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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Group xiv. Glauccc Borrer. 

 Small, tipright, with soft silky Leaves. Prin. sp. 61, and 62. 



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Stamens 2 t a flower. Ovary very downy, or silky, sessile. Plants small 

 shrubs, most of them upright ; all, or most of" them, remarkable for their 

 foliage, which consists of leaves that are oblong-lanceolate, soft, hairy, silky, 

 and, in most, white and cottony on the under surface. The kinds are very 

 closely akin, each among the rest. {Hook.) Only S. glauca L,, S. arenaria 

 L., and S. 'Siuavttdna Smith are associated together under the above cha- 

 racteristics in Hook. Br. FL, ed. 2. Of the kinds brought together below, 

 as agreeing more or less in the quality of similarity, Mr. Borrer has indicated 

 S. elaeagnifolia Forbes (elaeagnoides Schleicher), S. glauca L., S. serlcea 

 Villnrs, S. Lapponum L., S, arenaria L., S. arenaria L. ? var., S. leuco- 

 phylla Schleicher ; and S. StuartMa Smith. 



Si 60. S. L,^AGNoi^DES Schleicher (Sal. Wob., No. 69. ; and Jig. 89. in p. SO^.), 

 is described in our first edition. 



J* 61. S. GLAU'CA L. 



The glaucous Mountain Willow. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1446. ; Eng. Flora, 4. p. 201. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2., p. 419. 

 Synom/me. S. appendiculata Fl. Dan. t. 1056., Willd. Sp. PL 4. p. 690. 

 The Sexes. Both sexes are described in Eng. Fl. ; the female is figured 



in Eng. Bot. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1810. ; Sal. Wob., No. 68. ; our Jig. 1458. ; 



and^^. 68. in p. 804. 



Spec. Char., <^-c. Leaves nearly entire, elliptic-lanceo- 

 late ; even, and nearly glabrous above ; woolly and 

 snowy-white beneath. Footstalks decurrent. Ovary 

 sessile, ovate, woolly. (Smith.) A low shrub. High- 

 lands of Scotland. Stem 2 ft. to 3 ft. high, stout, 

 bushy, with numerous short, round, spreading brown 

 or yellowish branches, downy in their early state. 

 Flowers yellow ; May to July. 



^ 62. S. SERi'CEA Villars. The silky Willow. 



Identification. Villars Delph., 3. p. 782. t. 51. f. 27. ; Wifld. Sp. PI., 4. p. 68S. 



Synonyme. S. glauca, a synonyme of Koch Cnmm. p. 56. " S. sericea of Villars, according to his 



own specimens, is the true Lapp6num ; and I have Swiss ones, properly so named, from M. 



Schleicher. It is Haller's No. 1643." (Smith in Eiig. FL, 4. p. 202.) 

 The Se.ves. Willdenow has described the female, and noted that he had seen it in a dried state. 

 Engravings. Vill. Delph., 3. t. 51. f. 27.; andj?^. 74. in p. 8C5. 



Spec. Char., Si-c. Stem prostrate. Leaf oblong-lanceolate, entire, obtuse, 

 silky and hoary on both surfaces. Catkins silky, stout. Capsules ovate- 

 oblong, stout, very villous, sessile. Very different from S. glauca L. 

 Branches brown, glossy. Leaves 2 in. long, covered with long appressed 

 hairs. Stipules not apparent. Catkins i in. long, cylindrical. Bracteas 

 lanceolate, hairy, caducous. Style short, bifid. Stigmas dilated, bifid. 

 (Villars.) A shrub. Alps of Switzerland and France. Height 5 ft. to 6 ft. 

 Introduced in 1820. Flowers yellow ; April and May, 



-* 63. S. Lapponum L. The Laplanders' Willow. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1447. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 73. 



Synonyme. S. arenaria FL Dan. t. 197. {Smith.) 



The Sexes. The female is described in Willd. Sp. PI., and described and figured 



in SaL IVob. 

 Engravings. Lin. Fl. Lapp., t. 8, f. t. ; Sal. Wob., No. 73. ; our Jig. 1459. ; and 



Jig. 73. in p. 805. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Leaves lanceolate, very entire, bluntisli ; 

 hoary above, woolly beneath. Seed-vessels woolly and oblong. 

 (Forbes.) A decumbent shrub. Lapland. Height 1 ft. In- 

 troduced in 1812. Flowers yellow ; May and June. iwg. s. Upp^nvm. 



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