ARBORElUiM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



=s 53. S. DoTiTA'NA Smith. Don's, or the rusty -branched. Willow 

 Jiientificntion. Smith In Eng Fl., 4. p. 213. ; Hook. Br. FI., ed. 3., p. 424. ; Borrer in Eiip. Boe- 



suppi., t. a.wg. 



The Srxes. The female is described and figured in Sal. IVob. and Eng. Sot. The ma-e has not )et 



been discovered. 

 Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 8.5. ; Eng. Bot., t. 2599. ; out fig. 1454. ; andjig. 85. in p. 806. 



Spec. Char., Src Leaves obovate-Iiinceolate, parti)' opposite, 

 acute, sliglitly serrated, even ; livid and somewhat silky 

 beneath. Stipules linear. Branches erect. Catkins erect, 

 cylindrical. Ovary stalked, silky, Ioniser than the obovate 

 bearded bractea. (Smith.) A shrub, with straight, wand-like, 

 round, leafy branches, of a reddish or rusty brown, scarcely 

 downy, except when very young. Scotland, on moun- 

 tains. Height 5 ft. to 6 ft. Flowers yellow ; May. 



Group xii. Ambigucs Borrer. 

 Shrubs. Prin. sp. 54. and 58. 



1454. S. DoniVma. 



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S. finmarchica Willd. has been added to the kinds included in this group by 

 Mr. Borrer. 



-* a 54. S. ambi'gua Ehrh., Borrer. The ambiguous Willow. 



Identification. Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2733. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2., p. 418. 



Synonymes. Some are cited under the varieties treated of below ; S. ambSgua Koch, part of, Koch 



Comm.y p. 49. 

 The Sexes. Both sexes of var. a, the female of var. ^, the male of 



var. y, and the female of var. S are figured in Eng. Bot. Suppl. h 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2733. ; and our jig. 1455. .\ 



S| 

 Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves oval, obovate, or Ian- ^ 



ceolate, slightly toothed, and having a recurved 

 point; pubescent, somewhat rugose above, glau- 

 cous and having prominent veins beneath. 

 Stipules half-ovate, acute. Catkins stalked, 

 upright, cylindrical. Ovary stalked, densely |^ 

 silky. Style very short. Stigmas short, at^ 

 length cloven. {Borr.) A small decumbent 

 shrub. Sussex, Essex, and Suffolk ; and various 

 parts of Scotland. Height 6 in. to 1 ft. Flowers 

 yellow ; May. 



It varies much in the procumbent, ascending, or more erect manner of its 

 growth, in the paler or darker brown tinge of the twigs, and in the quantity 

 of pubescence. 



Varieties. 



Ji. j S. rt. 1 vulgaris. S. a. Borr. in Eng. Bot. Siipp/. I. 2733., 5 figures 

 of the two sexes, and description.- A small straggling shrub, with i 

 branches sometimes procumbent, sometimes rising 1 or 2 feet fromi 

 ^he ground. | 



n^ S.a.2 major. S. a. /8 major Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2733., 3j 

 figures of the female, and description; ? S. ambigua h Hook. Br. Fl.\ 

 ed. 2. p. 418, ; S. versifoha Sering. Sanies de^la Suisse No. 66.,{ 

 Monogr. 40. (Borrer.) Foliage silvery. i 



& S.a.3 spathuldta. S. a. y spathulata Bor. in E?ig. Bot. Suj^pl. t. 2733.,! 

 where 3 specimens of the male plant are figured and described ;! 

 S. a.t^bigua y Hook. Br. FL ed. 2. p. 418. ; S. spathulata IVilld. Sp. 

 PL 4. 700. ; .,''. f-patluilata Willd. Scarcely differs from S. ambigua 

 vulgaris, except in the narrower base of the leaf. 







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