218 ENGLISH BOTANY. 
Var. 6, Woolgariana. 
Prats MCCCXVIL. 
§. Woolgariana, Borrer in EBS. No. 2651, and Hook. Brit. Fl. ed. iv. p. 354. 
S. ramurosa, “ Borrer” in Leefe’s Salict. Brit. 
Erect. Young branches, yellowish, sometimes tinged with red. 
Leaves oblong-oblanceolate or wedgeshaped-oblanceolate. Stigmas 
subsessile, short, rounded, slightly notched. Female catkins larger 
than in var. @. 
Var. y, Lambertiana. 
Prare MCCCXVIII. 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. et Helv. Vol. XI, Tab. DLXXXV. Fig. 1235 (?). 
S. Lambertiana, Sm. Engl. Bot. ed. i. No, 1359, and Engl. Fl. Vol. IV. p. 189, Hook. 
Brit. Fl. ed. iv. p. 354. 
Erect. Young branches purplish, glaucous. Leaves broadly oblong, 
very slightly narrowed towards the base. Stigmas nearly sessile, 
very short, thick, ovate, obtuse, notched. 
By the banks of rivers, in meadows, and osier grounds. Common, 
and generally distributed, but not reaching the extreme north of 
Scotland, and said to be doubtfully indigenous in Treland. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Shrub. Spring. 
A bush or small tree 4 to 10 feet high, with very tough virgate 
branches, which are remarkable amongst the willows by having the 
leaves, and consequently the catkins, frequently opposite, but the oppo- 
site and alternate arrangement occurs on the same plant. The young 
branches are often more or less tinted with bright crimson or purple. 
The leaves are very shortly stalked, 3 to 6 inches long, by ¢ to 1 inch 
broad at the broadest part, which is generally about half-way between 
the middle and the apex, dull green, slightly glaucous above, and 
often considerably so beneath. Male catkins 8 to 14 inch long, by 
1 inch in diameter. Catkin-scales greenish at the base, with a large 
purplish black spot covering the whole of the apex. Stamens at first 
red, ultimately nearly black, remarkable for having the stamens 80 
completely combined that there seems to be but one stamen, with a 
4-lobed anther. Female catkins ¢ to 1 inch long, with the scales 
generally spotted as in the male; ovary short, thickly clothed with — 
short hairs, and tipped by a style, which at first is scarcely visible, but — 
afterwards elongates slightly; stigmas very short, with thick segments, 
at first entire, afterwards notched. 
The varieties pass insensibly into each other. Var. Lambertiana is 
remarkable for the breadth of its leaves, and their being less tapered 
