LXVIII. -S'AI.ICA CE^ : 5A LIX. 



787 



nites L. has been intended to imply a likeness in the foliage of that kind to 

 that of the Faccinium iliyrsiiiites ; and it may be supposed that this cha- 

 racter obtains more or less in all the kinds of the gronp. 



t. 1051. 

 p. 682. ; 



J* 15.3. S. ikTYRSiNi^ES L, The WhorileheYry -leaved Willow. 



Identification. Lin., cited by Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2753., the text; Fl. Dan., 



(Smith.) 

 Synonymes. S. ilfyrsinites /3, Smith Eng. Fl. 4. p. 195.; S. arbutifblia Willd. Sp. PI. 4. 



probably S. Jilacncihiana Macgillivray in Jameson's Edinb. Phil. Jour., Oct. 183U. 

 The Sexes. It is implied in the Spec. Char., &c., that the female is known. 

 Engraving. Fl. Dan., t. 10.54. (Smith) ; and ourj^g-. 1481. 



Spec. Char. Sfc. This has, like S. Aetulifolia, short catkins, and 

 distinctly serrated leaves ; but these are more acute, and of an 

 ovate-lanceolate figure ; and the long style seems to afford a dis- 

 tinctive character. {Borrer.) A low shrub. Scottish mountains. 

 Height 6 in. to 1 ft. Flowers yellow ; April and May. 

 Stems and leaves like those of ^etula nana, very dark, and 



almost black when dry. 



J* 15i. S. i?ETULiFo"LiA Forster (Sal. Wob., No. 60. ; and^g. 60. in 

 is described in our first edition. 



.* 155. S. procu'mbens Forbes. The procumbent Willow. 



Idenlifioaiion. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 61. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2., p. 429. 



Synonymes. S. liEvis Hook. Br. FL, ed. 1., p. 432. ; S. ret'isa Wither. Bot. Arr. ed. 4., 2. p. 49. 



The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Eng. Bot. Suppl. and Sal. IVob. The male 



plant has not come under our notice. (Borrer.) 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 27.53. ; Sal. Wob., No. 61. ; and onr fig. 61. in p. 803. 



Spec. Cliar.y SfC. Branches diverging. Leaves oval, minutely serrated, re- 

 curved, bright green and shining on both surfaces. Catkins elongated, 

 thick, cylindrical. Ovary nearly sessile, tapering, obsoletely quadrangular. 

 Style short, deeply cloven. Stigmas spreading, bifid. (Borrer.) A low 

 procumbent shrub, extending along the ground, witii greenish brown, pu- 

 bescent, round, shortish branches. Highlands of Scotland. Height 6 in. 

 to 1 ft. Flowers yellow ; April and May. 



-* 156. S. RETU'SA L. The reixxse-leaved Willow. 



Jdentification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1445. ; Willd. Sp. PI,, 4. p. 634. ; Hayne Abbild., p. 234. 

 i Synonyme. S. serpyllif61ia Jacq. Austr. t. 298. 



I The Sexes. Both sexes are described in Bees's Cyclo., and thence in Sal. Wob., and 

 ' below ; and both are figured in Hayne Ahbild. : the male is figured in Sal. Wob. 

 \ Engravings. Jacq. Austr., t. 298. ; Sal. Wob., No. 139. ; our fig. 1482. ; and fig. 139. 

 in p. 818. 



! Spec. Char., 8fc. Leaves obovate, entire, glabrous, shining above. ^ 



6 in. to 1 ft. Introduced in 1763. Flowers yellow ; May. 



1482. S.retiisa. 



;-* 157. 5. KiTAiBEL7j\v^ Willd. (Sal. Wob., No. 64. ; and our /g. 64. 

 ' p. 804.) is described in our first edition. 



j 158. .9. UVa-u'hsi Pursh (Sal. Wob., No. 151.; and our /g. 151. 

 p. 818.) is described in our first edition. 



^ 159. S. serpyllifo'lia Scop. The Wild-Thyme-leaved Willow. 



I'denlification. Scop. Carn., No. 1207. : Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. C84. ; Hayne Abbild., 325. 

 'iynonyme. S. retusa Koch y Koch Cotimi. p. G3. 



! he Sexes. The male is figured in Sal. Wob., the female in Hayne Abbild. ^, 



Xingravings. Scop. Carn., t. 61.; Sal. Wob., No. 65. : our ^gx. 1483, 1484. ; and '''k(j 

 iM- 5- in p. 804. ^JSifc^'V 



>pcc. Char., S^c. Leaves ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, acute, entire, '^^'^' 

 glabrous, shining above. Catkins oblong, of few flowers. . 

 Capsules elliptic, glabrous. Stigmas sessile. (Smith.) (U 

 A very diminutive shrub. High mountains of France, Vn^ 

 Italy, and Switzerland. Height 1 in. to 2 in. Introd. usj 

 1818. Flowers yellow ; April and May. 

 .J E 2 



m 



in 



1483. 



