CHAP. cm. SALICA V CE;E. ,SA V LIX. 1571 



base; the margins deeply serrated, and furnished with glands, a little wavy ; 

 upper surface shining and downy; under one glaucous, and besprinkled 

 with small appressed hairs. Ovary ovate-subulate, glabrous. Style 

 longer than the divided stigmas. (Sal. Wob. t p. 283.) A native of Germany. 

 Introduced in 1824-, and flowering in March and April. A small bushy 

 tree, with round villous branches, of a sooty brown colour. Buds hairy. 

 Leaves from 1 in. to l^in. long, of an ovate shape, deeply serrated, and 

 somewhat wavy; unequal, and a little heart-shaped at the base; more 

 or less downy on both sides, especially the midrib and veins, with minute 

 hairs ; beneath, glaucous. Footstalks downy. Catkins 1 in. long. This 

 species resembles, in leaves and mode of growth, S. rotundata ; but is a 

 very distinct kind, having the leaves more oblong and undulated. There 

 are plants at Woburn, and in the Hackney arboretum. 



* 116. S. ROTUND A V T A Forbes. The round-km^d Willow, or Sallow. 



Identification. Sal. Wob., No. 104. 

 Xi/nonyme. ? S. rotundifblia Host. 

 The .SV.ir*. Both sexes are described and figured in Sal. Wob. 



Sal. Wob., No. 104. ; our fig. 1337., p. 1572. ; and fig. 104. in p. 1621. 



Spec. Char., <$r. Leaves orbicular, bluntly serrated ; glabrous and shining above ; 

 glaucous, reticulated, and slightly hairy beneath. Stipules rounded, ser- 

 rated, glandular. Ovary awl-shaped, glabrous, stalked. Style twice the 

 length of the parted stigmas. (Sal. Wob., p. 207.) A native of Switzerland. 

 Introduced in ? 1824, and flowering, in the willow garden at Woburn Abbey, 

 in April and May. An upright-growing shrub or low tree, attaining the 

 height of 15ft. or more ; the preceding year's branches of a brownish green 

 colour, marked with several yellow spots, and retaining their pubescence; 

 very brittle ; the young twigs round, densely hairy, and copiously covered 

 with leaves. Leaves orbicular, somewhat heart-shaped at the base when 

 fully grown, bluntly serrated ; glabrous and shining above; glaucous, reticu- 

 lated, and very minutely hairy beneath, becoming almost glabrous when at 

 maturity. Footstalks stout, and densely downy. Catkins of the male 

 nearly 1 in. long. The roundness of the leaves renders this a very distinct 

 species. There are plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Goldworth. 



*t 117. S. DU'RA Forbes. The hardy Sattow t or Willow. 



Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob,, No. 105. 

 /'//. .V./V.S-. The male plant is;figurcd in Sal. Wob. 

 Bmgrtumgt. Sal. Wob., No. 105. ; and our fig. , 105. in p. lf.22. 



Char., $c. Leaves elliptical, deeply toothed, a little heart-shaped at the 

 base ; green, shining, and villous above ; glaucous and pubescent beneath. 

 Stipules large, rounded, glabrous. Catkins short. Bractcas yellow, fringed. 

 (Sal. Wob., p. 209.) A rapid-growing tree, flowering, in the willow garden 

 at Woburn Abbey, in April and May ; with dark brown, glabrous, round 

 branches ; the young ones reddish, and thickly covered with short white 

 hairs, which disappear towards autumn ; forming a bushy head, with long 

 oblique twigs. The leaves are nearly 2 in. long, and l^in. in breadth; of 

 an elliptical-roundish shape, obtuse and somewhat heart-shaped at the base, 

 with blunt oblique points ; green, villous, and shining above ; glaucous and 

 pubescent beneath, becoming nearly glabrous in autumn ; their margins 

 d reply toothed, the teeth furnished with glands, which are very conspicuous 

 in the young leaves. Footstalks rather short, stout, and downy. Catkins 

 about in. long. A very distinct species ; and, though of very rapid and 

 vigorous growth, unfit, from the brittleness of its branches, for basketwork. 

 There are plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick, and also in the Hack- 

 ney and Goldworth arboretums. 



1 18. S. FORSTERTA^NA Smith. The glaucous Mountain Sallow, or 

 Forster's Willow. 



Identification. Smith Eng. Bot., t. 2J44. ; Kees's Cyclo., No. 124. ; Smith Eng. Fl., 2. p. 224. ; Forbes 

 in Sal Uol, , Nu. no. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3., p. 431. 



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