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crenate, or notched with shallow, flat, or slightly waved, gland-pointed 

 teeth. Petiole about a quarter of the length of the disk. Catkins of the 

 male numerous and showy; produced about the beginning of April, earlier 

 than in the generality of mountain willows. (E. B. S.) Ovary lanceolate 

 subulate, on a long stalk, quite glabrous ; style long, bifid ; stigmas linear, 

 bifid. (Hooker.) This kind, cultivated in the willow garden at Woburn 

 Abbey, produced its flowers before the expansion of the leaves in April ; 

 and again, when the plant was in full leaf, in July. Trained to a single stem, 

 it would form a very handsome small tree for suburban gardens. There 

 are plants at Flitwick and Woburn. 



a 135. S, DAVALL/^^^ Smith. Davall's Willow. 



Identification. Smith Eng. FL, 4. p. 175., as far as to the Scottish kind ; Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl., 

 t. 2701. ; Smith's British specimens, not his Swiss one, were taken from the same individual as ours 

 (Borrer) ; Forbes in SaL Wob., No. 47. ; Hook. Br. FL, ed. 3. 



Synonymes. S. tetrapla Walker (Anderson}; S. phylicif.Mia Willd. (Mcrtens) ; these relate to the 

 female of the Scottish kind (Borrer) : S. thymcltsindes Schlcicher. (Forbes in Sal. Wob.) 



The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Eng. Bot. Suppl. Mr. Borrer is not acquainted 

 with the male, but has added a figure of a specimen of what Mr. Anderson regarded as such, 

 prepared from a sketch made from one of Mr. Anderson's specimens in 1811. Two sexes are figured 

 in Sal. Wob. As it is most probable that Mr. Borrer knew of these, perhaps he deemed the male 

 erroneous. 



Engravings. Eng. Bot. Suppl., t.2701. ; Sal. Wob., No. 47. ; and our fig. 47. in p. 1614. 



Spec. Char. y fyc. Upright. Leaves obovate lanceolate, flattish, very acutely 

 pointed, obscurely toothed or serrated ; glabrous on both surfaces, somewhat 

 glaucous on the under one. Stipules minute. Young shoots and petioles 

 pubescent. Bracteas obovate, silky. Ovary stalked, acute, silky. Style 

 as long as the divided stigmas. (Borr. in Eng. Bot. Suppl.) The female 

 is a native of Scotland. We have specimens from Teesdale that seem of 

 the same species. (Borr.) A bushy shrub, with ascending branches, 

 scarcely exceeding 4 ft. high. Twigs tinged with brown. (Borr?) It grows 

 with me to from 6 ft. to 7 ft. high, with upright, dark brown, shining branches. 

 (Forbes.) Leaves about l|in. long, (Borr.), 1 in. broad, on luxuriant 

 shoots (Forbes) ; upper surface dark green and shining, under surface pale, 

 and more or less glaucous. Petiole rather long and slender. Catkins of 

 the female about 1 in. long. The flowers appear when the leaves begin to 

 expand, about the end of April. (Borr.) There are plants at Woburn, Hen- 

 field, and Flitwick. 



? Variety. 



& S. Davalliima Smith, the Swiss kind. (Smith Eng. Fl.,i\. p. 175.) Bor 

 rer has not identified, in Eng. Bot. Su])pl., this with the Scottish 

 kind; hence it becomes right to register it separately. The fol- 

 lowing notice of it is derived from Smith Eng. Fl. : M. Davall 

 sent a specimen of the kind to Smith, in 1790, from Switzerland. 

 This specimen, when shown to Professor Mertens, was pronounced 

 by him to be of the S. jphylicifolia of Willdenow and other German 

 botanists. " It is not, however, that of Linnaeus, nor, apparently, 

 that of Wahlenberg." It agrees with the female of the Scottish 

 kind, except that the ovary, and all parts of the catkin, are much 

 less silky. 



ft 136. S. TE'TRAPLA Smith. The four-ranked Willow. 



Identification. Smith Eng. Fl., 4. p. 177., exclusively of the citation of Walker; Hook. Br. Fl., ed 2., 

 p. 426., exclusively of the citation of Walker ; Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2702. ; ? Forbes in Sal. 

 Wob., t. 49. Borrer has not quoted the last. 



The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Eng. Bot. : the figure in Sal. Wob., whether of 

 this kind or not, is of the female ; and a male is described there. Male flowers not known to 

 Mr. Borrer ; but who has found S. ramifusca Forbes (Sal. Wob., t. 53.), from recent specimens in 

 leaf, so similar to S. tetrapla Smith, that he can scarcely doubt of that being the male of this. 



Engravings. Eng. Bot. Suppl* t. 2702. ; ? Sal. Wob., No. 49. ; and our fig. 49. in p. Kill. 



Spec. Char.y fyc. Upright. Leaves lanceolate, twisted, somewhat carinate, 

 very acutely pointed, serrated ; nearly glabrous on both surfaces, glaucous 

 on the under one. Stipules .small, half-heart-shaped. Young shoots and 

 petioles pubescent. Bracteas lanceolate, silky. Ovary stalked, bluntish, 



