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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



of China, and other parts of Asia ; and of Egypt, and other parts of the 

 North of Africa. Height 39 ft. to 50 ft. Introduced in 1730, or, perhaps, 

 1692. Flowers greenish yellow ; May. 



Varieties. There is one very decided variety, commonly treated as a species 

 under the name of S. annularis ; and Mr. Castles of the Twickenham Bo- 

 tanic Garden is of opinion that, exclusive of this variety, there are two 

 forms of the species in the country, one of which he thinks may possibly 

 be the male plant. This form, as it appears to be the same as the plant 

 sent from St. Helena, we shall, till something further has been decided 

 respecting it, call S. b. Napoleona. The varieties will, therefore, stand as 

 under : 



S S. b. 1 vulgdrisfam. Hort. Young shoots pale green, slender, with 

 an angular twist above the axil of each leaf, and large stipules. It 

 is the most common weeping willow in the neighbourhood of Lon- 

 don, and flowers in June. 



S. b. 2 Napoleona Hort. Shoots round, generally reddish, and the 

 leaves without stipules. Sex female. Probably nothing more than 

 the common variety. Introduced from St. Helena in ? 1823. 

 * S. b. 3 crispa Hort. S. annularis Forbes in Sal. Wob. No. 21., 



1442. S. b. crispa, 



with a fig. of the female ; the Ring-leaved Willow. Our Jig. 21. in 

 p. 794. ; and the plate of this tree in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vii. ; 

 and our Jig. 1442. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, serrated, curled 

 or twisted, glabrous, and glaucous beneath. 

 A well-known ornamental tree in universal cultivation. 



* 20. S. DECI'PIENS Hoffm. The deceptive, White Welsh, or varnished, Willow. 



Identification. Hoff. Sal., 2. p. 2. t. 31. ; Eng. Fl., 4. p. 184. ; Hook. Br. FL, ed. 3. 

 Synonymes. S. amerlna Walker Essays on Nat. Hist. ; S. fragilis, part of, Koch Comm. p. 15. 

 1 he i>exes. Both sexes are described in Eng. Fl. ; the male is figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. 

 Hoffm. Sal., 2. t. 31. ; Eng. Bot., t. 1937. ; our fig. 1443. ; andjig. 29. p 797 



Engravings. 

 Spec. Char., $c. 



Leaves lanceolate, pointed, serrated, very smooth ; floral 



