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AIIBORKI UM AND F UU'llCETUM. 



PAKT Hi. 



Kng. Kl.,4. p. 22.1 ; Forbes in Sal. VVob., No. 122. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3., p. 42!). ; Mackay Fl. 



Hilierii., pt. 1. p. 252. 

 Si/nonyme.i. .S'. cAprea A'ocA, part of, ATocA Comm., p. 37. ; common Black Sallow, Saugh in York. 



shire. Grey VVithy. 

 Derivation. The name eapr^a seems to have originated in the reputed fondness of goats for the 



catkins, as excuiplitied in the wooden cut of the venerable Tragus, theirnaraesakc. {Smith'tn 



KriK- PI.) 

 The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Sal. H'ob., and both in Hai/iie Ahhild. 

 Engravings. Hoffm. Sal., t. .J. f. l.,2. t. 21. f. a. h. c. {.S/nilfi); Hayne Abbild., t. 192. ; Eng. Bot., 



t. 14S8. ; Sal. Wob., No. 122. ; ourjig. 13S;5., from the Sal. Wuh. ; &nA fig. 1:334., representing the 



male, and fig. 13^5 the female, both from Host's Sal. Aitsl., t. 66, (J7. ; and Jig. 122 in p 16"6 



334- 



Spec. Ckar.,^c. Stem erect. Leaves 

 roundish-ovate, pointed, ser- 

 rated, waved; pale and downy 

 beneath. Stipules somewhat 

 crescent-shaped. Catkins oval. 

 Ovary stalked, ovate, silky. Stig- 

 mas nearly sessile, and undividetl 

 Capsules swelling;. (Smil/t E. 

 F.) A native of Britain, in woods and dry pastures, common; flowering 

 in April and May. The following traits are derived from Smith's fuller 

 description in his 

 English Flora:— "A 

 moderate-sized tree, 

 with spreading, round, 

 brown or purplish 

 branches, minutely 

 downy when young. 

 Leaves larger and 

 broader tiian in anj' 

 other of the genus ; of 

 a deep green above, 

 with a downy rib ; 

 white underneath, or 

 rather glaucous, veiny, 

 densely clothed with 

 soft, white, cottony 

 down ; generally broad- 

 ly ovate, approacliing 

 to cu'bicular, with a 

 sharp point ; some- 

 times more elliptical, 

 either rounded or 

 slightly heart-shaped 

 at tliu base ; varying 

 in length from 2 in. to 



