1544 AKBOKETUM AND FHUTICKTUM. PART III. 



Synoni/mcs. S. t-la'agnilolia Forbes in Sal. IVob., No. 69., where the name is quoted as one adopted 

 by M. Schleicher; S. glauca var., with leaves lanceolate-, more narrow and more acute, and with 

 flowers in the catkin a little more laxly disposed. (Koch DC fial. Europ. Coi/n.} 



Tlic Sexes. The female is described and figured in Sal. IVob. y but the male is neither mentioned 

 there, nor by Koch. 



Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 69. j and./?"'. 69. in p. 1016. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves entire, ovate-elliptic, nearly glabrous above, woolly and 

 white beneath. Catkins cylindrical. Ovary nearly sessile, ovate, downy. 

 Style elongated. Stigmas bifid. (Forbes in S. IV.) A native of Europe. In- 

 troduced in 1824; flowering in May, and, in the willow garden at Woburn 

 Abbey, in April, and again in August. This is an upright-growing shrub, at- 

 taining the height of 6 ft. ; the leaves and branches much resembling those 

 of S. glauca, but distinct ; the leaves being of a thinner texture, with a 

 different direction of their finer veins. The leaves are of an ovate-elliptic 

 shape, nearly glabrous on their upper surface, white and woolly underneath. 

 Catkins of the female 2 in. long, and cylindrical. 



j* 61. S. GLAU'CA/,. The glaucous Mountain Willow. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1*46. ; Fl. Lapp., ed. 2., 299. t. 8. f.p,t. 1. f. 5. ; but it is not S. seriiva 

 of Villars (Smith.} ; Wahlenb^Fl. Lapp., 264. t. 16. f. 3. ; VVilld. Sp. PI , 4. p. 687. ; Smith in Rees's 

 Cyclo., No. 84. ; Koch Comm., p. 55. ; Smith Eng. Bot., t. 1810. ; Eng. Flora, 4. p. 201". ; Forbes in 

 Sal. Wob., No. 68. ; Hook. Br. FL, ed. 2., p. 419. 



Sunonyme. S. appendiculata Fl. Dan., t. 1056., VVilld. Sp.Pl.,^. p. 690., Smith in Rees's Cyclo., 

 No. 93. 



The Sexes. Both sexes are described in Eng. Fl. the female is figured in Eng. Bot , and in Sal. 

 Wob. 



Engravings. Lin. FL Lapp., ed. 2., t. 8. f. p, t. 7. f. 5. ; Wahl. Fl. Lapp., t. 16. f. 3. j Eng. Bot., 

 t 1810. f Sal. \Vob., No. 68. ; Hall. Hist, 2. t. 14. f. 2. ; our Jig. 1324. ; and^. 68. in p. 1616. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves nearly entire, elliptic-lanceolate ; even, and nearly 

 glabrous above ; woolly and snowy-white beneath. Footstalks decurrent. 

 Ovary sessile, ovate, woolly. (Smith E. F.) A native of the High- 

 lands of Scotland; flowering there in July, but, in the 

 willow garden at Woburn Abbey, in May. Described 

 by Smith as having a stem 2 ft. to 3 ft. high, stout, 

 bushy, with numerous short, round, spreading, brown 

 or yellowish branches, downy in their early state. 

 Leaves nearly 2 in. long, and ^ in. or fin. wide; 

 elliptic-lanceolate, acute, somewhat rounded at the 

 base ; nearly, if not in every part, quite entire ; the 

 upper side of a beautiful glaucous green, the under 

 one densely downy or cottony, of no less elegant and 

 pure a white, with slightly prominent veins, and a 



reddish midrib. In the willow garden at Woburn Abbey the plant is 18 in. 

 high ; there are plants also at HenfieM. 



-* 62. S. SERI'CEA Villars. The silky Willow. 



Identification. Villars Delph.,3. p. 782. t. 51. f. 27. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 688. 



St/nonyme. S. glauca, a synonyme of Koch Comm., p. 56. " S. serfcea of Villars, according to hi* 

 ' ownspecimens, is the true Lappbnum ; and I have Swiss ones, properly so named, from M. Schleicher. 



It is Haller's No. 1643." (Smith in Engl. Fl., 4. p. 202.) 



The Sexes. Willdenow has described the female, and noted that he had seen it in a dried state. 

 Engravings. Vill. Delph., 3. t. 51. f. 27. ; and fig. 74. in p. 1617. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stem prostrate. Leaf oblong-lanceolate, entire, obtuse, 

 silky and hoary on both surfaces. Catkins silky, stout. Capsules ovate- 

 oblong, stout, very villous, sessile. Very different from S. glauca L. ( Willd., 

 Villars in Willd. Sp. PI.) Branches brown, glossy. Leaves 2 in. long, 

 covered with long appressed hairs. Stipules are not apparent. Catkins 

 i in. long, cylindrical. Bracteas lanceolate, hairy, caducous. Style short, 

 bifid. Stigmas dilated, bifid. Wild in the Alps of Switzerland and France. 

 (Id.) Introduced in 1820. Mr. Forbes has a kind under the name S. sericea, 

 but has quoted Willdenow in identification, with a mark of doubt. The 

 following matter is taken from Mr. Forbes's account. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, very entire, both sides silky, glaucous beneath. Ovary ovate, 

 villous, nenrly sessile. Style deeply divided. Stigmas parted. (Sal. MV;., 

 p. 147.) A native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1820, and flowering, 



