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bent. In the Woburn salictum, it grows about 18 in. high, quite upright. 

 Young branches brown, bearing a little short, soft, curved down ; not rigid 

 prominent hairs, as in the S. etulifolia Forster. Leaves broadly ovate, 

 tolerably uniform, 1 in. long, or rather more, bluntly pointed, serrated 

 throughout, but not deeply ; quite glabrous, even, of a full shining green 

 on the upper surface, without any prominent veins ; glaucous, veiny when 

 very young only, besprinkled with a few silky close hairs, beneath. Catkins 

 obtuse, of a brownish purple, much shorter than those of S. vacciniifolia, 

 S. venulosa, and S. carinata; and more like those of S. 6etulifolia Forster. 

 The branches are, likewise, more thickly clothed with upright shorter leaves, 

 than those of either S. venulosa or S. vacciniifolia. The above is derived 

 partly from Smith, and partly from Forbes. There are plants at Woburn 

 and Flitwick. 



Variety. 



jt S. p. stylo longiore Koch, style longer ; S. prunifolia Ser. Sal. Hclv. 

 p. 49.; S. formosa Willd. Sp. PL, iv. p. 680. ; S. fce'tida Schleich. Cent., 

 li. n. 95. ; S. alpina Sut. Helv., p. 283. This is wild in Switzerland. 

 {Koch Comm.) S. formosa Willd. is registered in Sweet's Hortus 

 Brilannicus as introduced in 1820. 



& 14-8. S. VENULO V SA Smith. The veiny-leaved Willow. 



Identification. Smith Fl. Br., 1055. ; Eng. Bot., 1362.; Rees's Cyclo., No. 57. ; Eng. FL, 4. p. 195. 

 Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 58. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3. 



Synonyme. S. prunifolia, part of, Koch Comm., p. 41. 



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



Engravings. Eng. Bot., 1. 1362. ; Sal. Wob., No. 56. ; and fig. 56. in p. 1615. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate, serrated, naked, reticulated with prominent veins above, rather 

 glaucous beneath. Capsules ovate, silky. Stem erect, much branched. (Smith Eng. Fl.) A native 

 of Scotland, on the Breadalbane Mountains, where the blossoms are in perfection in June ; but in 

 gardens they flower in April ; and, in the willow garden at Woburn Abbey, they flower a second 

 time in August. In size and general habit, this species agrees with S. prunifolia; but the some- 

 what narrower leaves differ materially on their upper surface, in their prominent, elegantly reticu- 

 lated veins, conspicuous in the dried as well as growing specimens, especially towards the margin. 

 The under side is generally less glaucous than in the two last; and, in having many close-pressed 

 hairs, comes nearest to S. ?<acciniifolia. Catkins much longer and more slender than in S. runi- 

 fblia ; and the whole shrub is more erect, and grows in the Woburn collection to twice the neight 

 of either S. prunifblia or S. wacciniifblia. ' SirVV. J. Hooker agrees with Mr. E. Forster, in considering 

 S. venulbsa as only a variety of S. prunifolia; and, indeed, he doubts if S. prunifolia, S. carinata, 

 and S. yacciniifblia, with S. venulbsa, are not different states of the same species ; and Koch and 

 Dr. Lindley are of this opinion, having included them all under one species, S. /nrunifblia. We 

 accordingly consider those forms as varieties, though we have treated them, to a certain extent, as 

 if they were species, for the sake of those who differ from us in opinion. Mr. Borrer has remarked, 

 in the manuscript list with which he has favoured us, that probably S. arbuscula L. is the same 

 as one or more of the kinds S. wacciniifolia Walk., S. carinata Smith, S. prunifolia Smith, and S. 

 venulbsa Smith. There are plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick. 



a 149. S. CJE^SIA Villars. The grey-leaved Willow. 



Identification. Villars Dauph., 3. 768. ; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 80. ; Koch Comm., p. 59. 

 Synonymes. S. myrtilloldes Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 686., exclusively of the synonymes of Linnaeus 



(Borrer), Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 66. (Borrer) ; S. prostrata Ehrh. PI. Select., p. 159., according 



to Seringe (Koch). 



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

 Engravings. Villars Dauph., 3. t. 50. f. 11. ; SaL Wob., No. 66.; and our fig. 66. in p. 1616. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves elliptic or lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, not 

 shining, entire and revolute at the edge. Catkin upon a short leafy twiglet. 

 Capsule ovate-conical, tomentose, seemingly sessile, eventually having a 

 very short stalk. Gland reaching as high as the base of the capsule. Style 

 shortish. Stigmas ovate-oblong, entire, and bifid. (Koch.) Wild in the 

 Alps of Dauphine, and in Savoy, upon the mountain Enzeindog. (Id.) 

 Registered as introduced in 1824. Mr. Forbes has given a detailed de- 

 scription, whence we quote as follows : "A low straggling shrub, attaining 

 the height of 3 ft. or 4 ft., with slender shortish branches, dark brown on 

 their upper side, pale beneath, somewhat wrinkled or striated. Leaves about 

 1 in. long, perfectly entire, wavy, with a short sharp point ; very glabrous, 

 glaucous and veiny beneath; lower opposite, upper alternate. Catkins 

 from in. to nearly 1 in. in length, appearing, in the willow garden at 

 Woburn Abbey, along with the leaves, in April or May, and again in Au- 

 gust. Koch has noted (Comm., p. 52.) that S. cae r sia Viltars differs from 



