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distantly marked with 3 or 4 minute teeth, entire towards the base. Foot- 

 stalks short, rather slender, downy ; midrib and veins prominent. Stipules 

 on short footstalks, ovate, sloping off at one side. Catkins numerous, 

 recurved, above ^ in. in length. 



* 57. S. ^LATERNOI'DES Forbes. The Alaternus-like Willow. 



Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 76. 



The Scj-cs. The female is described and figured in So/. Wob. " I have not met with a male plant." 



(Forbes.') 

 Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 76. ; and our Jig. 76. in p. 1618. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, entire, pointed ; villous above, 

 hairy and white beneath. Stipules ovate, serrated. Catkins 1 in. long, 

 thidc, and obtuse. Ovary ovate, subulate, silky, stalked. Style shorter 

 than the linear undivided stigmas. (Sal. Wob., p. 151.) A native of Swit- 

 zerland. Introduced in 1824, and flowering in April and May. A low, up- 

 right, bushy shrub, growing, in theWoburn collection, to the height of 5 ft. or 

 6 ft., with slender, round, pubescent, reddish branches, dark green after the 

 first year. Leaves from 1 in. to li in. long, or perhaps more; about in. 

 in breadth ; elliptic-lanceolate, or somewhat obovate, pointed, entire, dull 

 green and villous above, whitish and densely hairy beneath ; reticulated, 

 with a pale midrib. Catkins 1 in. long, appearing before the leaves. There 

 are plants at Woburn Abbey and in the Hackney arboretum. 



* ? 58. S. PROTEXLFO'LIA Schl. The Protea-leaved Willow. 



Identification. Schleicher, quoted in Hook. Br. FL, ed. 2., p. 419. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 75. 

 Sifiionynies. Erroneously referred to S. ambigua in Hook. Br. Fl., ed 2. (Borrer MSS.) 

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

 Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 75. ; and our fig. 75. in p. 1617. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves elliptical, entire ; villous above, white and silky be- 

 neath. Stipules ovate, silky. Catkins thick, obtuse. Ovary stalked, ovate, 

 silky. Bractea obovate, silky. Stigmas undivided. (Sal. Wob., p. 149.) A 

 native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1820; flowering in April and May. 

 This is a handsome upright-growing shrub, or low tree, attaining the height 

 of 1 2 ft., although only four years planted. Branches of a brownish green 

 fuscous colour, somewhat downy, but ultimately becoming smooth; the 

 young twigs are of a yellow purple, pubescent, and soft to the touch. 

 Leaves elliptic, about 1| in. long ; dull green and villous above, whitish and 

 silky beneath, and reticulated with large prominent veins; the young leaves 

 have rather a silky silvery appearance ; while the old ones become more 

 firm and pubescent, their margins entire, or sometimes very distinctly 

 marked with shallow serratures. Catkins about 1 in. long. A very orna- 

 mental plant, but not fit for cultivation for economical purposes. There 

 arc plants at Woburn Abbey, Henfield, and Flitwick House, and also in 

 the Goldworth Arboretum. 



Group xiii. Reticulates Borrer. 



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The characteristics of this group, as adopted in Hook. Br. Fl., are not described ; 

 because it consists of only one species, the S. reticulata L., and the charac- 

 teristics of this species may be deemed representative of those of the group. 



-* 59. S. RETICULA V TA L. The netted, or wrinkled, leaved, Willow. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1446. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 685. ; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 75. ; Koch 

 Comm., p. 62. ; Du Ham. Arb., ed. 1.. 3. p. 132. ; Smith Eng. Bot., t. 1908. ; Eng. Fl., 4. p. 200. ; 

 Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 67. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2., p. 419. ; Hayne Abbild., p. 236. ; Host Sal. 

 Aust., 1. p. 33. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 610. 



The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Eng. Bot., and Sal. Wob., Host Sal. Aust., and Hayne Abbil 

 It may be inferred that both are not difficultly obtainable in the wild localities of the species. 



Engravings. Lin. Fl. Lapp., ed. 2., t. .3. f. 1., t 7. f. 1, . ; Fl. Dan., t. 212. ; Hoffm. Sal., 23., 

 t. '.'.0 27. ; Du Ham. Arb., ed. 1 , 3. t. 32. ; Eng. Bot., 1. 1908. ; Sal. Wob., No. 67. ; Hayne Abbild., 

 t. 178. ; Host Sal. Austr., 1. t. 105. ; our fig. 1323. ; and fig. 67. in p. 161(1. 



