LXVIII. 



SA N LIX. 



777 



The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Sal. Wob., and both in Haync Abbild. 



Engravings. Hoflm. Sal., t. 3. f. 1, 2. t. 21. f. a. b. c. ; Eng. Bot., t. 1488. ; Sal. Wob., No. 122. ; 



our fig. 1467., from the Sal. Wob. ; and fig. 1468. representing the male, auAfig. 14<J9. the female, 



both from Host's Sal. Aust., t. 66, 67- 



lg. 122. in p. 814 



Spec. Char., $c. Stem erect. Leaves roundish-ovate, pointed, serrated, 

 waved ; pale and downy beneath. Stipules somewhat crescent-shaped. 

 Catkins oval. Ovary stalked, ovate, silky. Stigmas nearly sessile, and 

 undivided. Capsules swelling. (Smith.) A moderate-sized tree, with 

 spreading, round, brown or purplish branches, minutely downy when young. 

 Britain, in woods and dry pastures, common. Height 15ft. to 30ft. 

 Flowers yellow, very showy ; April and May. 



Leaves larger and 

 broader than in any 

 other of the genus ; of 

 a deep green above, with 

 a downy rib ; white un- 

 derneath, or rather glau- 

 cous, and veiny, densely 

 clothed with soft, white, 

 cottony down; generally 

 broadly ovate, approach- 

 ing to orbicular, with 

 a sharp point ; some- 

 times more elliptical ; 

 either rounded or slightly 

 heart-shaped at the base; :; 

 varying in length from 

 2 in. to 3 in. ; the margin 

 wavy, and more or less 

 strongly serrated. Foot- 

 stalks stout, downy. Cat- 

 kins numerous, much 

 earlier than the foliage, 

 and almost sessile. This 

 tree, Sir W. J. Hooker 

 observes, " distinguishes 



itself, in the spring, by 1469 . & ciprea> female . 



being loaded with hand- 

 some yellow blossoms before any of its leaves appear. The flowering 

 branches of this species are called palms, and are gathered by children on 

 Easter Sunday ; the relics of the Catholic ceremony formerly performed in 

 commemoration of the entry of our Saviour into Jerusalem. 



* 98. S. SPHACELA'TA Smith (Eng. Bot., t. 2333.; Sal. Wob., No. 121.; 

 121. in p. 813.) is described in our first edition. 



Group xvii. Nigricantes Borrer. 



Shrubs with long Branches, or small Trees. Mostly Sallows. 

 109. 111. and 122. 



Prin. sp. 105. 



A group as difficult to define as are the kinds of which it is constituted. 

 Stamens 2 to a flower. Ovary stalked, glabrous or silky. Style more or 

 less 2-cleft. In leaves, many of this kind approach those of the group 

 Cinereae very nearly, having ovate or obovate ones ; but the leaves are less 

 wrinkled. Plants shrubs with long branches, or small trees. (Hook.) The 



