Lxvin. salica'ce^ : ^a^lix, 749 



previously to 1810. Flowers yellow ; March and April, before the ex- 

 pansion of ihe leaves. 



Branches dark violet-coloured, slender, upright, and covered all over with a 

 whitish powder, like the bloom of a plum. A very beautiful species. 



i 8. S. DAPHNoiDES Villars. The Daphne-like Willow. 



Identification. Vill. Daupli., 3. p. 7fi5. ; Koch Comm., p. 23. 



Syiionymes. S. pra'^cox Huppe in Sturm D. Fl. I. 25. ; S. bigemmis Hojfm. Germ. 2. p. 260. ; S. 

 cineiea Host Sal. Auslr. 1. p. 8. t. 2G, 27. Mr. Borrer, in a letter, has remarked that Smith has 

 erroneously cited, in his Flora Brit., S. daphnoides Villars as a synonyme of S. cinerea Smith ; and 

 that this has led Koch to cite S. cinurea Smith as a synonyme of S. daphnoides Villars. 



The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Sal. Wob., and in Host Sal. Austr. 



Eiinravitigs. Vill. Dauph., 3. t. 50. f. 7. V or 3. t. 5. f. 2. ; Host Sal. Aust., 1. t. 26, 27. ; our fig. 

 1434. in p. 750. ; seaijig. 2C. in p. 796. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Leaves, broadly lanceolate, and pointed, with glandular ser- 

 ratures, smooth, glaucous beneath. Catkins appearing before the leaves. 

 Ovary sessile, ovate, smooth. Style elongated. (FUl.) A rapid-growing 

 tree, with dark greyish branches, slightly covered with a powder, or bloom, 

 similar to that of >S'. acutifolia ; the branches ascending obliquely. Swit- 

 zerland and the South of France. Height 25 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 

 1820. Flowers yellow, from large crimson buds in February. 



A very ornamental species, as appears by the engraving in the following page. 

 2^ 9. 1*?. pomera'nica Willd. The Pomeranian Willow. 



Identification. Willd. Enum. Supp., 66. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 153. 



Synonyme. S. daphnoides Villars, var. with narrower leaves, and more slender catkins. (Koch 

 Coiiii/i.p. 23.) Mr. Borrer, in his manuscript list of grouped species, has indicated it as being 

 probably a variety of S. daphnoides. 

 I The Sexes. The female is described in 5a/. Wob. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves lanceolate, tapering at both extremities, serrated ; 

 smooth and shining above, glaucous underneath. Stipules ovate, serrated; 

 their margins generally revohite. Catkins about 1 in. long. Ovary ovate, 

 smooth. Style longer than the parted stigmas. (JVil/d.) A rapid-growing 

 tree. Pomerania, Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 1822. Flowers 

 yellow ; February and March. 



The branches are long, smooth, round, shining, and copiously covered with 

 i small yellow dots : the preceding year's shoots are covered with a violet- 

 coloured powder, similar to that on the shoots of S. acutifolia. 



Group iii. TriandriE Borrer. {Syn. ^mygdalinge Koch.) 

 Osier Willoius,ivith three Stamens in a Floiver. Prin. sp. 14, 15. 



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. Stamens 3 Leaves lanceolate, approaching to ovate, serrated, glabrous' 

 ', having large, rounded, toothed, more or less deciduous, stipules. Flowers 

 i loosely di.'iposed in the catkin. Pistil stalked. Ovary mostly glabrous. 

 j Most of the kinds constitute excellent osiers, and become trees if left to 



themselves. (Hook.) The kinds may be denominated, generally, the osiers 

 , with 3 stamens in a flower. Most, or all, when in the state of larger shrubs 



and trees, have their older bark exfoliated in broad patches, as in f latanus 

 . occidentalis L. and P. orientalis L. Most, or all, are ornamental as shrubs, 

 i lor their lanceolate, glossy, serrated leaves, and their flowers. 



tSf Si 10. S. undulaVa Iu>c/i, Hooker. The wavy-leaved Willow. 



Wentification. Koch Coram., p. 211 ; Hook. Fl. Br., ed. 3., p. 419. ; ? Hayne Abbild., p. 220. 

 \Synony)iies. Koch has cited as identical with, or included in, S. undulata- the following kinds: 

 ^n' ""'^"^^ta Ehrh. ; S. lanceolata Smith. 



iTke Sexes. The female is figured in ng. Bot., t. 1436. ; and is described in Eng. Fl. 

 ^Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1436. ; our fig. 1435. ; Aiidfigs. 13. and 14. in p. 793. 



^Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate through much of their 

 j length, serrulate at the tip, and minutely crenulate at the base ; at first 



