CHAP. CHI. 



SALICA CE/E. A'A'LIX. 



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of ,V. /anrina. The catkins appear with the leaves in May, and the plant 

 produce's them a second time in Augu>t. The general length of the 

 t \\iiz-, i> from Gin. to Sin. ; but this species is not likely to be applicable to 

 baakeUmaking. There are plants at Woburn, Ilcnfield, and Flitwick. 



-* 133. S. RADI V CANS Smith. The footing-branched Willow. 



Identification. Smith Fl. Brit, p. 1053. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 676. (Smith}; Hook. Br. Fl.,ed. 2., 

 Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t.2701., in the text. 



Fl. Lap],., No. 351., t. 8. f. d., Suift/t I 

 he original Lapland specimen of S pnylicil 

 herbarium "is indubitably, as was long since stated by Smith, the S. phylicifoliaof Eng. Bot., t, l!>.~>s.'' 



ippl., t. ! . . 



.S'. phylicifMia Lin. F/. Lapp., No. 351., t. 8. f.d., Smith Fl. Brit., p. 1049., Eng. Bat., 

 " The original Lapland specimen of .S' pbyliciflHia in theXuuuean 



, Eng. Fl., 4. p. 173. 



(Borrer in Eng. Bot. SHU/I/., t. 2709.) "As Linnaeus no doubt included several other willows," besides 

 the Lapland S. ;>hylicifulia, noticed above, " under his S. ;>hylicif6lia, it would be better to call " the 

 kind of Eng. Bot. " by Smith's tirst name, rad'icans." (Burrcr, quoted in Hook. Br, Fl., ed. 2.) S. 

 /jhylicifblia Forbes in Sal. ll'ob.. No. 46. ; S. arbuscula Wnhlcnh. var. Koch Coimn., p. 4J-. 



'/'//< &.'xfs. The female is described in Eng. Fl., where Smith has noticed that he had not observed 

 the catkins of the male. The female is figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wvb. 



Engravings. Eng. Bot., 1. 1958. ; Sal. Wob., No. 46. ; and our fig. 46. in p. 1614. 



Spec. Char., tyr. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, with wavy serratures, very glabrous ; 

 glaucous beneath. Stipules glandular on the inside. Ovary lanceolate, 

 stalked, silky. Style twice the length of the stigmas. Branches trailing. 

 (Smith Eng. Fl.) The following traits are also derived from Smith. A 

 low, spreading, glabrous bush, whose long, recumbent, brown or purplish 

 branches take root as they extend in every direction. Leaves on shortish 

 stalks, not much spreading, about 2 in. long, not 1 in. broad ; very acute 

 at the point, not at all rounded at the base ; glabrous at all times, except an 

 obscure downiness on the midrib above ; harsh to the touch, bitter, variously 

 rrenated or serrated ; the serratures peculiarly, and sometimes very re- 

 markably, undulated ; the upper side of a dark shining green, and the 

 under glaucous. "A perfectly distinct plant, in its low mode of growth, 

 from S. Borren'awrt and S. Davalltond, and from all the other British species 

 with which I am acquainted." (Forbes.) Mr. Borrer has described inci- 

 dentally, at the end of his account of S. Davall/an/z in the Eng. Sot. 

 Snppl. t. 2701., characters of S. radicans in contrast with characters 

 of S. Davalltana. One of these is, that S. radicans flowers a full fortnight 

 later than S. DavalhVwrz. 



Sfe 134. S. BoRRER//*\v.4 Smith. Borrer's, or the dark upright. Willow. 



Identification. Smith Eng. Fl., 4. p. 174. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 45. ; Borr. in Eng. Bot. Suppl . 



tiiiilii. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3. 

 The .SV-ir.v. The male is described in Eng. Fl. and Eng. Bot. Suppl., and figured in Sal. Wob. and 



Eng. But. S//i>/>/. Mr. W. Wilson and Sir W. J. Hooker have found the female at Killin, in 



Ureadalbane. (Hook. Br. FL, ed. 2.) 

 Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 45. ; Eng. Bot. Suppl., t.2619. ; our fig. 1339. ; and Jig. 45. in p. 1614. 



Spec. Char.y eye. Branches erect. Leaves lanceolate, serrated with shallow 

 nearly even serratures, very glabrous ; glaucous beneath. Stipules lanceo- 

 late, small. Bracteas (scales) acute, shaggy. (Smith E. F. t Borr. E. B. S.) 

 It is nearly allied to S. phylicifolia Eng. Bot., 

 t. 1958.; but seems distinct, differing much in its 

 mode of growth and habit, and its narrower and 

 truly lanceolate leaves. (Borr.) Native to Scotland, 

 in Highland mountain valleys : Breadalbane, Killin 

 in Breadalbane, and Glen Nevis, are the localities 

 mentioned. It was first discovered by Mr. Borrer, 

 who has given a detailed description of it in Eug. 

 Bot. Sitpp/.y from which the following traits are 

 derived : A much-branched shrub, decumbent at 

 the base only, about 10ft. high. Large branches 

 ash-coloured. Twigs spreading or ascending, short, 

 soon becoming of a deep mahogany hue, and glabrous. 1339 



Buds large. "Disk of the leaf lanceolate, tapering to each end, about 2 in,. 

 long, and \ in. or more wide; keeled, twisted; dark green and shining on 

 the upper surface, glaucous on the under one ; glabrous on both, except 

 t lew scattered silkv hairs on each ; in the leaves of young shoots, closely 



