782 



ARBORETUM KT FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



serrated, carinate, twisted, reticulated with deeply sunken veins ; beneath, 

 hairy, glaucous, at length pale green. Stipules large, halt-heart-shaped, 

 flattish, having few glands. Ovary stalked, naked, wrinkled towards the 

 point. Style divided, longer than the cloven stigmas (Borr.) An upright 

 shrub. Scotland, on the Breadalbane Mountains^ Height 10 ft. to loft. 

 Flowers yellow ; May. 



iS". petrae'a is nearly allied to S. hlrta Smith Ejig. Bot. t. 1404. ; and still 

 more nearly, perhaps, to 5. stylaris of Seringe Alonogr. des Saules de la Suisse, 

 p. 62. 



i 123. S. Ammann/^\v^ Willd. (Sp. PL, 4. p. 663.) is described in our 



first edition. 



^ 124. S. ATROV f RENS i^or^c's (Sal. "Wob., No. 108. ; and our/^. 108. in 

 p. 810.) is described in our first edition. 



afc 125. S. stre'pida Forbes (Sal. Wob., No. 100.; and our fig. 100. in 

 p. 809.) is described in our first edition. 



5!^ 126. S. so'rdida Forbes (Sal. Wob., No. lOJ. ; and our /g. 101. in 

 p. 809.) is described in our first edition. 



^ 127. S. ScHLEicHER/^-A^.^ Forbes (Sal. Wob., No. 98. ; and our fig. 98. 

 in p. 808.) is described in our first edition. 



^ 128. S. GRisoNENSis Forbes (Sal. Wob., No. 99. ; and our fig. 99. in 

 p. 808.) is described in our first edition. 



Group xviii. Bicolbres Borrer. 



Bushy Shrubs, with Leaves dark green above, and glaucous beneath. 



sp. 131. 133, 134. and 142. 



r 



Prin. 



Stamens 2 to a flower. Ovaries silky. Leaves between obovate and lanceo- 

 late, glabrous, or nearly so ; dark green on the upfier surface, very glaucous 

 on the under one. Plants twiggy bushes. (i/ooA-.) 



^ 129. S. TENU^iOR Borrer (Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2650.) is described in our 



first edition. 



^ 130. -S*. 



laxiflo^a Borr. 

 catkined Willow. 



The loose- 



Identification. Borr. in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2749. ; Hook. 



Br. Fl., ed. 3. 

 The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Eng. 



Bot. Suppl. The male plant is not known. 

 Engraving. Eng. Bot. Sup., t. 2749. ; and onxfig. 1473. 



Spec. Char., S(c. Upright. Young shoots 

 slightly pubescent. Leaves glabrous, flat, 

 broadly obovate, narrower to the base, iij^ 

 slightly toothed, glaucescent beneath ; v*<,-S 

 upper leaves acute. Stipules small, con- 

 cave. Flowers loosely disposed in the 

 catkin. Ovary stalked, bluntish, glabrous 

 in the lower part. Style as long as the 

 linear divided stigmas. (Borrer.) A low, 

 bushy, deciduous tree, or tree-like shrub. 

 Britain, in various places, both in England 

 and Scotland. Height 12 ft. to 20 ft. 

 Flowers yellow : April and May. 



1473. S. lailitli-ra. 



