LXVIII. ^ALICA^EiE: 5A^LIX. 



769 



St S. . 4 vnditldta. S. a. 5 undulata Borrer in Eng. Bot. t. 2733., 4- figures 

 of the female, and description ; S. spathulata Willd., var. undulata of 

 Professor Mertens, (^Borrer.) Remarkable for its lanceolate or 

 almost linear leaves, and distinctly stalked stipules. 



? ^ ? ji 53. S. finma'rchica Willd. is described in our first edition. 



J: ? ji 56, S. vERSi'coLOR Forbes. The various-coloured 



Willow. 



Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 77. 



T/ie Sexes. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. 



Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 77.; our ^i'. 14.56. ; and oux fig.11. in 



p. 806. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves elliptic, almost entire ; greyish 

 green and villous above, glaucous and pubescent 

 beneath. Stipules large, ovate. Ovary ovate, stalked, 

 silky. Style smooth. Stigmas divided. (Forbes.) 

 A low, depressed or trailing, deciduous shrub. Swit- 

 zerland. Height 2 ft. Introduced in 1824'. Flowers 

 yellow; May. i.^g s. versicolor. 



s 57. 5. ^LATERNoi^DEs Forhes (Sal. Wob., No. 76. ; and our j^. 76. in 

 p. 806.) is described in our first edition. 



a ? * 58. S. vviOT^MFO^LlA Schl. The Protea-leaved Willow. 



Identification. Schleicher, quoted in Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2., p. 419. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 75. 

 Synony?nes. Erroneously referred to S. ambigua in Hook. Br. Fl. ed. 2. {Borrer MSS.) 

 The Sexes. The female is described and figured in 5a/. Wob. 

 Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 7S. ; and out fig. 75. in p. 805. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Leaves elliptical, entire; villous above, white and silky be- 

 neath. Stipules ovate, silky. Catkins thick, obtuse. Ovary stalked, ovate, 

 silky. Bractea obovate, silky. Stigmas undivided. {Sal. Wob.) A hand- 

 some upright-growing shrub, or low tree. Switzerland. Height 12 ft. to 

 20 ft. Introduced in 1820. Flowers yellow ; April and May. 



Group xiii. Reticulata; Borrer. 

 Leaves reticulated and coriaceous. Prin. sp. 59 



The characteristics of this group, as adopted in Hook. Br. Fl., are not de- 

 scribed ; because it consists of only one species, the S. reticulata L., and the 

 characteristics of this species may be deemed representative of those of the 

 group. 



-* 59. iS'. RETICULATA L. The netted, or wmikled, leaved Willow. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1446. ; Eng. Fl., 4. p. 200. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2., p. 419. 



The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Eng Bot. and Sal. Wob., Host. Sal. Aust. and Hayne Abbild. 



Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1908. ; ourj^g. 14.57. ; andfig. 67. in p. 804. 



Spec. Char., <$-c. Leaves orbicular, somewhat elliptical, obtuse, 

 entire, coriaceous, with reticulated veins, nearly glabrous ; 

 glaucous beneath. Ovary sessile, downy. A procumbent 

 shrub, larger than S. herbacea. The young foliage is ofteni 

 floccose. England, and the high mountains in Wales and 

 Scotland. Height 6 in. Flowers purplish red ; May to 



j July. 



A very pretty little plant, j)articularly well adapted for 

 j lorming one of a selection for growing in pots, so as to form 

 I a portable salictum ; or for growing on rockwork. 

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1457. S. reticulata. 



