1532 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



Henfield, and Flitwick House, and also in the Hackney arboretum, under 

 the name of S. Aippophaefolia. The shoots are as valuable for basketwork 

 as those of S. rubra. (Forbes.) 



ft 37. S. REFLE'XA Forbes. The refiexed-catJcined Willow. 



Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 94. 



The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. 



Engravings. SaL Wob., No. 94. ; and our Jig. 94. in p. 1619. 



Spec. Char., $0. Leaves lanceolate, dentated, or distantly serrated ; cottony 

 beneath ; the older ones glaucous and glabrous. Stipules toothed, large, 

 on shortish footstalks. Catkins reflexed, on short stalks. Ovary stalked, 

 ovate, silky. Style short, divided. Stigmas parted. Bractea longer 

 than the stalk of the ovary, obovate, obtuse, notched, hairy, black in 

 its upper half. (Sal. Wob., p. 187.) A low spreading shrub; native 

 country not stated; flowering in March; with round green branches, villous 

 when young, marked with small yellow dots. Leaves from 3 in. to 3^ in. 

 long, scarcely 1 in. in breadth ; lanceolate, tapering towards their extremities, 

 serrated, entire at the base ; thickly covered with a short cottony substance, 

 while young, underneath ; finally, they lose this substance, and become 

 perfectly glabrous and glaucous ; the young ones are tinged with purple, and 

 very soft to the touch : lower leaves very small, and obtuse. Catkins about 

 1 in. long, recurved, slender. A very useful willow for tying, and for 

 the finer sorts of baskets and wickerwork, the younger twigs being very 

 tough and pliant. 



j* 38. S. VIRGA^TA Forbes. The twiggy Willow. 



Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 12. 



The Sexes. Mr. Forbes states that, when seen by him, the catkins were withered, and unfit for 



examination. 

 Engravings. SaL Wob., No. 12., without flowers ; and our fig. 12. in p. 1605. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves linear-lanceolate, glabrous, green on both surfaces, 

 finely serrated. Stipules rounded or half-heart-shaped, serrated or toothed. 

 Branches glabrous, shining. (Sal. Wob., p. 23.) A very distinct and hand- 

 some sort, growing, in the Horticultural Society's Garden at Chiswick, to 

 the height of 1 ft. 6 in. or 2 ft., with small round, brown, glabrous, twiggy 

 branches; flowering in May and June. In size, habit, and leaves it re- 

 sembles S. Houstonidna. 



ft 39. S. LYO^N// ? Schl. Lyon's Willow. 



Identification. Sal. Wob., No. 12. Mr. Forbes obtained this sort, under the name of S. LydmY, from 



Messrs. Loddiges, who had it, through M. Schleicher. from Switzerland. 

 The Sexes. Mr. Forbes had not yet seen the catkins in 1829, when the Salictum Woburnense wai 



published. 

 Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 10., without flowers ; and our jig. 10. in p. 1604. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, elongated, pointed, serrated, 

 glabrous, green and shining on both sides, veiny ; obtuse at the base, some- 

 times furnished with one or two glands. Branches round, glabrous, inclining 

 to a reddish brown. (Sal. Wob., p. 19.) A native of Switzerland, intro- 

 duced by Messrs. Loddiges previously to 1829, the date of the Salictum Wo- 

 burnense. In the salictum at Woburn, it forms a bushy shrub, about 3 ft. 

 in height, with reddish brown branches, which are round, glabrous, and 

 shining ; these, again, throwing out many small twigs from the axils of the 

 leaves, which are villous when young. This species has not yet flowered 

 with Mr. Forbes, who has given the figure without catkins. 



ft 40. S. HOUSTON/^M* Pursh. Houston's Willow. 



Identification. Pursh FL Amer. Sept., 2. p. 634. : Smith in Ree's Cyclo., No. 43. ; Forbes in Sal. 



Wob., No. 11. 



Synonyme. S. tristis Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 The Sexes. The male is described in Pursh's specific character, and the female is described and 



figured in Sal. Wob. 

 Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 1L ; and fig. 11. in p. 1604. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves linear-lanceolate, and very finely serrated, glabrous, 

 shining, and green on both sides. Stipules none. Catkins accompanying 



