CHAP. CIII. SALICA'CEJE. 6'A V LIX. 154-7 



side white, and more densely silky, partly cottony. (Smith.) There are 

 plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick. 



Vnricty. Mr. Forbes has noted that he was in possession of a variety corre- 

 sponding with S. Lapponum in the catkins exactly, but differing from it in 

 the branches and leaves ; and that he had received it from Mr. M'Nab 

 of Edinburgh. (Sal. Wob., No. 72.) 



-* 69. S. PYRENA V ICA Gouan. The Pyrenean Willow. 



Identification. Gouan Illustr., 77., exclusively of the synonymes ; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 696. ; Smith 

 in Rees's Cyclo., No. 107. ; Koch Comm., p. 56. 



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



Spec. Char.,S(C. Leaves elliptic or ovate, acute, entire; when young, tomentosely villous; when 

 adult, glabrous, ciliate, of the same colour on both surfaces, reticulately veined. Catkins peduncled ; 

 the peduncle a leafy twiglet. Capsules ovate-lanceolate, tomentose, upon a short stalk, which is 

 longer than the gland. Style bifid. Stigmas elongated, bifid. A native of the Pyrenees, conti- 

 guously to the region of snow. (Koch.) Introduced in 1823. 



Variety or Variation. 



-* S. p. 2 ciliuta ; S. cili&ta Dec. Fl. Fr., 3. p. 293. ; S. pyrenaica /3 ciliata Dec. Ft. Fr., /">. 

 p. .')14. (Koch Comm..), differs from the species in having no hairs on the surface of the 

 leaves, and only hairs remaining at the edges. 



70. S. WALDSTEIN/^^ Willd. Waldstein's Willow. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. G79. ; Koch Comm., p. 57. 



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



Spsc. Char., Sfc. Leaves elliptic or lanceolate, acute, glabrous, serrated with distant adpressed 

 teeth. Catkins upon a long leafy peduncle, which is a twiglet. Capsules ovate-conical, tomentosi*, 

 sessile at first, eventually having a short stalk. Gland reaching higher than the base of the cap- 

 sule. Style elongated, cleft half-way down. Stigmas bifid. Wild on the Alps of Carinthia, 

 the Tyrol, and Salzburg. (Koch.) Introduced in 1822. 



Group xv. Vimindles Borrer. 



Willows and Osiers. Mostly Trees, or large Shrubs, ivithl on g pliant B 'ranches , 

 used for Basket-making. 



Stamens 2 to a flower. Ovary nearly sessile; in S. mollissima Ehrh. sessile; 

 hairy or silky. Style elongated. Stigmas linear, mostly entire. Leaves 

 lanceolate. Plants trees of more or less considerable size, with long pliant 

 branches. (Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2., adapted.) 



s 71. S. SUBALPI^NA Forbes. The subalpine Willow. 



Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 93. 



The Sexes. The male is described and figured in Snl. Wob. " The female plant I have not seen." 



(Forbes.) 

 Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 93. ; andjig. 93. in p. 1619. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, nearly entire; villous above, white 

 and cottony beneath. Stipules not apparent. Catkins nearly 1 in. long. 

 Bractea reddish. Anthers yellow. (Sal. Wob., p. 185.) A native of Switzer- 

 land. Introduced in 1820, and flowering in April and May. A low upright 

 shrub, with round, yellowish, pubescent, slender branches, which soon turn 

 black in drying, the old ones becoming glabrous and brown. Leaves from 

 2 in. to 2i in. in length ; elliptic-lanceolate, bright green, wrinkled, and 

 pubescent ; beneath, somewhat glaucous, whitish, densely pubescent, reticu- 

 lated with prominent arched veins, their margins slightly revolute ; at first 

 seeming entire, but, on minute investigation, appearing furnished with a few 

 distant glandular serratures towards the apex. Barren catkins from in. 

 to 1 in. long. Anthers yellow. The twigs are brittle, and, though rather 

 elongated, Mr. Forbes thinks them unfit for basketwork. Mr. Borrer 

 remarks of this kind, that, perhaps, it is not of the group Viminales, in 

 which he has placed it. According to a specimen of it which has been sent 

 to us by Mr. Brooks of Flitwick House, it has rounded rather tumid buds, 

 and the shoot is rather angled ; and in these characters, and in those of its 



