CHAP. cm. ^-ALICA^CE^. .SA^LIX. 1601 



afc 215. 5'. siLEsi^ACA Wilhl. The Silesian Willow. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PI , 4. p. 660. ; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 17. ; Koch de Sal. Europ. Comni., 

 p. 40. f > 



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



Engiuving. Hayne Abbild., t. 164. 



Spec. Char., Sjc. Leaves obovate, with an acuminate point ; the lowest ones blunt; waved and ser- 

 rated in the margin ; under surface of the same colour as the upper one, and glabrous in adult 

 leaves. Stipules kidney-shaped, or half-heart-shapcd. Catkins sessile. Capsule ovate-lanceolate, 

 glabrous or silky, stalked. Stalks three to four times as long as the gland. Style of middling 

 length. Stigmas ovate, bifid. (Kcch.) Wild in woods, in mountainous, and subalpine places, at 

 the termination of the growth of the .spruce fir, in Carpathia, in Sweden, and on the Alps of 

 Croatia, (Koch.) Introduced in 1816, and flowering in May. 



St 216. iS'. Starke^\v.4 Willd. Stavke's Sa//oWy or the Marsh Silesian WiWow. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., No. 46. ; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 54. ; Hayne Abbild., p. 232. ; 

 Host's Salix, p. 27. 



TTie Sexes. Tlie female is figured in Havne Abbild., and both in Host Sal. 



Engravings. Hayne Abbild., 1. 174. ; Host Sal., figs. 89. and 90. 



Spec. Char., SjC. Leaves elliptical, nearly orbicular, smooth, somewhat serrated in the middle, rather 

 glaucous beneath. Catkins appearing after the leaves. Capsules ovate-lanceolate, stalked, and 

 downy. Stipules small, ovate, and toothed. [Willd. and Smith.) Found in the bogs of Silesia, by 

 the Rev. Mr. Starke. A shrub, growing to the height of 4 ft. ; introduced in 1820, and flowering 

 in April and May. Koch regards it as identical with S. livida Wahl. 



^ 217. .S*. tetra'ndra Host. The four-stamened Willow. 



Identification. Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836. 



Description, Sfc. From the specimen in the Hackney arboretum, this kind appears closely allied 

 to S. fragilis. 



J* 218. S. rHYMEL^oi^DEs Host. The Wild-OIive-like Willow. 



Identification. Lodd. Cat., ed. 1826. 



Description, %c. There are living specimens of this kind of willow in the Hackney and Goldworth 

 arboretums. Those in the former are dwarf plants, appearing to belong to the group Cinfereje. 



Sfe 219. S. TreviraV^ Lk. Treviranus's Willow. 



Identification. Link Enum. ; Sweet's Hort. Brit., No. 19. ; ? Spreng. Syst., incidentally in Koch's 

 Comm. 



Description, S(C. Koch mentions the S. Trevirinj of Spreng. in the list at the end of his work, as 

 one of the kinds which he had not observed with sutficient accuracy to describe ; and states that it 

 was in the Erlangen Botanic Garden in 1828, but that it had not then flowered. {Comtn., p. 64.) 



^ 220. S. veluti'na JVilld. The velvet Willow. 

 Identification. Willd. Enum. ; Sweet's Hort. Brit., No. 216. 



J* 221. S. versifoYta Spreng. The twining-leaved Willow. 

 Identification. Spreng. Syst. ; Sweet's Hort. Brit., No. 117.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 



Description, SfC. From the specimen at Messrs. Loddiges, this is a dwarf sallow belonging to the 

 group CinfirejB. 



J* 222. S. faccinioi^des Host. The Vaccinium-like Willow. 

 Identification. Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 



Description, Sfc. The plant bearing this name in the Hackney arboretum, appears allied to .S. 

 fr&gilis. 



at 223. S. Waldstein/.^'a^// Willd. Waldstein's Willow. 



Identification. Willd., No. 50. ; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 61. 



Synonyme. S. alpestris Host Sal. Auslr., 1. p. 30. 



The Sexes. Both are figured in Host Sal. 



Engravings. Host Sal. t. 99. and t. lOO. 



Spec. Char., SfC. Leaves obovate elliptic, smooth, rather acute, remotely serrated in the middle only ; 



shining above, somewhat glaucous beneath. Germen lanceolate, silky, and perfectly sessile. 



Antliers yellow. Young brandies smooth. (Willd. and Smith.) Found on the Croatian Alps. 



Very nearly akin to S. Dickson«"i?ifl, but differing in the smoothness of its branches. A shrub, 



about 4 ft. high. Introduced in 1822, and flowering from April to June. 



sfc 224. S. WvLV^^lA^NA Willd. Wiilfen's Willow. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 660. ; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 16. ; Host Sal. Austr., 1. p. 29. 

 Synonymes. S. hast^ta var. Koch Co;«?«., p. 43. ; ? S.phylicjefblia Wu(f in Jacq. Coll., 2. p. 139. ; 



Hosi: Syn., 526. 

 The Sexes. Both are figured in Host Sal. 

 Engravings. Sal. Austr., t. 95., and t. 96. 

 Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves obovate, bluntish, serrated, smooth, glaucous beneath. Catkins dense with 



fringed scales. Germen stalked, awl-shaped, nearly smooth. Style longer than the stigmas. 



Smith in Rees's Cyclo.) This is not the S. Wulfen/dna of Smith in Eng. Fl., described p. 1582. 



Mr. Borrersaysof this species, "The true 5. Wulfen/ano of Willdenow we have no reason to 



believe a British species. We have seen of it several foreign specimens of both sexes ; in all of 



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