LXVIII. 5ALICA CE^ : SA LIX. 



747 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches trailing, decumbent. Leaves 

 partly opposite, obovate-lanceolate, serrated, very smooth, 

 narrow at the base. Stamen 1. Stigmas very short, 

 ovate, nearly sessile. {Smith.) A shrub. Britain. Height 

 3 tt. to 4 ft. in a wild state ; 5 ft. in cultivation. Flowers 

 yellow ; March and April ; earlier than the foliage. 



Varieties. Koch, in his De Salicibus Europais Commentatio, 

 has described six ; but he in.cludes the S. helix and 

 Lambertia (to be described as species below) as two 

 of them. See Arb. Brit., 1st edit. 



Branches of a rich and shining purple, with a somewhat 

 glaucous hue, and much esteemed for the finer sorts of 

 basketwork. 



puri'urea. 



^ t 2. S. HE^Lix L. The Helix, or Rose, Willow. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1444. ; Eng. Fl., 4. p. 188. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3., p. 417. 



Synonyines. S. purpurea var. Kock Comm. p. 25.; ? S. oppositiCblia Host Sal. Austr. 1. p. U. 

 t. 38, 3'J. 



The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Sal. ff'ob., and also in Eng. Sot. ; but Mr. Borrer believes 

 that the catkins of female ilowers represented in the latter are those of S. Forbyona : if those of 

 helix, they are much too thick. Mr. Borrer having only seen the male of S. helix, and the 

 female of S. Lamberti^na, is inclined to regard them as the two sexes of one species. 



Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1343., the male plant ; Hayne Abbild., t. 170. ; aadfig. 2. in p. 791 



Spec. Char., Sfc, Branches erect. Leaves partly opposite, oblong-lanceolate, 

 pointed, slightly serrated, very smooth ; linear towards the base. Stamen 

 1. Style nearly as long as the linear divided stigmas. (Smith.) A low, 

 upright, deciduous tree. Britain. Height 10 ft. to 12 ft. Flowers yellow ; 

 March and April. 



Branches smooth, polished, of a pale yellowish or purplish ash colour, 

 tough, and pliable; less slender and elongated than those of S. purpurea, 

 though useful for the coarser sorts of basketwork. The branches, which are 

 yellow, antl the mode of growth, which is erect, render this species easily 

 distinguishable from the preceding. The name rose-willow relates to rose- 

 like expansions at the ends of the branches, which are caused by the depo- 

 sition of the egg of a cjnips in the summits of the twigs, in consequence of 

 which they shoot out into numerous leaves, totally different in shape from the 

 other leaves of the tree, and ayanged not much unlike those composing the 

 flower of a rose, adhering to the stem even after the others fall off : on this 

 account this is a very desirable species. 



^ 3. S. Lambert/^V^ Smith. Lambert's, or the Boyton, Willow. 



Identification. Smith Eng Fl., 4. p. 190. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3. p. 417. 



Si/nont/me. S. purpClrea/3 Koch Comm. p. 2.5. 



the Sexes. Both are figured in E>ig. Bot. and Sal. Wob. Mr. Borrer has only seen the female of 



this, and the male of S. helix, and thinks they are the two sexes o^ one species. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1359. ; Sal. Wob., No. 3. ; a.nAfig. 3. in p. 791. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches erect. Leaves partly opposite, obovate-lanceolate, 

 pointed, serrated, smooth ; rounded at the base. Stipules none. Stamen 1. 

 Stigmas ovate, obtuse, notched, very short, nearly sessile. (Smith.) A low 

 tree, of the size and habit of S. helix, but very distinct from it at first 

 sight, particularly in the tender summits of the young growing branches, 

 which, with their purjdish glaucous hue, and some degree of downiness, 

 resemble those of a honeysuckle. 



as 4. S. Wooi.hG\TilA'NA Borr. Woollgar's Willow. 



Identification. Borr. in Eng. Bot. Supp., t. 2fi51.; Hook. Brit. Fl., ed. 3., p. 417. 



Si/nonymes. S innnandra Sal. Il'ob. No. 4. ; S. monandra var. Hoffm. Hist. Sal. I. p. 21. t. 1. f. 1. 



The Seres. The female is figured in Eng. Bot. Supp., and both sexes in Sal. M'ob. ; yet Mr. Borrer, 



in his elucidation of this kind, published in Eng. Bot. Supp., subsequently to the publication of 



Sal. IVob., remarks that he is unacquainted with the male flowers. 

 Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 4. ; Eng. Bot. Supp., t. 2651. ; audfig. 4. in p. 791. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Erect. Leaves cuneate-lanceolate, serrated, glabrous. Sta- 



