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among other species of Salix, it was 16ft. high in 1834, after being 10 years 

 planted. This species forms an upright bushy shrub or tree, with elliptical 

 leaves ; the lower ones entire ; the upper finely serrated, green, and a little 

 villous; shining above; glaucous, pubescent, reticulated, and whitish be- 

 neath. There are plants at Woburn, Flitwick, Henfield, Goldworth, and 

 Hackney. 



86. S. MACROSTIPULA^CEA Forbes. The large-stipuled Sallow. 



Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 130. 



The Xt'jres. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. 



Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 130. ; and Jig. 130. in p. 1627. 



Spec. Char., #c. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, somewhat obovate, pointed, ser- 

 rated, entire towards the base ; upper side dull green and glabrous, glaucous 

 beneath. Stipules very large, toothed, often cloven. Ovary stalked, 

 ovate-subulate, glabrous. Stigmas parted. (Sal. Wob., p. 259.) A native of 

 Switzerland. Introduced in ? 1824, and flowering in April and May. A 

 rapid-growing tree, with dark green, round, downy branches, marked with 

 small yellow or reddish spots; the lower branches pendulous. Leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate, acute, Sin. or 4 in. long, and lin. or more in breadth; 

 base obtuse, entire, dilated above the middle ; margins rather distinctly 

 serrated ; the upper side green and glabrous ; under side glaucous, with a 

 downy midrib and veins. Footstalks reddish and downy, stout, measuring 

 full ^ in. long. Stipules large. Young leaves purplish, soft to the touch, and 

 pubescent. Adult ones rather coriaceous, copiously marked beneath with 

 dark blotches. Catkins of the female from l^in. to 2 in. long. There are 

 plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick, and also at Hackney. 



a 87. S. INCANE'SCENS ? Schl. The whitish-leaved Sallow. 



Identification. ? Schl. as quoted in Sweet I lort. Brit., ed. 1830, p. 469. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 120. 

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

 Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 120. ; and fig. 120. in p. 1625. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves elliptic, obovate, serrated or denticulated; greyish 

 green and downy above ; very downy, whitish, and reticulated beneath. 

 Stipules rounded, serrated. Ovary ovate-lanceolate, downy. Style short. 

 Stigmas ovate, entire. (Sal. Wob., p. 239.) A native of Switzerland. Intro- 

 duced in 1823. Flowering in March, at which time the catkins are nearly 

 sessile ; and again in August. A bushy shrub or tree ; the branches round, 

 pubescent, and of a muddy green colour, marked with a few yellow spots, 

 having the appearance of being besmeared with clay. Leaves obovate, about 

 2 in. long, and a little more than 1 in. wide ; margins a little revolute ; deeply 

 denticulated ; denticles a little glandular; the upper side densely pubescent, 

 wrinkled ; the midrib ferruginous ; beneath, pubescent, reticulated, of a 

 whitish colour, with prominent arched veins ; midrib pale beneath, and pro- 

 minent. Footstalks shortish and stout, dilated at the base, and downy. 

 Catkins from I in. to H in. long, appearing before the expansion of the 

 leaves, in March ; and again in August. " 111 adapted to any useful 

 purpose." (Forbes.) 



sfi 88. S. PANNO^SA Forbes. The cloth-leaved Sallow. 



Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 123. 



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



Engravings. Sal. Wob., 1. 123. ; and fig. 123. in p. 16-26. 



Spec. Char.,8fc. Leaves elliptic-obovate, serrated ; green and downy above, 

 greyish and densely pubescent beneath. Stipules large, serrated, glaucous. 

 Ovary ovate-lanceolate, silky, on a short footstalk. Style glabrous. Stig- 

 mas undivided. (Sal. Wob., p. 245.) A native of Switzerland. Introduced 

 in 1824, and flowering, in the Woburn salictum, in April and May. A small 

 tree, growing to the height of 12 ft. or 14 ft., with oblique spreading branches, 

 which are of a darkish fuscous colour, and closely covered with a short 

 pubescence ; the young twigs are of a greyish brown, and densely downy. 

 Leaves from l^in. to 2 in. long, about 1 in. in breadth; elliptic-obovate; dull 



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