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yellow spots, and are very brittle. The leaves are from Hin. to 2 in. long, 

 and nearly H in. in breadth, when fully grown ; of an ovate, or somewhat 

 heart-like", shape at their base, and oblique at their tip. Upper surface 

 dark green and shining; underneath, veiny, minutely hairy, and glaucous. 

 Footstalks nearly 1 in. long, dilated at the base, and downy. This 

 species, although it bears some resemblance to S. rivularis, is yet very 

 distinct. The young shoots are brittle, and not adapted for basketwork. 



m 108. S. CORIA^CEA Forbes. The coriaceous-/e-ai>/, or leathery, Willow, or 



Sallow. 



Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 112. 



The Sexes. Both sexes are described and figured in Sal. Wob. 



Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 112. ; and ourfig. 112. in p.1623. 



Spec. Char.,fyc. Leaves elliptical, slightly obovate, acute, denticulated, crisped, 

 pubescent, reticulated and glaucous beneath. Stamens long, white. Anthers 

 4-celled, yellow. Catkins of the female about 1 in. long, thick, obtuse. 

 Ovary nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate, very downy. Style longer than the 

 deeply parted stigmas. Bractea ovate-lanceolate, hairy. Stipules rounded, 

 serrated, glabrous. (Sal. Wob., p. 223.) A native of Switzerland. Intro- 

 duced in ? 1825, and flowering in March. This is a low-growing bushy 

 shrub, attaining to the height of 7 ft. or 8 ft., with round pubescent branches, 

 of a pale green colour, remotely marked with yellow spots. Leaves about 

 2 in. long, elliptic-obovate, acute; margins denticulated, crisped ; upper sur- 

 face of a dull shining green, besprinkled with minute appressed hairs ; 

 glaucous beneath, pubescent, with a prominent midrib, and with arched hairy 

 veins ; the substance of the leaves of a thick leathery texture. Footstalks 

 stoutish and yellow. Catkins nearly 1 in. long, densely downy before they 

 are expanded. There are plants at Woburn, Flitwick, and Hackney. 



& 109. S. NI'GRICANS Smith. The dark broad-leaved Willow. 



Identification. Smith Eng. Bot., 1. 1213. ;' Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 659. : Smith Eng. Fl., 4. p. 172. ; 



Forbes in Sal. Wob.,'No. 37. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. S. 

 Synonyme. S. phylicifulia j3 Lin. Sp. PL, 1442., Fl. Lapp., No. 350. t. 8. f. c. (Smith from Herb. 



Lin.}, Koch Comm., p. 41. 

 The Sexes. Smith has described both sexes in Eng. Fl. ; the female from Lapland specimens : the 



male is figured in Eng. Sot. and Sal. Wob. The S. nigrescens Schl., female, is figured in Sal. Wob., 



as the female of S. nigricans Smith. It does not appear that the flowers of the female have been 



found wild in Britain. (Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2.) 

 Engravings. Lin. Fl. Lapp., t. 8. f. c.; Eng. Bot, 1. 1213. ; Sal. Wob., No. 37. ; and our fig. 37. in 



p. 1611. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acute, crenate ; glabrous, with a 

 downy rib, above ; glaucous beneath. Stamens 2, thrice the length of the 

 hairy bractea. Ovary lanceolate, downy, on a short downy stalk. (Smith 

 Eng. Fl.) The male plant is a native of Britain, in fens, osier grounds, 

 woods, and thickets. The female plant in the Woburn collection is the 

 S. nigrescens of Schleicher, which was introduced about 1825, or before. 

 The male plant in the Woburn collection forms a large bushy shrub, 

 scarcely attaining the height or form of a tree, with upright, round, stout, 

 rather brittle branches, glabrous, except when young. The catkins appear 

 in April, much earlier than the foliage ; and those of the males, when full 

 grown, are l^in. long. The leaves are from 1 in. to Hin. broad, and from 

 4 in. to 5 in. long. According to Smith, S. nigricans is of no use in the arts. 

 There are plants at Woburn, Flitwick, Henfield, and Hackney. 



sit 110. S. ANDERSON/^\V^ Smith. Anderson's Willow, or the Green Mountain 



Sallow. 



Identification. Smith Eng. Bot, 2343. ; Rees's Cyclo., No. 123. ; Eng. Fl., 4. p. 223. : Forbes in Sal. 



Wob., No. 109. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3. 

 Synonyme. S. phylicifolia var. Koch Comm. 



The Sexes. The female is described in Eng. Fl., and figured in Eng. Hot. and in Sal. Wob. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot, t. 2343. ; Sal. Wob., No. 109. ; and our fig. 109. in p. 1(523. 



Spec. Char. t $c. Stem upright. Leaves elliptical, acute, finely notched, 

 slightly downy, paler beneath. Stipules half-ovate, nearly glabrous. Branches 

 minutely downy. Ovary glabrous ; its stalks almost equal to the brnctea. 



