LXVIJI. SALICA^CEM: SA V LIX, 749 



previously to 1810. Flowers yellow ; March and April, before the ex- 

 pansion of the leaves. 



Branches dark violet-coloured, slender, upright, and covered all over with a 

 v\ hitish powder, like the bloom of a plum. A very beautiful species. 



8. S, DAPHNOI DBS Filters. The Daphne-like Willow. 



Identification. Vill. Dauph., 3. p. 765. ; Koch Comm., p. 23. 



Synonymes. S. pra; v cox Hoppe in Sturm D. Fl. 1. 25. ; S. bigemmis Hoffin. Germ, 2. p. 260. ; S. 

 cindrea Host Sal. Auslr. 1. p. 8. t. 26, 27. Mr. Borrer, in a letter, has remarked that Smith has 

 erroneously cited, in his Flora Brit., S. rfaphuoides Villars as a synonyme of S. cindrea Smith ; and 

 that this has led Koch to cite S. cin&rea Smith as a synonyme of S. daphnoldes Pillars. 



The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Sal. Wob., and in Host Sal. Austr. 



Engravings. Vill. Dauph., 3. t. 50. f. 7- 'i or 3. t. 5. f. 2. ; Host Sal. Aust., 1. t. 26, 27. ; our fig. 

 1434. in p. 750. j and,%. 26. in p. 796. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves broadly lanceolate, and pointed, with glandular ser- 

 ratures, smooth, glaucous beneath. Catkins appearing before the leaves. 

 Ovary sessile, ovate, smooth. Style elongated. (Vill.) A rapid-growing 

 tree, with dark greyish branches, slightly covered with a powder, or bloom, 

 similar to that of S. acutifolia ; the branches ascending obliquely. Swit- 

 zerland and the South of France. Height 25ft. to 30ft. Introduced in 

 1820. Flowers yellow, from large crimson buds in February. 

 A very ornamental species, as appears by the engraving in the following page. 



9. S. POMERA'NICA Willd. The Pomeranian Willow. 



Identification. Willd. Enum. Supp., 66. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 153. 



Synonyme. S. daphnoldes Villars, var. with narrower leaver, and more slender catkins. (Koch 



Comm. p. 23.) Mr. Borrer, in his manuscript list of grouped species, has indicated it as being 



probably a variety of S. cfaphnoldes. 

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



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves lanceolate, tapering at both extremities, serrated ; 

 smooth and shining above, glaucous underneath. Stipules ovate, serrated; 

 their margins generally revolute. Catkins about 1 in. long. Ovary ovate, 

 smooth. Style longer than the parted stigmas. (Willd.) A rapid-growing 

 tree. Pomerania, Height 20 ft. to 30ft. Introduced in 1822. Flowers 

 yellow ; February and March. 



The branches are long, smooth, round, shining, and copiously covered with 

 small yellow dots : the preceding year's shoots are covered with a violet- 

 coloured powder, similar to that on the shoots of S. acutifolia. 



Group iii. Triandrte Borrer. (Syn. ^mygdalinae Koch.) 

 Osier Willows, with three Stamens in a Flower. Prin. sp. 14>> 15. 



Stamens 3. Leaves lanceolate, approaching to ovate, serrated, glabrous 

 having large, rounded, toothed, more or less deciduous, stipules. Flowers 

 loosely disposed in the catkin. Pistil stalked. Ovary mostly glabrous. 

 Most of the kinds constitute excellent osiers, and become trees if left to 

 themselves. (Hook.) The kinds may be denominated, generally, the osiers 

 with 3 stamens in a flower. Most, or all, when in the state of larger shrubs 

 and trees, have their older bark exfoliated in broad patches, as in P latanus 

 occidentals L. and P. orientalis L. Most, or all, are ornamental as shrubs, 

 for their lanceolate, glossy, serrated leaves, and their flowers. 



* & 10. S. UNDULA^TA Koch, Hooker. The wavy-leaved Willow. 

 Identification. Koch Comm., p. 20 ; Hook. Fl. Br., ed. 3., p. 419. ; ? Hayne Abbild., p. 220. 

 Synonymes. Koch has cited as identical with, or included in, S. undula"ta. the following kinds : 



S. undulata Ehrh. ; S. lanceolata Smith. 



The Sexes. The female is figured in Eng. Sot., t. 1436. ; and is described in Eng. Fl. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot, t. 1436. ; omfig. 1435. ; sndfigs. 13. and 14. in p. 793. 



Spec. Char., 8?c. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate through much of their 

 length, serrulate at the tip, and minutely crenulate at the base ; at first 



