LXVIII. SALICA V CE. : SA^LIX. 765 



S. cordata Miihlenb., S. falcata Pursh, and S. tristis Ait., are additions to 

 the kinds which Mr. Borrer has placed in this group. With regard to S. 

 reflexa Forbes, S. virgata ? Forbes, and S. Lyonz'z ? Schl., included in it by 

 Mr. Borrer, he remarks, " I am unacquainted with these, and have, perhaps, 

 placed them in the wrong group." 



& 36. S. VIRE'SCENS Forbes. The greenish-leaved Willow, or verdant Osier. 



Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 7. 



Kynonyme. Mr. Forbes received the kind from Messrs. Loddiges, under the name S. hippo- 



phaefblia, but has substituted the specific name of virescens, as being one more descriptive of the 



plant. 



The S'xes. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. 

 Engravings. Sal. Wob , No. 7. ; our fig. 14flO. ; and fig. 7. in p. 792. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves linear-lanceolate, serrated, acute, 

 smooth, green on both sides. Ovary ovate-lanceolate, 

 scarcely downy. Style divided. Stigmas parted. Stipules 

 none. (Forbes,) An upright shrub. Switzerland. Height 

 8ft. Introduced in 1820. Flowers yellow ; April. 



& 37. S. REFLE'XA Forbes (Sal. Wob., No. 94. ; and our fig. 94. in p.807.) 

 is described in our first edition. 



S. VIRGA'TA Forbes (Sal. Wob., No. 12., without flowers ; andour/g. 

 12. in p. 793.) is described in our first edition. 



& 39. S. LYO'N// ? Schl. (Sal. Wob., No. 10., without flowers; and our fig. 

 10. in p. 792.) is described in our first edition. 



j 40. S. HOUSTOXIA^NA Pursh. Houston's Willow. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 634. ; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 43. 



Synonyme. S. tristis Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. 



The Sexes. The male is described in Pursh's specific character, and the female is described and 



figured in Sal. Wob. 

 Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 11. ; and fig. 11. in p. 792. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves linear-lanceolate, and very finely serrated, glabrous, 

 shining, and green on both sides. Stipules none. Catkins accompanying 

 the leaves, cylindrical, villous. Bracteas ovate, acute. Stamens 3 to 5, 

 bearded half-way up. Branches extremely brittle at the base. (Pursh.) 

 A low-growing shrub, with slender, roundish, smooth, yellowish branches. 

 Virginia and Carolina. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1820. Flowers 

 yellow ; May and June. 



& 41. S. FALCA'TA Pursh (Sal. Wob., No. 148,, a leaf; and our/g. 148. 

 in p. 818.) is described in our first edition. 



& 42. S. GRI'SEA Willd. (Ann. of Bot., 2. t. 5. f. 8.) is described in our first 



edition. 



t Sk 43- S. PETIOLA'RIS Smith. The /ong-petiolated Willow. 



Identification. Smith in Lin. Soc. Trans., 6. p. 122. 



Synonymes. S. grfsea Willd. var. ;3 subglabrata Koch Comm. p. 21. note *. Koch regards the S. 

 petiolSris Smith as a var. of S. grfsea ; and it probably is so. (Borrer in a letter.) 



The Sexes. The female is figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. Smith observes that he " knows 

 nothing of the male plant." (Eng. Fl.) Mr. Borrer had formerly both sexes growing at Henfield, 

 having received the male from Mr G. Anderson, but at present he has the female only. ( W. B.) 



Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1147. ; Sal. Wob., No. 23. ; ourfig. 1451. ; andfig. 23. in p. 795. 



Spec. Char., 8?c. Leaves lanceolate, serrated, glabrous; glaucous beneath, 

 somewhat unequal at the base. Stipules lunate, toothed. 

 Catkins lax. Bracteas hairy, shorter than the stalks of 

 the ovate silky ovaries. Stigmas divided, sessile. (Smith.) 

 A bushy tree, with slender, spreading, flexible, smooth, 

 purplish or dark brown branches. Scotland, in Angus- 

 shire and other places. Height 1 2 ft. to 15ft. Flowers 

 yellow ; April and May. 



Easily known from every other species, by its short obtuse 

 catkins, and long dark leaves. After gathering, the young 45 



