J576 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



basketwork. There are plants at Woburn, and in the Goldworth and Hack- 

 ney arboretums. 



& 126. S. SO'RDIDA Forbes. The sordid Sallow, or Willow. 



Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 101. 



The Seres. The male is described and figured in Sal. Wob. 



Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 101. ; and our fig. 101. in p. 1621. 



Spec. Char., #c. Leaves lanceolate, serrated, pubescent, and glaucous beneath. 

 Stipules rounded, toothed, glandular. Catkins numerous, recurved. Fila- 

 ments whitish. Anthers yellow. Bractea obovate, slightly fringed. (Sal. Wob., 

 p. 201.) A native of Switzerland. Introduced in ? 1824; flowering, in the 

 willow garden at Woburn Abbey, in April. It is a bushy, upright-growing 

 shrub, with yellow, round, pubescent branches, which are variously marked 

 with small black spots. Buds yellow, rather longer than in S. strepida. 

 (Forbes.) Leaves from 2 in. to 2| in. long, and about 1 in. broad, of an 

 elliptic-lanceolate shape, remotely serrated, the serratures furnished with 

 glands ; upper surface pubescent, but ultimately becoming nearly glabrous ; 

 glaucous beneath, with a densely pubescent midrib. Footstalks nearly 

 i in. long, slender. Catkins appearing before the leaves ; all inclining 

 towards one side of the branch ; very numerous. The twigs are brittle, and 

 unfit for basketwork. There are plants at Woburn, Flitwick, Henfield, and 

 Hackney. 



* 127. S. SCHLEICHERIA^NA Forbes. Schleicher's Willow, or Sallow. 



Identification. Sal. Wob., No. 98. 



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



Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 98. ; and our fig. 98. in p. 1620. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves elliptic, acute, serrated, dark green ; villous above, 

 glaucous and pubescent beneath. Germens awl-shaped, glabrous, stalked. 

 Style twice as long as the undivided ovate stigmas. Stipules half-ovate, 

 serrated. (Sal. Wob., p. 195.) A native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1824; 

 flowering in April and May. This species forms a very bushy head, attaining 

 the height of 12ft. or 15ft., spreading obliquely, with round dark brown 

 branches, copiously covered with a sort of pubescence when young, which 

 continues, to a certain degree, on the preceding year's shoots. Leaves 

 from l|in. to 2 in. long, elliptic, acute ; shining and villous on their upper 

 surface ; glaucous and hairy beneath ; often contracted at the base ; the 

 young ones densely covered with long silky hairs, but losing their pubescence 

 as they advance in age, and ultimately becoming almost glabrous. Footstalks 

 slender, about ^in. long. Catkins from l^in. to 2 in. long, expanding with 

 the leaves. There are plants at Woburn and Henfield ; and also in the 

 Goldworth and Hackney arboretums. 



& 128. S. GRISONE'NSIS Forbes. The Grisons Sallow, or Willow. 



Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob, No. 99. 



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



Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 99. ; and ourfig.'JW. in p. 1620. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous; deep green, 

 shining above ; paler glaucous beneath. Stipules half-heart-shaped, toothed, 

 glabrous. Ovary ovate-lanceolate, somewhat downy, on a short stalk. 

 Style glabrous, longer than the cloven stigmas. (Sal. Wob.,y. 197.) A native 

 of the Grisons. Introduced in ? 1824, and flowering, in the willow garden 

 at Woburn Abbey, in March and April. A shrub, much resembling S. Schlei- 

 chenana in size and mode of growth ; but the leaves are much longer, and 

 likewise the catkins, by which it is readily distinguished from that species. 

 The branches are brownish green, glabrous, and shining, after the first year ; 

 young ones reddish brown, pubescent, but becoming glabrous in autumn. 

 Leaves from 2 in. to 3 in. long, elliptic-lanceolate ; their breadth 1 in. or 

 more ; deep green, glabrous, and shining on their upper surface ; glaucous and 

 paler beneath ; pubescent in their young state ; their margins furnished with 

 shallow serratures, entire towards their extremities. Footstalks ^ in. or 



