CHAP. cm. .s-alicaVe^. ^-a'lix. 1599 



Spec. Char., SfC. Leaves obovate or elliptical, shortly acuminate, entire except the upper ones, 

 which are serrate with remote blunt teeth ; glaucescent or livid rather than glaucous on the under 

 surface; when adult, glabrous. Stinules kidney-shaped. Fructiferous catkins peduncled; the 

 peduncle a short twig bearing one or two leaves. Capsules stalked, tomentose, ovate at the base 

 lanceolate and long in the remaining part ; stalk five times as long as the gland. Style very short.* 

 Stigmas ovate, bifid. {Koch Co?n»i., p. 39.) Koch compares it to S. aurita, but says that the male 

 catkins are more slender, and the female ones thicker, and with looser flowers. Introduced in 

 ]824, according to Sweet's Hort. Brit. 



J* 198. S. LONGiFO^LiA Muhlenb. The long-leaved Willow. 



Identification. Muhlenb. Nov. Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Berol., 4. p. 238. t. 6. f. 6. ; Willd. Sp. PI 4 

 p. fi70. ; Muhlenb. in Sims et Kon. Ann., 266. t. 5. f. 6. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 613. ; 

 Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 41. 



The Sexes. The male is described. 



Engravings. Nov. Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Berol., 4. t. 6. f. 6. ; Ann. of Hot., t. 5. f. 6. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves linear, pointed at each end, very distinctly toothed, glabrous, green on both 

 surfaces. Stipules lanceolate, toothed. Catkins protruded after the leaves. Bracteas rounded, 

 somewhat hairy, mostly so on the inside. Stamens 2. Filaments bearded at the base. (Pursh, as 

 quoted by Smith in Rees's Cyclo.") Gathered on the banks of the Susquehanna; flowering' in 

 July. Not above 2 ft. high. Leaves Sin. to 6 in. long, not i in. wide. The flowering branches 

 sometimes bear broader and shorter foliage. {Id.) According to Pursh, the branches are brown, 

 and the branchlets white. 



36 199. 5". ii/ESPiLiFO^LiA Schl. The Mespilus-leaved Willow. 



Identification. Schl. Cat. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 



Description, S;c. A shrub, a native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1824 ; flowering in April and 

 May. There are plants at Messrs. Loddiges's, from which it appears to belong to the group Cinireie. 



^ 200. S. muri\na Schl. The Mouse Willow. 



Identification. Schl. Cat. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 



Description, Sfc. A shrub, a native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1824, and flowering in March 

 and April. From the plants at Messrs. Loddiges's, it appears to belong to the group Cinereee. 



31^ 201. .S". Myricoi'des Muhlenb. The Myrica-like Willow. 



Identification. Muhlenb. Nov. Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Berol., 4. p. 285. t. 6. f. 2. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. 

 p. 666. ; Miihlenb. in Sims et Konig Ann. of Bot., 263. t 5. f. 2.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2 

 p. 613. ; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 29. 



The Sexes. The female is noticed in the Specific Character. 



Engravings, Nov. Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Berol., 4. t. 6. f. 2. ; Ann. of Bot., 2. t. 5. f. 2. 



Spec. Char., S;c. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, about 4 in. long, and 1 in. broad, bluntly serrated, 

 glabrous, glaucous beneath, glanded at the base. Stipules ovate, serrated with glanded teeth. 

 Catkins woolly, about IJ in. long. Ovary lanceolate, glabrous ; its stalk and the bractea remarkably 

 woolly, and the former longer than the gland. Style the length of the divided stigmas. {Smith.) 

 Wild in North America, in wet meadows and woods, from New England to Virginia ; flowering 

 in April. A shrub, from 6 ft. to 9 ft. high. {Pursh a.nA Smith.) According to Pursh, the adult 

 branches are green, and the younger ones purple, and glabrous. Introduced in 1811. 



^ 202. S. NERVO^SA Schl. The nerwe^-leavcd Willow. 



Identification. Schl. Cat. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 



Description, Sfc. A shrub, a native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1824. From the plants in the 

 Hackney arboretum, it appears allied to S. ciprea. 



^ 203. S. OBTU^SA Linlc. The hhmt-leaved Willow. 



Identification. ? Link. 



Description, S;c. A low shrub, rarely exceeding 4 ft. high ; a native of Switzerland. Introduced 

 in 1820, and flov/ering in May. 



^ 204. iS*. OBTUSiFO^LiA Willd. The obtuse-leaved Laj^land Willow. 



Identification. Willd., No. 106. ; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 131. 



Synonyynes. S. fbliis oblungis, &c., Lin. Fl. Lapp., ed. 2., p. 301. ; 5. cSprea Sp. PL, 1448.; .9. 

 O'lea sylvestris, &c., Rudd. Lapp., "^9. 



Spec. Chur., SfC. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, wedge-shaped at the base. Frequent in the woods and 

 mountains of Lapland. {Linnxus.) A slender shrub, not unfrequently arborescent. Young 

 branches slender, clothed with long silky down. Leaves rather' more than 2 in. long, f in. wide ; 

 green, shining, slightly downy above, with many curved parallel veins ; glaucous, and not more downy, 

 beneath. Footstalks downy. It is very remarkable, that, contrary to the nature of most willows, 

 the lower blunter leaves of each branch are furnished with minute distant teeth, or shallow str- 

 ratures; while the upper and pointed ones are quite entire. Except the teeth of theleaves, it comes 

 nearer to S. Lappbnum than any other kind of willow. {Smith in Rees's Cyclo.) 



as 203. 5. obtu^si-serraVa Schl. The obtusely-serrated-/<'ai>ec? Willow. 



Identification. Schl. Cat. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 



Description, ^c. A shrub, a native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1824. The plants in the Hack, 

 ney arboretum appear allied to S. caprea. 



ss 206. S. palle'scens Schl. The pale Willow. 



Identification Schl. Cat. ; Lodd. Cat., ed, 1836. 



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