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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



of China, and other parts of Asia ; and of Egypt, and other parts of the 

 North of Africa. Height 39 ft. to 50 ft. Introduced in 1 730, or, perhaps, 

 1692. Flowers greenish yellow ; May, 



Varieties. There is one very decided variety, commonly treated as a species 

 under the name of S. annularis ; and Mr, Castles of the Twickenham Bo- 

 tanic Garden is of opinion that, exclusive of this variety, there are two 

 forms of the species in the country, one of which he thinks may possibly 

 be the male plant. This form, as it appears to be the same as the plant 

 sent from St. Helena, we shall, till something further has been decided 

 respecting it, call tS". b. Napoleona. The varieties will, therefore, stand as 

 under : 



3^ S. 6. 1 vulgaris fcem. Hort. Young shoots pale green, slender, with 

 an angular twist above the axil of each leaf, and large stipules. It 

 is the most common weeping willow in the neighbourhood of Lon- 

 don, and flowers in June. 

 t S. b. 2 Napoleon-d Hort. Shoots round, generally reddish, and the 

 leaves without stipules. Sex female. Probably nothing more than 

 the common variety. Introduced from St. Helena in V 1823. 

 5 S. b. 3 crispa Hort, S. annularis Forbes in Sal. Wob. No. 21,, 



1442. S. b. crispa, 



with a fig, of the female ; the Ring-leaved Willow. Oixr fig. 21, in 

 p. 794, ; and the plate of this tree in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vii. ; 

 and OUT fig. 1442. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, serrated, curled 

 or twisted, glabrous, and glaucous beneath. 



A well-known ornamental tree in universal cultivation. 



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5? 20. S. DECi'piENS Hoffm. The deceptive. White Welsh, or varnished, Willow, 



Identification. Hoff. Sal., 2. p. 2. t. 31. ; Ens. Fl., 4. p. 184. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3. 

 Si/tioni/mes. S. amerina Wn/ker hssays o?t Nat. Hist. ; S. fragilis, part of. Koch Comvi. p. 15. 

 The Sexes. Both sexes are described in Eng. Fl. ; the male is figured in ng. Bol. and Sal. ii'ob. 

 Engravings. Hoffm. Sal, 2. t. 31. ; Eng. Bot., t. 1937. ; oxirjig. 1443. ; and/g. 29. p. 797. 



SjK^c. Char., Sfc. Leaves lanceolate, pointed, serrated, very smooth ; floral 



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