1578 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



& 130. S. LAXIFLO^RA Borr. The loosc-catkincd Willow. 



Mcntificatian. Borr. in Eng. Bot. Stippl., t. 2749. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3. 



The .'<V.rr.v. The female is described and figured in Eng. But. Suppl. The male plant is not known. 



Kngraving. Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2719. 



Spec. Char., $c. Upright. Young shoots slightly pubescent. Leaves gla- 

 brous, flat, broadly obovate, narrower to the base, slightly toothed, glau- 

 cescent beneath ; upper leaves acute. Stipules small, concave Flowers 

 loosely disposed in the catkin. Ovary stalked, bluntish, glabrous in the 

 lower part. Style as long as the linear divided stigmas. {Borrer in E. B. 

 Suppl.} Wild at Killin, in Breadalbane, where it was observed in 1810. 

 Mr. G. Anderson had previously distinguished it, and communicated to 

 Mr. Borrer the plant from which the specimens figured were taken, but 

 without informing Mr. Borrer in what part of Britain he had found the 

 kind. That plant has formed a tree-like shrub, more than 12 ft. high, with 

 crooked, divaricated branches, and flowers in April. The twigs are shin- 

 ing, greenish grey or slightly tinged with brown ; at first, sparingly and 

 inconspicuously pubescent. Leaves 1 in. to H in. long; bright green and shin- 

 ing above, more or less glaucous beneath. Catkin about 1 in. long when 

 the flowers are in blossom, which are loosely set in the catkin. It flowers 

 in April. It resembles S. /aurina in the figure of the leaves ; but that kind 

 differs in its more acutely angled ramification ; its mahogany-coloured 

 twigs, densely cottony while young; the abundance of short appressed 

 hairs present on both surfaces of the young leaves ; the more awl-shaped 

 ovary, white all over with cottony hairs ; and the shorter style, with short 

 stigmas, the segments of which usuallv adhere together. {Borrer in E. B. 

 Suppl. ; Hook. Br. FL, ed. 3.) 



131. S. LAU'RINA Smith. The Laurel-leaved, or shining dark green, Willow. 



Identification. Smith Lin. Soc. Trans., 6. p. 122. ; Hook. Br. Fl, ed. 2., p. 425. 



Synonymes. S. bicolor Smith Eng. Bot., 1. 180(5., Eng. Fl., 4. p. 178., Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 38. ; 



S arbiiscula Wahlcnb. var. Koch Comm., p. 45. 



The Sexes. The female is described in Eng. FL, and figured in Eng. not. and Sal. Wob. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1806. ; Sal. Wob., t.38. ; our Jig. 1338. ; and fig. 38. in p. 1612. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves elliptic-oblong, acute, waved, 

 and slightly serrated, nearly glabrous ; glaucous be- 

 neath. Footstalks dilated at the base. Stipules 

 pointed, serrated. Bracteas obtuse, hairy, and half 

 as long as the densely downy, ovate, long-stalked 

 ovary. (Smith Eng. Fl.) A native of Britain, in 

 various parts ; growing plentifully in woods and 

 thickets ; flowering in March and April. A shrub 

 or small tree. Branches at first erect, or wand-like, 

 round, of a mahogany-colour, beset with copious 

 nearly upright leaves, and attaining the height of 1338 



6 ft. Catkins earlier than the foliage. If neglected, the plant becomes a 

 small tree. (Smith.) The twigs are very brittle, and unfit for any useful 

 purpose. (Forbes.) There are plants at Woburn and Ilenfield ; also in the 

 Goldworth and Hackney arboretums. 



a 132. S. PATTENS Forbes. The spreading-ira?2cAerf Willow. 



Identification. Forbes in Sal. "Wob., No. 39. 



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



Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 39. ; and our fig. 39. in p. 1612. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stem spreading. Leaves elliptical, entire ; glabrous, green 

 and shining above ; veiny, glabrous, and glaucous beneath. Stipules lan- 

 ceolate, very minute, withering. Ovafy sessile, ovate-lanceolate, silky. 

 Style longer than the parted stigmas. (Sal. Wob., p. 77.) The native country 

 of this species is not given. It is a branching shrub, about 3ft. or 4ft. 

 high, with short, spreading, dark brown branches, slightly villous only 

 when in their youngest state. The leaves are 1 in. long ; and sometimes 

 2 in. long, and 1 in. in breadth, on luxuriant shoots; much resembling those 



