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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



leaves especially exhale a strong scent, not unlike the flavour of bitter 

 almonds, but less agreeable. 



si 44. S. PENNSYLVA'NICA Forbes (Sal. Wob., No. 95. ; and our fig. 95. in 

 p. 808.) is described in our first edition. 



Jc 45. S. MUHLENBERG/^\V^ Willd. (Sal. Wob., No. 145. ; and our fig. 145. 

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



^46. S. TRI'STIS Ait. (Sal. Wob., No. 150., a leaf; and our fig. 150. in 

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



* 47. S. CORDA'TA Muhlenb. (Sal. Wob., No. 142., a leaf; and our fig. 142. 

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



Group x. Rosmarinifolitf Borrer. 

 Low Shrubs, with narrow Leaves. Prin. sp. 48. 



Stamens 2 to a flower. Ovary silky, stalked. Catkins short. Flowers loosely 

 disposed in the catkin. Leaves linear-lanceolate, entire, or toothed with 

 extremely minute glanded teeth. Plants small upright shrubs. (Hook.) 



& 48. S. #OSMARINIFO V LIA L. The Rosemary-leaved Willow. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 1448 

 p. 423. 



Eng. Fl., 4. p. 214. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3., 



1452. S. rosmarinifolia 



ynyme. S. /osmarinifblia, part of, Koch Comm. p. 49. 



The Sexes. Both are described in Wittd. Sp. PL, and figured in Hayne Abbild. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1365. ; Sal. Wob., No. 87. ; our fig. 1452. ; and fig. 

 87. in p. 806. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves linear-lanceolate, silky, quite entire, 

 or with a few very minute glanded teeth, especially the 

 young leaves. Catkins shortly oblong, curved, lax. Ovaries 

 stalked, silky, lanceolate-acuminate. Style about as long 

 as the linear divided stigmas. Bracteas short, villous. 

 (Hook.) A slender upright shrub. Sweden, Germany, 

 and the northern parts of Britain. Height 2ft. to 5ft. 

 Flowers yellow ; April. 



J* <* 49. S. ANGUSTIFO'LIA Borrer, Hooker, ? Wulf. The narrow-leaved Willow. 



Identification. Borrer and Hook, in Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2., p. 417. ; ? Wulf. in Jacq. Coll., 3. 48. 

 Synonymes. S. arbuscula Smith Fl. Brit. p. 1050. ; S. rosmarinifblia <* Koch Comm. p, 49. 

 The Sexes. The female is described in Eng. Flora, and figured in Eng. Bot. and 



Sal. Wob. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1366. ; Sal. Wob., t. 86. ; ourjfe. 1453. ; and fig. 86. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves linear-lanceolate, nearly glabrous, 

 with minute glandular teeth ; the young leaves silky ; glau- 

 cous beneath. Catkins ovate, erect. Ovaries ovate-acumi- 

 nate, densely silky, stalked. Style about as long as the 

 broad, erect, entire stigmas. Bracteas very villous, nearly 

 as long as the young ovaries. (Hook.) A low shrub. Scot- 

 land, on the Clova Mountains, and also near Dumfries. 

 Height 1 ft. Flowers yellow ; April. 



* 50. S. DECU'MBENS Forbes (Sal. Wob., No 88.; and fig. 88. in p. 806.) 

 is described in our first edition. 



& 51. S. FUSCA'TA Pursh (Fl. Amer. Sept., 8. p. 612.) is described in 

 our first edition. 



1455. S. angustifolia. 



