1598 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



189. S. FINMA'RCHICA Lodd. Cat. The Finmark Willow. 



Identification. Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836. 



Description, S(C. A low tree, a native of Sweden. There are plants under this name at Messrs. 

 Loddiges's, which bear some resemblance to S. viminalis ; and at all events are quite different from 

 S. finmarchica Willd., No. 55. in p. 15-11. It flowers in April and May. 



j* 190. S. FOLIOLO X SA Afael. The many-leaved Willow. 



Identification. Afzel. in Linn. Fl. Lapp., ed. 2., p. 295. ; Willd., No. 61. ; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., 

 No. 73. 



Synonymes. ? S. folibsa Loud. Hort. Brit., No. 24028., Sweet's Hort. Brit., No. 159.; S. alplna 

 wyrtilolia Rudb. Lapp., 99. ; S. arbuscula {3 Lin. Sp. PL, 1445. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves elliptic, ovate, entire, somewhat pointed, smooth, glaucous beneath. Ovary 



. lanceolate, silky, on a long stalk. Stigmas nearly sessile, deeply divided. (Linn.) A very low 

 shrub, not exceeding 1 ft. high, with very ,thin almost pellucid leaves ; and short, thick, many- 

 flowered catkins, produced on short lateral branches. A native, according to Linnaeus, of sandy 

 fields in the wild part of Lapland, but rare. (Smith in Rees's Cyclo.) Some botanists consider this 

 synonymous with S. If vida, No. 190. 



& 191. S. FORMOSA Willd. The elegant Willow. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PI, No. 51. ; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 62. 



Si/nonymes. S. glauca Willd. Arb., 358., ? S. alplna Scop. Cam., ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 255. 



Engraving. ? Scop. Cam., vol. 2., t. 61. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches reddish brown. Leaves 1 in. or more in length, a little contracted at 



the base, finely fringed at the edge ; the young ones very silky beneath. Stipules extremely minute. 



Female catkins scarcely 1 in. long, .with lanceolate, fringed scales. (Willd.) A native of the Swiss 



and Cahnthian Alps. 



- 192. S. FUSCA V TA Pursh. The brown-stemmed Willow. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 612. ; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 110. 



Spec. Char., $c. Branches of the preceding year covered with a dark brown or black tomentum. 

 Leaves obovate-lanceolate, acute, somewhat serrated, glaucous beneath, downy when young. 

 Stipules minute. Catkins drooping. Scales obtuse, scarcely hairy on the inside. (Pursh.) Found 

 wild, in low overflowed grounds on the banks of rivers, from New York to Pennsylvania ; flower- 

 ing in March or April. (Id.) 



& 193. S. GLABRA^TA Schl. The glabrous Willow. 



Identification. Schleich. Cat. ; Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836. 



Description, S[C. A shrub, a native of Switzerland. Introducedjin 1820. There are living plants 

 in the Hackney arboretum, from which it appears to belong to the group Cinerea;. 



& 194. S. HETEROPHY'LLA Deb. The various-leaved Willow. 



Identification. De Bray ; Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836. 



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arboretum. 



.* 195. S. HU V MILIS Dec. The humble Willow. 



Identification. De Candolle. 



Description, S(c. A low shrub, seldom rising above 1J in. high. Introduced in 1820, and flowering 

 in ApriL 



.* 196. S. JACQUI'N// Host. Jacquin's Willow. 



Identification. Host Synops., p. 529. ; Wahlenb. Carpat, p. 315. ; Koch Comm., p. 61. 



Synonymes. S. ftisca Jacq. Austr., 1 409., ? Hoff. Hist. Sal. ; S. alpma Scop. Corn., 2. 255. t. 61. ; S. 

 Jacquinjano Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 692., Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 95., Hayne Abbild., p. 239., 

 Host Sal. Aust, 1. p. 31. 



The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Hayne Abbild., and both in Host Sal. Aust. 



Engravings. Jacq. Aust, t 409. ; Scop. Cam., 2. t. 61. ; Hayne Abbild., 1 181. ; Host Sal. Aust, 1. 

 t. 102. 



Spec. Char., tyc. Leaves elliptic "or lanceolate, entire, reticulately veiny on both surfaces, shining, 

 eventually becoming more or less glabrous, ciliate. Catkins upon a twiglet nearly as long as the 

 catkin ; leafy in the lower part, leafless in the upper. Capsule (? or ovary) ovate-acuminate, sessile, 

 woolly, eventually upon a very short stalk, and more or less glabrous. Gland reaching higher than 

 the base of the capsule. Style elongated. Stigmas linear, bifid or entire. It only differs from 

 V. 3/yrsinltes Koch in having its leaves entire, and mostly, if not always, ciliate at the margin. 

 r 1 Is it a variety of that species. (Koch.) S. Myrsinltes of Koch's Comm. is equal to the S. Myr- 

 sinltes L., and S. ftetulifolia Forster, of this work. S. Jacquimt is indigenous to the highest alpine 

 chains of Carinthia, Carniola, Austria, Carpathia, and Transylvania. (Koch.) Introduced in 1818. 



& 197. S. LI'VIDA Wahlenb. The livid-leaved Willow. 



Identification. Wahlenb. Lapp., No. 1169. ; Koch Comm., p. 39. 



Synonymes. S. arbuscula y Lin. Fl. Suec., p. 348. ; ? S. arbuscula /3 Lin. Sp. PI., p. 1446. ; S. Starke- 

 ana Willd. Sp. PI , 4. p. G77., according to specimens from Silesia ; ? S. foliolbsa Afzel. in /'/. /,/>/>., 

 ed. 2., p. 295., Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 685. ; .V. walifulia licss. Ga/ic., p. 313., according to the author 

 in Enum. PI. Folhyn., p. 37. ; S. bicolor Ehrh. Arb., 118., Fries Kovit., p. 58. (Koch Comm.) The 

 S. Hvida Hook. Fl. Scot., and Smith Eng. Fl., 4. p. 1999., once supposed identical with S. livida 



Description, 8fc. A shrub, a native of Europe. Introduced into Britain in 1823, and flowering 

 i April and May. There are plants in the Hackney " 



WaM., has been since referred, in Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2., to S. tmcciniifolia Walker. 



