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cies, and much nearer to S. arbuscula Wahlenb. Mr. Borrer has remarked on this as follows : 

 ' I am not acquainted with S. livida Wahl. If this prove S. bicoior Ehrh., our S. bicolor, which 

 is the plant of the German gardens, as I conclude from Mertens having given it me as S. bicolor, 

 may bear Forbes's name of floribunda, unless Schrader's older name, discolor, belongs to it : see 

 Koch, p. 46." (Borrer in a letter.) 



The Sexes. The male is described in Sal. Wob., and figured in Eng. Sot. and Sal. Wob. ; some 

 notice of what Mr. Borrer deems the female is given in Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2. 



Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 2186. ; Sal. Wob., No. 54. ; and our fig. 54. in p. 1615. ; ? Hayne Abbild., 

 1. 180., where the sex figured is the male. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves elliptical, green and shining above, glabrous and 

 glaucous beneath ; serrated, ending in oblique points. Stipules crescent- 

 shaped, serrated. Catkins of the male copious, bright yellow. Filaments 

 slightly bearded at the base. (Sal. Wob., p. 107.) A native of Britain ; flower- 

 ing, in the willow garden of Woburn Abbey, in April, and again in July. A 

 bushy spreading shrub, with short yellow branches, slightly villous when 

 young ; the older ones rather a yellowish green, quite glabrous ; rising to the 

 height of 6 ft. or 8 ft., with bright yellow catkins in April, and again in July. 

 Leaves elliptical, acute, serrated, glabrous ; shining above, glaucous and veiny 

 beneath ; glabrous in every state of growth, with the exception of a slight 

 downiness on the very youngest leaves, which are always of a purplish 

 colour ; midrib and footstalks glabrous, yellow. Stipules crescent-shaped, 

 serrated. This is a very ornamental species when in flower; neither are the 

 leaves destitute of beauty ; and, when the shrub is cut down, it produces 

 tough, flexible twigs, that are good for tying, basketwork, &c. S. bicolor 

 has become 10 ft. high with Mr. Borrer. (Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2660.) 

 There are plants at Henfield. 



143. S. PHILLYREIFO V LIA Borrer. The Phillyrea-leaved Willow. 



Identification. Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2660. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed.2. p. 417. 



The Sexes. Both suxcs are described and figured in Eng. Bot. Suppl. , the female in the fruit- 

 bearing state . 



Engraving. Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2660. 



Spec. Char., Ssc. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acute at each end, strongly serrated, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, glaucous on the under one. Stipules small. Young shoots pubescent. Bracteas (scales) 

 oblong, hairy, longer than the glabrous stalk of the glabrous ovary. Style as long as the stigmas. 

 In the arrangement of the kinds, this one may stand between S. bicolor and S. Dicksom'dna, in 

 both of which; the leaves are for the most part obsoletely serrated, and of a figure approaching to 

 obovate with a point. (Borrer.) Mr. Borrer has thus stated its localities in a wild state. Highland 

 valleys of Scotland, particularly in Glen Tarfe, near Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire ; and in the 

 vicinity of Ben Lawers, Perthshire. He has termed it a beautiful kind. The male, growing in 

 his garden since 1810, had become, in 1830, an upright much branched shrub, about 5 ft. high ; and 

 it flowers in about the middle of April, before the leaves appear, and sometimes again at mid- 

 summer. Catkins numerous, cylindrical, J in. long, closely set with flowers. The leaves, in size, 

 figure, and serratures, bear no slight resemblance to those of Phillf rea latifblia : when young, they 

 are sprinkled on both surfaces with minute appressed hairs, but become at length glabrous, except 

 in the upper surface of the petiole and midrib. The disk of the leaf is scarcely more than 1 in. 

 long, and has its upper surface of a bright, shining, full green; the under surface bluish : the petiole 

 is about a third of the length of the disk. There are plants at Henfield. 



j* 144. S. DICKSONI/JM Smith. Dickson's Willow. 



Identification. Smith Eng. Bot, 1. 1390. : the figure is bad, and has led to doubts as to this species, 

 which only authenticated specimens could remove (Borrer in Eng. Bot Suppl., t. 2663., inci- 

 dentally.) Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 696. ; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 60. ; Eng. Fl., 4. p. 196. ; Forbes in 

 Sal. Wob., No. 55. ; Hook. Br. FL, ed. 3. 



Si/nonyme. S. myrtilloides Smith Fl. Brit., p. 1056., not of Lin. 



The Sexes. The female is described in Eng. Fl. and Sal. Wob., and figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. 

 Wob. Smith has noticed, in his English Flora, that he had not observed the stamens. 



Engravings. Eng. Bot, 1 1390., see under Identification, above; Sal. Wob., No. 55. ; and our 

 fig. 55. in p. 1615. 



Spec. Char., 8?c. Leaves elliptical, acute, slightly toothed, glabrous ; glaucous 

 beneath. Young branches very glabrous. Catkins ovate, short, erect. Ovary 

 stalked, ovate, silky. Stigmas nearly sessile. (Smith Eng. Fl., iv. p. 196.) 

 Leaves, for the most part, obsoletely serrated, and of a figure approaching to 

 obovate with a point. Ovary and its stalk densely silky. (Borrer in Eng. 

 Bot. Suppl., t. 2660., incidentally.) A native of Scotland ; flowering in 

 April. The following traits are derived from Mr. Forbes's description : "A 

 low-growing upright shrub, attaining the height of 18 in. or 2 ft., with 

 smooth yellow branches ; the preceding year's arc greenish and scaly. The 

 leaves are elliptic, obovate, minutely serrated in the middle, or denticulated; 

 entire at both extremities ; glabrous and shining above, and very glaucous 



