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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



1354. 



perhaps, other parts of the north of Europe, besides Scot- 

 land, in which country it has been found in two localities ; 

 one, Glen Callater, where it was found by Mr. G. Don, 

 who was the first to discover the species in Scotland ; the 

 other, the Clova Mountains, where Mr. T. Drummond 

 discovered it on rocks, in sparing quantity. It flowers in 

 May. The figures in Eng. Sot. Suppl., dated February, 

 1630, had been partly prepared from a plant cultivated 

 in the Chelsea Physic Garden, that had been originally 

 brought from the Clova Mountains. The following traits "^ 

 are derived from Smith's detailed description in Eng. Fl. : 

 " Stem 3 ft. or 4 ft. high, with numerous thick dis- 

 torted branches, downy when young. Leaves broader than those of any 

 other British willow except S. caprea, on shortish stout footstalks ; elliptic 

 or roundish, with a short oblique point ; entire, though somewhat wavy ; 

 from l^in. to 2i in. long, occasionally heart-shaped at the base; some- 

 times more obovate, inclining to lanceolate, and the earlier ones much 

 smaller : all of hoary or grey aspect, being covered, more or less completely, 

 with long, soft, silky, shaggy hairs, especially the upper surface; the under 

 one is more glaucous, beautifully reticulated with veins. Catkins terminal, 

 large, and very handsome, bright yellow : those of the female proceed from 

 lateral buds." Dr. Wahlenberg considers this species as " the most beau- 

 tiful willow in Sweden, if not in the whole world." The splendid golden 

 catkins at the ends of the young shoots light up, as it were, the whole 

 bush, and are accompanied by the young foliage, sparkling with gold and 

 silver. It yields, also, more honey than any other salix. Grafted standard' 

 high, it would make a delightful little spring-flowering tree for suburban 

 gardens. There are plants at Henfield, and in the Goldworth Arboretum. 

 Varieties, according to Koch, in Koch Comm., p. 53. 

 & S. /. 2 glabrescens-, S. chrysanthos Vahl Fl. Dan., vi. t. 1057. (Koch 



Comm., p. 53.) Leaves glabrous in a great degree. 

 it S. /. 3 glandulosa Wahlenb. Fl. Lapp., t. 16. f. 1. (Koch Comm.") Leaves 



sublanceolate, glabrous in a great degree, tooth with glanded teeth. 

 ? jc S. /. 4 depolita Koch; S. depressa Lin. Fl. Suec., No. 899., Fl. Lapp., 



No. 36 1. 1. 8. fig. n., Wahlenb. Fl. Lapp. (Koch Comm.), Lin. Fl. Suec., 



ed. 2., 352., Fl. Lapp., ed. 2., 297. t. 8. f. n. (Smith in Rees's 



Cyclo.} 



If S. chrysanthos Fl. Dan. be admitted as a variety of S. lanata L., the 

 question as to its synonymes stated above may be deemed unnecessary. 



Group xxiv. Miscellanea A. 



Kinds ofSdlix described in Sal. Wob., and not included in any of the preceding 



Groups. 



% 165. S. ^GYPTI V ACA L. The Egyptian Willow. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 1444. ; Willd. Sn. PJ., 4. p. 686., excluding the references to Pallas and 



Gmelin ; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 82. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 146. 

 Synonymes. Calaf and Ban, Alpin. JEgypt., 61. t. 62. 

 "the Sexes. The male is mentioned in the description in Rees's Cyclo. 

 Engravings. Alpin. JEgypt., t. 62. ; Sal. Wob., No. 14ft ; andyfe. 146. in p. 1630. 



Spec. Char.,S(C. Leaves somewhat toothed, elliptic, oblong, veiny; rather glabrous above, glaucous 

 and more or less hairy beneath. Stipules half-heart-shaped. Branches glabrous, and angular and 

 furrowed. Catkins sessile, very hairy. Alpinus describes this species as a small tree. The leaves 

 are on rather short footstalks, broad at the base, without glands, usually 3 in. or 4 in. long, and 

 nearly 2 in. broad ; acute, rather distinctly toothed ; glaucous and densely downy when young. 

 (Rees'i Cyclo., art. S&lix, No. 82.) A native of Egypt, where a water is said to be procured from 



, the catkins by distillation, which is considered antipestilential. (Ibid.) 



