SALLX 



lanceolate, acute at both ends, serrulate, silky pubescent 

 while young, glabrescent at maturity, dark green above, 

 glaucescent beneath, 1^-3 in. long: catkins before the 

 Ivs., nearly sessile, cylindric; staminate 1-1 J^ in. long; 

 ovary short-stalked, glabrous, with short style. Cent. 

 Eu., with the parents. 



gracilistyla, Miq. (S. Thunbergidna, Blume). Shrub: 

 young branchlets tomentose, older reddish brown: stip- 

 ules cordate: Ivs. oblong-obovate to oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute at both ends, serrulate, pubescent when young, 

 later glabrous above, thinly pubescent and glaucescent 

 below with prominent veins, 24 in. long: catkins 

 cylindric, before the Ivs., sessile; staminate 1-1 % in. 

 long, stamens 2, with connate filaments; pistillate 

 longer; ovary pubescent with long and slender style. 

 Japan. 



To Salix. Xo. 30, add the following varieties: 

 Var. Lambertiana, W. D. Koch. Lvs. broader, gen- 

 erally obovate-lanceolate, more abruptly acuminate, 

 usually more rounded at the base, up to 4 in. long and 

 3 4 m. broad. Var. sericea, W. D. Koch. Lvs. silky when 

 young, becoming glabrous. Here belongs the "Kecks 

 \\illow" (var. Kecksii, Hort.). Var. amplexicafclis, 

 Boiss. Lvs. sessile or subsessile, cordate or rounded at 

 the base, acuminate, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 

 glabrous. 



After Salix No. 30 insert two: 



rfibra, Huds. (S. purpurea x S. viminalis. S. Forby- 

 ana, Smith). Small shrub: young branchlets short- 

 pubescent, older glabrous: Ivs. linear to lanceolate- 

 oblpng, acute or acuminate, denticulate, pubescent 

 while young, later glabrescent: catkins subsessile, sta- 



SOLAXUM 



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mens 2, with more or less connate filaments and red 

 anthers; ovary short-stalked, pubescent, with distinct 

 style. Eu., W. to N. E. Asia, with the parents. 



Sieboldiana, Blume. Upright shrub: young branch- 

 lets tomentose, older glabrous: Ivs. ovate to oblong 

 acute, rounded at the base, obtusely serrate, dark green 

 and glabrous above, glaucescent and glabrous below 

 pubescent only when young, 2-3 in. long: catkins cylin- 

 dnc, short-stalked, with small Ivs. at the base; stamens 

 2, distinct or connate, or only 1 ; ovary stalked pubes- 

 cent, style half as long as ovary or shorter, with short 

 oval stigmas. Japan. 



SOLANUM. Page 3185. 



giganteum, Jacq. (next to No. 34). An erect shrub- 

 like plant growing to a height of 10-25 ft.: sts. some- 

 what woody, thickly set with short, stout prickles and 

 white-woolly with stellate pubescence: Ivs. oblong or 

 oblong-elliptical, narrowed at both ends, about 8 in. 

 long by 3 in. broad, smooth above, and white-tomentose 

 beneath: fls. cymose, pale violet or blue; calyx small, 

 hoary, unequally 5-cleft; corolla about %in. diam., 

 rather deeply lobed; ovary puberulous: fr. red at 

 maturity and about J^in. diam. India and Ceylon. 

 A tender species flowering under cult, when about 

 4 ft. in height. It is doubtful whether this species 

 is in the American trade, although probably it is as 

 ornamental as other species more or less grown. The 

 S, giganteum of lists may be merely a trade name 

 applied to one of the tail-growing species otherwise 

 described under Solanum. \\r p WIGHT 



