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thick, cylindrical. Ovary nearly sessile, tapering, obsoletely quadrangular. 

 Style short, deeply cloven. Stigmas spreading, bifid. (Borrer in Kng. liul. 

 Sup pi.) A native of the Highlands of Scotland : it has been found in the 

 mountains of Breadalbane, and upon Brae-Riach, one of the Cairngorm 

 range. It flowers in June, but, in the willow garden at Woburn Abbey, 

 in May. The following characters are some of those described of it by Mr. 

 Forbes : A low procumbent shrub, extending along the ground, with green- 

 ish brown, pubescent, round, shortish branches. Leaves from 1 in. to 1 in. 

 long, and upwards of 1 in. in breadth ; of a roundish-elliptical shape, 

 hollowed out, or somewhat heart-shaped, at the base ; bright green and 

 shining on both sides ; always perfectly glabrous and serrated. Readily dis- 

 tinguished from S. 6etulifolia, which at first sight it greatly resembles, by 

 its procumbent mode of growth, and large elongated catkins. Dr. Hooker 

 has observed of it, that it is a beautiful shrub ; and that it has been culti- 

 vated for years in the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, where it retains all its 

 characters. There are plants of it at Henfield. 



.* 156. S. RETU^SA L. The retuse-leaved Willow. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1445.; Willd. Sp. PI., 4, p. 684. ; Hayne Abbild., p. 234. ; Smith in 



Rees's Cyclo., No. 70.; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 139. 

 Synonymes. S. retusa Koch, part of, Koch Comm., p. 62.; S. serpyllifolia Jacq. Austr., t. 298- 



(Koch.} 

 The Sexes. Both sexes are described in Rees's Cyclo., and thence in Sal. Wob., and below ; and both 



are figured in Hayne Abbild. : the male is figured in Sal. Wob. 

 Engravings. Bocc. Mus., 1. t. 1. ; Jacq. Austr., t. 298. ; Hayne Abbild., 1. 176. ; Sal. Wob., No. 139. ; 



our Jtg. 1346. ; and fig. 139. in p. 1630. 



Spec. Char., tyc. Leaves obovate, entire, glabrous, shining above. Catkins 

 of the female oblong, of few flowers. Bracteas (scales) the length of the 

 oblong smooth ovary. (Smith in Rees's Cyclo.} Native of the alps of 

 Germany, Switzerland, France, and Italy, but not of Britain or 

 the north of Europe. The main stems are woody, depressed, 

 trailing, branched, often of great thickness, throwing up many 

 short, glabrous, leafy branches, which are likewise partly decum- 

 bent. Leaves stalked, various in size and breadth, but usually 

 from \ in. to 1 in. long, and from one to four lines broad ; quite 

 entire, abrupt, or even emarginate, at the extremity ; tapering at 

 the base ; furnished with one rib, and many straight parallel veins. 

 Catkins lax; those of the male yellow, with elliptic, oblong, 

 slightly ,hairy bracteas (scales). Stamens 2 to a flower. Catkin of the 

 female of about 8 or 10 flowers. Capsules large, nearly sessile, ovate, gla- 

 brous. The style, which is short and undivided, remains at the extremity 

 of one of the valves ; and, as the capsule becomes quite ripe, its stalk is 

 somewhat elongated. (Rees's Cyclo.') Introduced in 1763, and flowering in 

 May. It almost equals S. herbacea in diminutiveness. (Willd.') 



? Varieties. It is probable that S. Kitaibelzawa, S. UVa-ursi, and S. serpyllifolia 

 Scop. y are only varieties of S. retusa L. (Borrer in his list.) 



Jc 157. S. KITMBELIA^NA Willd. Kitaibel's Willow. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 683. ; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 69. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., 



No. 64. ; Wahlenb. Carpat, p. 314. (Koch.) 

 Synonymes. S. retusa Koch, major Koch Comm., p. 63. ; ? S. U x va-ursi Pursh. (Borrer in his list.) 



It is probable that S. Kitaibelzwna is only a var. of S. retusa L. 

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

 Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 64. ; and our fig. 64. in p. 1616. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves obovate, lanceolate, entire, emarginate ; glabrous and 

 shining above. Catkins appearing with the leaves, cylindrical, and many- 

 flowered. Bracteas shorter than the ovate-lanceolate ovary. (Willd. and 

 Smith. ) A very small shrub, with yellowish glabrous branches, spreading close 

 along the ground. A native of the Carpathian Mountains ; flowering there in 

 April and May, and, in the willow garden at Woburn Abbey, in April and 

 May, and again in August. Branches dark brown, the young ones shining. 

 Leaves nearly 1 in. long, obovate, lanceolate, entire; emarginate at the 

 tip ; very glabrous on both sides, the upper side shining ; the under one 



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