OLASS XXII. ORDER 1.] SALIX. 1263 
English Botany Suppl, t. 2650.—Hooker, British Flora, ed. 4. 
vol. i. p. 368.—S. arbuscula, var —Lindley, Synopsis, p. 235, 
This species, Mr. Borrer observes, “Sir J. K.Smith appears to have 
joined with S. laurina, (S. bicolor, Eng. Bot, t. 1806.) the specimens 
of the present Willow, which were communicated to him. The 
branches are of laxer growth than in S. laurina, the twigs paler, the 
leaves more spreading, on longer and less dilated stalks, narrower, 
more acute at the base, less downy when young, and the short hairs 
of the under side Jess persistent. Catkins shorter, and much more 
slender, especially in their advanced state, when the stalk of the 
capsule, although lengthened, does not, as in that species, equal or 
exceed the scale, the scale itself being longer and more acute, the 
capsule too is less grey, with more silky and more closely appressed 
pubescence.’—Borrer. 
Habitat.—By the river Lochy, near Killin, in Breadalbane, Scot- 
land. 
Shrub ; flowering in May. 
49. S. lauri'na, Smith. (Fig. 1520.) Shining dark green Willow. 
Catkins when in fruit on elongated leafy stalks; catkins awl-shaped, 
from an ovate base, on a long footstalk, downy; style short; stigma 
ovate, bifid; leaves elliptic oblong, acute, waved, entire, or remotely 
toothed, nearly smooth above, glaucous beneath, on dilated footstalks ; 
stipules kidney-shaped, serrated. 
Hooker, British Vlora, ed.i 4. vol. i. p. 388.—S. bicolor.— 
English Botany, t. 1806.—English Flora, vol. iv. p. 178.— 
Salict. Wob. p. 75. t. 38.--S. arbuscula, var.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 
235. 
An erect shrub or low tree, with round dark brown branches, downy 
when young. Leaves numerous, from two to three inches long, and 
about one in breadth, elliptic oblong, with an acute point, the margins 
slightly waved, entire, or unequally toothed towards the point, of a 
full dark shining green above, and nearly smooth, glaucous beneath, 
with a prominent downy mid-rib and lateral veins, footstalks short, 
broad, downy. Stipules small, often wanting, half heart-shaped or 
kidney-shaped, serrated, downy. Catkins when in fruit on an elon- 
gated downy leafy stalk. Scales oblong, obtuse, brown in the upper 
half, and bearded with long hairs. Capsules narrow, lanceolate, or 
awl-shaped, from an ovate base, very silky, on a rather long footstalk. 
Habitat.—W oods and thickets in various parts of England. 
Shrub or low tree. 
This species appears to be unfit for any particular uses. It is not 
so ornamental as many of the others, and from its branches being 
brittle, it cannot be applied to the purposes of many of the other plants 
in basket making, &c. 
50. S. laxiflora, Borr. (Loose flowered Willow). “ Upright, 
