CHAP. CITI. SALICA^CE/K. .VA^L.IX. 1575 



brunches and brown twigs. Young shoots covered with short, horizontal, 

 or deflexed hairs. Leaves on the upper surface slightly hairy, very dark 

 green and shining; on the under one, bluish, anil rather more hairy, or 

 Woolly ; at length glabrous on both surfaces, except on the petiole and 

 midrib, and losing, or very nearly losing, the glaucous tinge on the under 

 one ; the edges slightly recurved, serrated throughout with blunt gland- 

 tipped teeth. Stipules remarkably large, serrated, having glands at the 

 edge, and a few on the disk, near the point of insertion. The kind is re- 

 markable for the long, dark, shining, wavy leaves, and large stipules, of its 

 strong shoots. The flowers come forth with the young leaves about the 

 beginning of May. Catkin, in the earliest state of flowering, ovate, and 

 usually less than i in. long ; but it gradually becomes cylindrical, and 3 or 4 

 times as long. (Ibid.) There are plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick. 



123. S AMMANN//I V A T /* Willd. Ammann's Willow. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. fif.3. ; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 21. 



Synoniimcis. S. /ihylidfoha var. Koch Com in., p. 41. ; S. .VyrsinUos Huff. Sal., 1. p. 71. t. 17, 18,19, 

 ' and ''24. f. 2. (Smith in /uv.s'.v Ci/c/o.) " .V.styhlris SermM-Mynogr. ilex .SV/w/\v </< la Suissc, p. <i'2., is 

 regarded as .V. Ammann&jM Willd. (Boner, incidentally in Eng. h'ot. Si<j>])i.,t. 2725.) 

 The Sexes. The female is noticed in the Specific Character. 

 Engravings. Hoffm. Sal., 1. p. 71. t. 17, 18, 19, and 24. f. 2. (Smith.} 



Spec. Char., ftc. Leaves oblong-elliptical, acute, serrate, glabrous ; glaucous 

 beneath. Petiole long, downy. Stipules ovate, dentate, persistent. Cat- 

 kins protruded before the leaves. Ovaries lanceolate, glabrous. ( ll'/f/d.) 

 Wild in the alps of Salzburg and Carinthia. (Id. and Smith.) Introduced 

 in 1821. 



3fe 124. S. ATROVI^RENS Forbes. The dark-green Sallow, or Willow. 



Identification, Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 108. 



The 8/eteg. Both sexes are described and figured in Sal. Wob. 



Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 10S. ; and our jig. 108. in p. 



S/)e<\ Char.) $c. Leaves ovate-acute, bluntly serrated, nearly glabrous, heart- 

 shaped at the base. Footstalks rather short, downy. Stipules large, 

 rounded, serrated. Ovary awl-shaped, on a short stalk, downy. Style 

 glabrous, longer than the parted stigmas. (Sal. Wob., p. 215.) A native of 

 Switzerland. Introduced in 1824, and flowering, in the willow garden at 

 Woburn Abbey, in May. An upright shrub or tree, attaining the height of 

 10ft. or 12 ft. Branches dark brown, round, downy, and slightly striated. 

 Leaves above 2 in. long, If in. broad, of an ovate-heart-shaped figure, 

 slightly hairy; glaucous beneath, with a downy midrib and prominent arched 

 veins ; margins bluntly serrated. Footstalks short. Catkins of the male 

 rather more than 1 in. long, and appearing with the leaves. A very distinct 

 species, and easily distinguished by its dark green leaves, which are generally 

 heart-shaped at the base. 



a 125. S. STRE'PIDA Forbes. The creaking Willow, or Sallow. 



lilcntijicatiun. Sal. Wob., No. 100. 



The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Sal. IV<>!>. 



Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 100. ; and our Jig. 1(X). in p. I(>21. 



. Char., $c. Leaves obovate-elliptical, acute, pubescent, glaucous beneath ; 

 margins denticulated ; the tip oblique. Stipules half-heart-shaped, serrated, 

 and glabrous. Catkins oblong. Capsules awl-shaped, silky. Style long. 

 Stigmas bifid. (Sal. Wob., p. 199.) A native of Switzerland. Introduced in 

 1820, and flowering in March and April. This plant forms a straggling 

 bush, producing rather long pendulous branches, of a pale greenish colour, 

 very pubescent, and soft to the touch ; perfectly round. Buds of a purplish 

 colour, and hairy. Leaves about 2 in. long, and broadest about the middle ; 

 the tip oblique," acute, and nearly entire ; margins dentated, or slightly 

 serrated; the lower serratures, in some of the leaves, sometimes elongated ; 

 upper surface of a dull green, pubescent ; under surface glaucous, hairy, with 

 a pale, prominent, and downy midrib. Footstalks rather short, sometimes 

 tinged with red. Catkins of the female 1 in. long. The shoots unfit for 



