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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Group xiv. Glauca: Borrer. 

 Small, upright, with soft silky Leaves. Prin. sp. 61. and 62. 



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Stamens 2 to a flower. Ovary very downy, or silky, sessile. Plants small 

 shrubs, most of them upright ; all, or most of them, remarkable for their 

 foliage, which consists of leaves that are oblong-lanceolate, soft, hairy, silky, 

 and, in most, white and cottony on the under surface. The kinds are very 

 closely akin, each among the rest. (Hook.) Only S. glauca L., S. arenaria 

 L., and S. Stuartiana Smith are associated together under the above cha- 

 racteristics in Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2. Of the kinds brought together below, 

 as agreeing more or less in the quality of similarity, Mr. Borrer has indicated 

 S. elaeagnifolia Forbes (e-laeagnoides Schleicher), S. glauca L., S. sericea 

 Villars, S. Lapponum L., S. arenaria Z/., S. arenaria L. ? var., S. leuco- 

 phylla Schleicher ; and S. Stuartiana Smith. 



& 60. S. LJEAGN6YDES Schleicher (Sal. Wob., No. 69. ; and/g. 69. in p. 804.), 

 is described in our first edition. 



.** 61. S. GLAU'CA L. The glaucous Mountain Willow. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 1446. ; Eng. Flora, 4. p. 201. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2., p. 419. 

 Synonyme. S. appendiculata Fl. Dan. 1. 1056., Willd. Sp. PI. 4. p. 690. 

 The Sexes. Both sexes are described in Eng. Fl. ; the female is figured 



in Eng. Bot. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1810. ; Sal. Wob., No. 68. ; our fig. 1458. ; 



zm&fig. 68. in p. 804. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves nearly entire, elliptic-lanceo- 

 late ; even, and nearly glabrous above ; woolly and 

 snowy-white beneath. Footstalks decurrent. Ovary 

 sessile, ovate, woolly. (Smith.) A low shrub. High- 

 lands of Scotland. Stem 2 ft. to 3 ft. high, stout, 

 bushy, with numerous short, round, spreading brown 

 or yellowish branches, downy in their early state. 

 Flowers yellow ; May to July. 



.* 62. S. SERI'CEA Pillars. The silky Willow. 



Identification. Villars Delph., 3. p. 782. t. 51. f. 27. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 688. 



Synonyme. S. glauca, a synonyme of Koch Comm. p. 56. " S. sericea of Villars, according to his 



own specimens, is the true Lappbnum ; and I have Swiss ones, properly so named, from M. 



Schleicher. It is Haller's No. 1643." (Smith in Eng. Fl., 4. p. 202.) 



The Sexes. Willdenow has described the female, and noted that he had seen it in a dried state. 

 Engravings. Vill. Delph., 3. t. 51 . f. 27. ; &nAfig. 74. in p. 805. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Stem prostrate. Leaf oblong-lanceolate, entire, obtuse, 

 silky and hoary on both surfaces. Catkins silky, stout. Capsules ovate- 

 oblong, stout, very villous, sessile. Very different from S. glauca L. 

 Branches brown, glossy. Leaves 2 in. long, covered with long appressed 

 hairs. Stipules not apparent. Catkins ^ in. long, cylindrical. Bracteas 

 lanceolate, hairy, caducous. Style short, bifid. Stigmas dilated, bifid. 

 (Villars.) A shrub. Alps of Switzerland and France. Height 5 ft. to 6 ft. 

 Introduced in 1820. Flowers yellow ; April and May. 



* 63. S. LAPPO'NUM L. The Laplanders' Willow. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 1447. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 73. 



Synonyme. S. arenaria Fl. Dan. t. 197. (Smith.) 



The Sexes. The female is described in Willd. Sp. PI., and described and figured 



in Sal. Wob. 

 Engravings. Lin. Fl. Lapp., t. 8. f. /. ; Sal. Wob., No. 73. ; our fig. 1459. ; and 



fig. 73. in p. 805. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves lanceolate, very entire, bluntish ; 

 hoary above, woolly beneath. Seed-vessels woolly and oblong. 

 (Forbes.) A decumbent shrub. Lapland. Height 1 ft. In- 

 troduced in 1812. Flowers yellow ; May and June. H59 s La , n . im 



