CHAP. CIII. 



SALICA'CE/E. SA V LIX. 



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underneath. The footstalks are long and slender, dilated at the base." 

 From the remarks made by Sir W. J. Hooker in Brit. Fl. (ed. 2.), and by 

 Mr. Forbes, there seems to be a good deal of uncertainty as to this species ; 

 which, as far as we are concerned, must be left to time, and the examination 

 of plants in a living state, to be cleared up. There are plants at Henfield. 



Group xix. \ acciniifblicE Borrer. 

 Small, and generally procumbent, Shrubs. 



Stamens 2 to a flower. Ovary sessile, downy. Leaves bearing a considerable 

 resemblance to those of a / r accinium ; opaque ; the under surface glaucous. 

 Plants, small shrubs, usually procumbent, rarely erect. (Hook. Br. FL, 

 ed. 2., adapted.) It is probable that S. arbuscula L. is the same as one or 

 more of the four kinds, S. racciniifolia Walker, S. carinata Smith, S. pruni- 

 folia Smith t and S. venulosa Smith. (Borrer in his manuscript list.) 



The Vaccinium-leaved Willow. 



Walker's Essay on Nat. Hist. (Hook Br. Fl., ed. 2.), ed. 1812, p. 460. ; Smith Ens 

 Bot.,J. 2341. ; Rees's Cyclo., No. 56. ; Eng. Fl., 4. p. 194. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 57. ; Hook! 



jc 145. S. rACCimiFo x LlA Walker. 



Identification. 

 Bot, t. 2341. 

 Br. Fl., ed. 3 



S- 



Both sexes are figured in E 



xynonyme. S. prunifblia, part of, Koch Comm., p. 59. 



The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. 



Engravings. Eng. Bot., t '2341. ; Sal. Wob., No. 57. ; our fig. 1342., and fig. 57. in p. 1615. 



Spec. Char., SfC. Leaves lanceolate-ovate, serrated ; glabrous and even above, 

 glaucous and silky beneath. Capsules ovate, silky. Stems decumbent (Smith 

 Eng. Fl.) A native of Scotland, on Highland mountains ; flowering in May. 

 A low decumbent shrub, very distinct from S. prunifblia, of a much more 

 humble stature, with decumbent, or trailing, long, and slender branches, silky 

 when young, though otherwise glabrous. Leaves of but half the breadth of 

 those of S. ^prunifolia or S. venulosa, covered at the back with close, delicate, 

 almost invisible, silky hairs, and likewise very glaucous ; the floral ones ovate, 

 obtuse, on long silky footstalks, and beautifully silky at the back, especially 

 when young ; the upper surface of all the leaves even and glabrous, nearly as 

 much so as.in S. prunifblia. " An humble and pretty little shrub, which I had 

 referred (in Flora Scot.) to a variety of S. wrunifblia, and which is very closely 

 allied to S. carinata, prunifblia, and venulbsa." (Hook.) Of all the willows, it 

 most resembles in foliage the Faccfnium Myrtillus L., or bilberry. The leaves 

 have the teeth each terminated by a small spherical gland, and these are, 

 especially in early summer, of a pretty bright yellow colour. (Walk. Ess., ed. 

 1812, p. 461.) There are plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick, and in 

 the Goldworth Arboretum. 



146. S. CARINA'TA Smith. The keeled, or folded-leaved, Willow. 



Identification. Smith Fl. Br., 1055. ; Eng. Bot, 1. 1363. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 680. ; Smith in Rees's 

 Cyclo., No. 63. ; Eng. FL, 4. p. 197. , Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 59. ; Hook. Br. FL, ed. 3. 



Si/nonyme. S. prunifblia, part of, Koch Comm., p. 58. 



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



Engravings. Eng. Bot., 1. 1363. ; Sal. Wob., No. 59. ; and fig. 59. in p. 1615. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate, finely toothed, glabrous, minutely veined, folded into a keel. Catkins 

 cylindrical, with rounded hairy bracteas. Ovary sessile, ovate, silky. (Smith Ens. Fl.) A native 

 of the Highlands of Scotland, on mountains ; flowering there in June, and, in the willow garden 

 at Woburn Abbey, in April, and again in August. Larger and more erect than S. prunifblia or 

 S. venulbsa, to both which it is nearly related in the fertile catkins Mr. Forbes considers this 

 too different from S. racciniifblia and S. venulbsa, to require any detailed comparative view of 

 them. There are plants at Woburn and Flitwick. 



j* 147. S. PRUNIFOLIA Smith. The Plum-leaved Willow. 



Identification. Smith Fl. Br., p. 1054. ; Eng. Bot, 1 1361. ; Rees's Cyclo., No. 55. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. 



p. 677. ; Smith Eng. Fl , 4. p. 193. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 56. ; Hook. Br. FL, ed. 3. 

 Synonymes. S. A/yrsinltes Light/., not Lin. ; S. prunifblia, part of, Koch Comm., p. 59. 

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

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1361. ; Sal. Wob., No. 56. ; and our fig. 1615. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves broadly ovate, serrated, glabrous on both sides ; even 

 above, glaucous beneath. Stem erect, much branched. Capsules ovate, 

 shaggy, like the bracteas, with silky hairs. (Smith Eiig. FL) A native of 

 Scotland; flowering in April. Described by Smith as a bushy shrub, often 

 oft. high, with spreading branches; the whole erect, or ascending, not decum- 



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