CHAP. CIII. A'ALICA^CEA:. A'A'LIX. 1541 



and the Hebrides, (Borrer.) S. ambigua approaches, on the one side, to S. aurlta, with the smallest 

 varieties of which it is most liable to be confounded ; and, on the other, to N. tusca ; differing 

 from the former by its less rugose and less vaulted leaves, and in their distinct serrature, more 

 delieate texture, and less woolly pubcscense ; also in its smaller, flatter, and less obliquelstipules ; 

 arid from the latter, by its less silvery pubescence, in the more uneven upper surface of its leaves, 

 'nd their more prominent vein.- beneath, as well as in some minute characters in the flowers. 

 Koch regards it as a hybrid between the two. It varies much in the procumbent, ascending, or 

 more erect manner of its growth, in the paler or darker brown tinge of the twigs, and in the 

 quantity of pubescence. (Borrcr. 



1'arieties. 



Jk J* S. a. 1 rulgaris; S. a, at. Borr. in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2733., 5 figures of the two sexes, 

 and description. A small straggling shrub, with branches sometimes procumbent, some- 

 times rising 1ft. or 2ft. from the ground. (Borrer.} A very full description, and 5 

 figures, are Riven in Eng. Bot. Suppl. There are plants at Henfield. 



St S. a. 2 major S. a, /3 major Burrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl. , t. 2733., 3 figures of the female, 

 and description; ? S. ambigua p Hook. Br. /'/., ed. 2., p. 418. ; S. versiffilia Bering. 

 Siiit/csde laSuisse, No. 66., Monogr, 40. (Borrer.) Mr. Borrer mentions the three- 

 following forms of this variety : f. A plant found on heathy ground, at Hopton, Suffolk, 

 which attains, in the garden, the height of 5ft., and scarcely differs from .V. ambigua 

 vulgaris, except in growing erect, and in the greater size of all its parts. It is much 

 less silky than the following kind. 2. This, S. ambfgua /3 Hook. Br. Ft., has a silvery 

 appearance, from the abundance of silky hairs which clothe the leaves, especially 

 beneath. It is said by Mr. Drummond, who found it on bogs, near Forfar, to be of 

 upright growth, and 3ft. or 4 ft. high. 3. S. versitblia of Seringe appears, from his speci- 

 mens, to belong to this variety ; but whether S. vcrsifblia of Wahlenberg is, as Seringe 

 thought, notwithstanding the long style, and some other discrepancies, the same, we have 

 no means of deciding. Koch thinks it rather, according to Wahlenberg's original idea, 

 a hybrid Offspring of S. myrtilloldes, and S. limdsa of Wahlenberg, the S. arenaria L. 

 (Borrer.} There are plants at Hen field. 



* S. a. 3 spat/iuli,ta; S. a. y spathuU\ta Bor. in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2733,, where three speci- 

 mens of the male plant are figured and described ; S. ambfgua y Hook. Br. Ft., ed. 2., 

 p. 41S. ; s. .spathulata H'ti/d. Sp. P/.,4. 700.; Bluff, el Fin-. Ft. (Avm.,4.566. (Borrer}; 

 .S'. Ipathul&ta It'iltif. ; scarcely differs from S. ambigua vulg&ris, except in the narrower 

 base of the leaf. The style has been supposed to be longer; but that organ seems to 

 vary a little in length, in both S. vulgaris and S. a. major, from accidental circumstances. 

 (Borrer.} S. spathulata Willd. is indigenous to Germany ; and, according to Mr. 

 Borrer's identification of a kind found wild in England, to Epping Forest, Essex. There 

 are plants at Henfield. 



S S. a. \ undulata ; S. a. 5 undulata Borrer in Eng. Bot., t. 2733., 4 figures of the female, and de- 

 scription ; S. spathulata Jf//W.,var. undulata of Professor Mertens. (Borrer.') This variety 

 occurs at Hopton in Suffolk, as well as S. a. major. It is remarkable for its lanceolate 

 or almost linear leaves, and distinctly stalked stipules. " In our specimens of this, both 

 the style and the stalk of the germen are occasionally longer than in the other varieties." 

 (Borrer.) 



? -* ? j* 55. S. FINMA'RCHICA Willd. The Finmark Willow. 



Identification. Willd. Enum. Suppl., p. 66. ; Ber Baum., p. 441.; Koch Comm.,p. 51. 

 The Sexes. The female is noticed in the specific character. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves elliptic, obovate, or lanceolate, the tip recurved ; 

 entire, or toothed with distant glanded teeth; beneath, wrinkled with veins, 

 downy j afterwards more or less glabrous. Stipules half-ovate, straight. 

 Catkins of female flowers peduncled ; the peduncle a leafy twig. Capsule 

 ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, upon a stalk that is four times longer than the 

 gland. Style short. Stigmas ovate, notched. (Koch.) Wild in moist 

 meadows, and on mountains clothed with pines, in Podolia and Volhynia ; 

 and, perhaps, wild in Finmark. Very like S. ambjgua Ehrh., from which it 

 differs only in its glabrousness, and in the peduncles of the catkins being 

 longer, and furnished with more perfectly developed leaves. (Id.) Intro- 

 duced in 1825. There are plants in the Hackney arboretum. 



-* ? j* 56. S. VERSI'COLOR Forbes. The various-coloured Willow. 



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



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



Engravings. Sal Wob., No. 77. ; and our Jig. 77. in p 1618. 



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. (Sal. JJW;., p. 153.) 

 A native of Switzerland; when introduced is uncertain ('t 18^4) ; flowering, 

 in the willow garden, in May. A low, depressed, or trailing shrub, about 

 2 ft. high, with slender, round, pubescent branches ; the young ones green- 

 ish brown, densely downy ; much resembling those of V. r/laternoides, but 

 always depressed; while those of S. tflaternoides are quite erect. Leaves 

 about l^ in. long, nearly 1 in. in breadth, elliptic, with bluntish points; 

 green and villous above; glaucous, pubescent, and whitish beneath ; margins 



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