1570 ARBORETUM AND FKUTICETUM. PART III. 



ovate-fanceolate, slightly downy. Style tliirk, glal)rou.s, twice the length oi 

 the parted stigmas. (Snf. Woh., \). ■}\'A.) A native of Switzerland. In- 

 troduced in ? 182+, and flowering, in the willow garden at Wohurn Abbey, 

 in March and April. A spreading bushy shrub, producing long, dark, 

 mahogany-coloured branches, which are glabrous and shining after the first 

 year; the younger ones reddish brown and pubescent. Leaves from 1 in. 

 to liin. long, bluntly and deejjly serrated, sometimes a little wavy anil un- 

 equal at the base; green and shiniuLi above, glaucous and hairy beneath, but 

 ultimately becoming nearly glabrous on both sides : the young leaves are 

 very hairy when first expanded. Footstalks 7^ in. long, brown and downy. 

 Catkins appcarijig before the expansion of the leaves. This species, Mr. 

 Forbes observes, is a very remarkable one. Its very dark mahogany- 

 coloured branches, which are of a deeper hue than even those of S. bicolor 

 and S. nigricans, readily distinguish it from any other species. There are 

 plants at Henfield. 



^ 113. 5. iiei-ve'tica Forbes. The Swiss Willow, or Salloio. 



hlcntification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 159. 

 The Sexes. The female is described in Sal. Wob. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves ovate, acute, serrated ; green, shining, and silk\ 

 above; glaucous and hairy underneath. Stipules large, half-heart-shapeil, 

 serrated. Catkins often recurved, about 1 in in length. Ovary ovate, 

 silky, stalked. Style divided. Stigmas notched. {S(ti. Wob., p. 287.) A 

 native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1H-24-, and flowering in April, and again 

 in August, in the willow garden at Woburn Abbey. This is a bushy 

 tree, somewhat resembling S. Anderson/V/«« in form of leaves and mode 

 of growth. In the Woburn salictum, it grows to about l-i ft. high, with 

 greenish brown, round, villous branches, which are copiously marked with 

 yellow dots. Leaves from l.iin- to nearly 2 in. long, and about liin. 

 in breadth ; ovate, acute, sometimes hollowed out at the base, finely ser- 

 rated ; green and shining above ; glaucous, and besprinkled with minute 

 hairs underneath. Footstalks above h in. long, villous, like the midrib. A 

 very distinct species. 



^114. S. fi'rma Forbes. T\\e ^rm-leaved Salhiu,or WjiXoyi. 



Itlcntificntion. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. lOfi. 



The Sexes. 'I'he female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. 



EngraviniiS. Sal. Wob., No. IWi. ; and ouT/ii;. lOO. in p. 1622. 



Spec. Char., Src Leaves elliptic, obtuse, serrated, unequal at the base ; green, 

 shining, and villous above ; glaucous and minutely hairy beneath. Stipules 

 large, rounded, glabrous. C'atkins above 1 in. long, nearly sessile. Ovary 

 ovate-lanceolate, nearly glabrous. Style longer than the parted stigmas. 

 (i>//. IVob., p.2\\.) A straggling bushy shrub, flowering, in the willow 

 garden at Woburn Abbey, in March or April, and again in August ; with 

 dark brown glabrous branches, much resembling iV. dura in colour and mode 

 of growth; but the leaves are very diflerent in shape, being elliptical, broader 

 above the middle, and furnished with shallow serratures : in their surfaces 

 they have no material diHerence. Leaves about 2 in. long ; often obtuse and 

 unequal at the base; green, shining, and somewhat villous above; glaucous 

 and besprinkled with minute hairs beneath ; both surfaces becoming nearly 

 glabrous. Footstalks about 1 in. long, pubescent, rcdilish. Twigs and 

 branches very brittle. There are plants in the Ooldworth and Hackney 

 arboretums. 



at 115. (S. CAHPiNiFo^i.iA Srfil. The Hornbeam-leaved Sal/ow, or 

 Willow. 



Iilcii/ijication. ?Schleiclier, ,ts quoted in Ilort Brit., No. 2-1078. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 155. 

 Si/nonymc. S. ;ihylici(ulia var. Koc/i Cumin., p. 42. 

 7%<- .Sexes. The female is describi-d in Sal. Wob. 



Sj)ec. Char., d^c. Leaves ovate, acute, unequal, and a little heart-shaped at the 



