1562 



ARBORETUM AND PRUTICETUM. 



'ART III. 



Eng. Fl.,4. p. 225. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 122. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3., p. 429. ; Mackay Fl. 



Hibern., pt. 1. p. 252. 



Synonymcs. S. cftprea Koch, part of, Koch Comm., p. 37. ; common Black Sallow, Saugh in York- 

 shire, Grey Withy. 

 Derivation. The name caprea seems to have originated in the reputed fondness of goats for the 



catkins, as exemplified in the wooden cut of the venerable Tragus, their namesake. (Smith in 



Eng. Fl.) 



The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Sal. Wob., and both in Haune Abb/Id. 

 Engravings. Hoffm. Sal., t. 3. f. l.,2. t. 21. f. a. b. c. (Smith) ; Hayne Abbild., t. 192. ; Eng. Bot, 



t. 1438.; Sal. Wob., No. 122. ; our fig. 1333., from the Sal. Wob. ; and fig. 1334., representing the 



male, and fig. 1335 the female, both from Host's 



1333 



Sal. Aust., t. 66, 67- ; and fig. 122. in p. 1626. 



133* 



Spec. Char.&c. Stem erect. Leaves 

 roundish-ovate, pointed, ser- 

 rated, waved; pale and downy 

 beneath. Stipules somewhat 

 crescent-shaped. Catkins oval. 

 Ovary stalked, ovate,silky. Stig- 

 mas nearly sessile, and undivided 

 Capsules swelling. (Smith E. 

 F.) A native of Britain, in woods and dry pastures, common; flowering 

 in April and May. The following traits are derived from Smith's fuller 

 description in his 

 English Flora: "A 

 moderate-sized tree, 

 with spreading, round, 

 brown or purplish 

 branches, minutely 

 downy when young. 

 Leaves larger and 

 broader than in any 

 other of the genus ; of 

 a deep green above, 

 with a downy rib; 

 white underneath, or 

 rather glaucous, veiny, 

 densely clothed with 

 soft, white, cottony 

 down ; generallybroad- 

 ly ovate, approaching 

 to orbicular, with a 

 sharp point; some- 

 times more elliptical, 

 either rounded or 

 slightly heart-shaped 

 at the base; varying 

 in length from 2 in. to 



