown 

 or yellowish branches, downy in their early state. 

 Leaves nearly 2 in. long, and ^ in. or ^ in. wide; 

 elliptic-lanceolate, acute, somewhat rounded at the 

 base ; nearly, if not in every i)art, quite entire ; the 

 upper side of a beautiful glaucous green, the under 

 one densely downy or cottony, of no less elegant and 

 pure a white, with slightly prominent veins, and a 

 reddish midrib. In the willow garden at W\>burn Abbey the plant is 18 in. 

 high ; there are plants also at Henfield. 



.* 62. S. SERi'cEA VU/ars. The silky Willow. 



Identification. Villars l)elph.,;3. p. 782. t. 51. f. 27. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. t«8. 



Synoni/wc. S. glauca, a synonyme of Koc/i L'tmm., p. .~>t>. " S. serfcca of Villars. according to hi* 



own specimens, is the true Lappbnum ; and I have Swiss ones, properly so named, from M. Schleicher 



It is Haller's No. ltH.J." (Smith in Engl. Fl., 4. p. 202.) 

 The Sexes. Willdenow has described the female, and noted that he had seen it in a dried state. 

 Engravings. Vill. Uelph., j. t. 51. f. 27. ; and fig. 74. in p. 1617. 



Spec. Char., <S'<'- Stem prostrate. Leaf oblong-lanceolate, entire, obtuse, 

 silky and hoary on both surfaces. Catkins silky, stout. Capsules ovate- 

 oblong, stout, very villous, sessile. Very different from S. glaiicaL. (Jn/id., 

 Vil/ars in Jl'i/hL Sp. PI.) Branches brown, glossy. Leaves 2 in. long, 

 covered with long a|)pressed hairs. Stipules are not apparent. Catkins 

 i in. long, cylindrical. Bracteas lanceolate, hairy, caducous. Style short, 

 bifid. Stigmas dilated, bifid. Wild in the Alps of SwitzerUmd and France. 

 {Id.) Introduced in 1820. Mr. Forbes has a kind under the name .V. sericea, 

 but has tpioted Willdenow in identification, with a mark of doubt. The 

 following matter is taken from Mr. Forbes's account. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, very entire, both sides silky, glaucous beneath. Ovary ovate, 

 villous, nearly sessile. Style deeply divided. Stigmas parted. {Sal. Wob., 

 p. 14-7.) A native of Switzerlantl. Introduced in 1820, and flowering, 



