CHAP. cm. A'ALICA CE^. .va'lix. 1579 



of S. /aurina. The catkins appear with the leaves in May, and the plant 

 produces them a secontl time in August. The general length of the yoiuig 

 twigs is from 6 in. to 8 in. ; but this species is not likely to be applicable to 

 basket-making. There are plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick. 



-* 1.3.3. S. RADi^CANS Smith. The rooting-dranc/ied Willow. 



Identification. Smith Fl. Brit., p. 1053. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 676. (,Smith); Hook. Br. Fl.,cd. 2., 

 p. 428. ; Borrer in Eiig. Bot. Suppl., t. 2701., in the text. 



Si/7ioni/»ics. S. /ihylicifT.lia Lin. Fl. Lapp., No. 351., t. 8. f. d., S7mth Fl. Brit., \>. 104H., Eiig. Bot., 

 t. 1!J.>8., Eiip;. Fl., 4. p. 17'3. " The original Lapland specimen of S ;:)hylicilt)lia in the Linna;an 

 herbarium is indubit.ibly, as was long since stated by Smith, the .S'. ;:)hylicifblia of Fng. Bot., t. 1<>58." 

 (Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2709.) "As Linnaeus no doubt included several other willows," besides 

 the Lapland .S'. /jhylicifMia, noticed above, " under his i'. /)hylicif6lia, it would be better to call " the 

 kind of Eng. Bot. " by Smith's tir,«t name, rad~icans." {Borrcr, quoted in Huo/,-. Br. Fl., ed. 2.) S. 

 phylicifblia Forbes in Sal. H'oh., No. 4(>. ; .S'. arbiiscula Wa/ilcnb, var. Koch Coimn., p. 44. 



The Sexes. The female is described in E7ig. FL, where Smith has noticed that he liad not observed 

 the catkins of the male. The female is ligared in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. 



Engravings. Eng. Bot., 1. 1958. ; Sal. Wob., No. 46. ; and our Jig. 46. in p. 1614. 



Spec. Char., S^-c. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, with wavy serratures, very glabrous ; 

 glaucous beneath. Stipules glandular on the inside. Ovary lanceolate, 

 stalked, silky. Style twice the length of the stigmas. Branches trailing. 

 (^Smith Eng. Fl.) The following traits are also derived from Smith. A 

 low, spreading, glabrous bush, whose long, recumbent, brown or purplish 

 branches take root as they extend in every direction. Leaves on shortish 

 stalks, not much spreading, about 2 in. long, not 1 in. broad ; very acute 

 at the point, not at all rounded at the base ; glabrous at all times, except an 

 obscure downiness on the midrib above ; harsh to the touch, bitter, variously 

 rrenated or serrated ; the serratures peculiarly, and sometimes very re- 

 markably, undulated ; the upper side of a dark shining green, and the 

 under glaucous. "A perfectly distinct plant, in its low mode of growth, 

 from S. Borreviana and S. Davall/««a, and from all the other British species 

 with which I am acquainted." (Forbes.) Mr. Borrer has described inci- 

 dentally, at the end of his account of S. Davall/««rt in the Eng. Bot. 

 Suppl. t. 2701,, characters of ^. radicans in contrast with characters 

 of S. Davalh'«nfl!. One of these is, that S. radicans flowers a full fortnight 

 later than S. DavoWidna. 



^ 134. S. BoRRER/^\v.^ Smith. Borrer's, or the dark ujmght. Willow. 



Idenfijicalion. Smith Eng. Fl., 4. p. 174. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 45. ; Borr. in Eng. Bot. Suppl., 



t.2619. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3. 

 The Sexes. The male is described in Eng. Fl. and Eng. Bot. Suppl., and figured in Sal. Hob. and 



Eng. Bot. Suppl. Mr. W. Wilson and Sir W. J. Hooker have found the female at Killin, in 



Breadalbane. (Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2.) 

 Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 45. ; Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2619. ; om Jig. 1339. ; and^Vr. 45. in p. 1614. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Branches erect. Leaves lanceolate, serrated with shallow 

 nearly even serratures, very glabrous ; glaucous beneath. Stipules lanceo- 

 late, small. Bracteas (scales) acute, shaggy. (Smith E. F., Borr. E. B. S.) 

 It is nearly allied to S. ^jhylicifolia Eng. Bot., / 



t. 1938. ; but seems distinct, differing much in its 

 motle of growth and habit, and its narrower and 

 truly lanceolate leaves. (Borr.) Native to Scotland, \^^^, 

 in Highland mountain valleys : Breadalbane, Killin 

 in Breadalbane, and Glen Nevis, are the localities 

 mentioned. It was first discovered by Mr. Borrer, 

 who has given a detailed description of it in E/ig. 

 Bot. Suppl., from which the following traits are 

 derived: — A much-branched shrub, decumbent at 



<»the base only, about 10 ft. high. Large branches 

 ash-coloured. Twigs spreading or ascending, short, 

 soon becoming of a deep mahogany hue, and glabrous. ' 339 



Buds large. Disk of the leaf lanceolate, tapering to each end, about 2 in. 

 long, and ^ in. or more wide ; keeled, twisted ; dark green and shining on 

 the upper surface, glaucous on the under one ; glabrous on both, except 

 a few scattered silky haii's on each ; in the leuves of young shoots, closely 



