LXVIII. SALICA CEJE I SAXIX. 



769 



S. a. 4 undulata. S. a. 5 undulata Borrer in -Ewg. -Sof. t. 2733., 4 figures 

 of the female, and description ; S. spathulata Willd., var. undulata of 

 Professor Mertens. (Borrer.) Remarkable for its lanceolate or 

 almost linear leaves, and distinctly stalked stipules. 



? j* 55. S. FINMA'RCHICA 



is described in our first edition. 



js ? -i* 56. S> VERSI'COLOR Forbes. The various-coloured 

 Willow. 



Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 77. 

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

 Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 77. ; our fig. 1456. ; and our fig. 77. in 

 p. 806. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves elliptic, almost entire ; greyish 

 green and villous above, glaucous and pubescent 

 beneath. Stipules large, ovate. Ovary ovate, stalked, 

 silky. Style smooth. Stigmas divided. (Forbes.) 

 A low, depressed or trailing, deciduous shrub. Swit- 

 zerland. Height 2 ft. Introduced in 1824-. Flowers 

 yellow ; May. 



& 57. S. ^LATERNOI^DES Forbes (Sal. Wob., No. 76. ; and ourjtfg. 76. in 

 p. 806.) is described in our first edition. 



sfc ? 58. S. PKO-TEIEFO^LIA Schl. The Protea-leaved Willow. 



Identification. Schleicher, quoted in Hook. Br. Fl., ed 2., p. 419. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 75. 

 Synonymes. Erroneously referred to S. ambigua in Hook. Br. Fl. ed. 2. (Borrer MSS.) 

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

 Engravings. Sal. W T ob., No. 75. ; and our fig. 75. in p. 805. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves elliptical, entire; villous above, white and silky be- 

 neath. Stipules ovate, silky. Catkins thick, obtuse. Ovary stalked, ovate, 

 silky. Bractea obovate, silky. Stigmas undivided. (Sal. Wob.) A hand- 

 some upright-growing shrub, or low tree. Switzerland. Height 12 ft. to 

 20ft. Introduced in 1820. Flowers yellow ; April and May. 



Group xiii. Reticulate Borrer. 



Leaves reticulated and coriaceous. Prin. sp. 59. 



FTP? 



The characteristics of this group, as adopted in Hook. Br. JP/., are not de- 

 scribed ; because it consists of only one species, the S. reticulata L., and the 

 characteristics of this species may be deemed representative of those of the 

 group. 



-* 59. S. RETICULA'TA L. The netted, or wrinkled, leaved Willow. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1446. ; Eng. Fl., 4. p. 200. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2., p. 419. 



The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Eng Bot. and Sal. Wob., Host. Sal. Aust. and Hayne Abbild 



Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1908. ; our fig. 1457. ; and fig. 67. in p. 804. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves orbicular, somewhat elliptical, obtuse, 

 entire, coriaceous, with reticulated veins, nearly glabrous ; 

 glaucous beneath. Ovary sessile, downy. A procumbent, 

 shrub, larger than S. herbacea. The young foliage is oftt 

 floccose. England, and the high mountains in Wales and 

 Scotland. Height 6 in. Flowers purplish red ; May to 

 July. 



A very pretty little plant, particularly well adapted for 1467t s reticulilta . 

 forming one of a selection for growing in pots, so as to form 

 a portable salictum ; or for growing on rockwork. 



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