LXVIII. SALICA CEH: SA‘LIX. 747 
Spec. Char, §c. Branches trailing, decumbent. Leaves 
partly opposite, obovate-lanceolate, serrated, very smooth, 
narrow at the base. Stamen I. Stigmas very short, 
ovate, nearly sessile. (Smith.) A shrub, Britain. Height 
3 tt. to 4 ft. in a wild state ; 5 ft. in cultivation. Flowers 
yellow; March and April ; earlier than the foliage. 
Varieties. Koch, in his De Salicibus Europeis Commentatio, 
has described six; but he includes the S. hélix and 
Lambertidna (to be described as species below) as two 
of them. See Ard. Brit., lst edit. 
Branches of a rich and shining purple, with a somewhat ’ 
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glaucous hue, and much esteemed for the finer sorts of 4433. s. purparea. 
basketwork. 
& ¥ 2. S. wELIx L. The Helix, or Rose, Willow. 
Identification, Lin. Sp. Pl., 1444. ; Eng. FL, 4. p. 188. ; Hook. Br, FI., ed. 3., p. 417. 
Synonymes. S. purpirea var. Kock Comm. p. 25.3; ? S. oppositifdlia Host Sal. Austr. 1. p. 11. 
t. 38, 39. . 
The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Sal. Wob., and also in Eng. Bot.; but Mr. Borrer believes 
that the catkins of female iiowers represented in the latter are those of S. Forbydza: if those of 
hélix, they are much too thick. Mr. Borrer having only seen the male of S. hélix, and the 
female of S. Lambertédza, is inclined to regard them as the two sexes of one species. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1343., the male plant ; Hayne Abbild., t. 170. ; and fig. 2. in p. 791 
Spec. Char., §c., Branches erect. Leaves partly opposite, oblong-lanceolate, 
pointed, slightly serrated, very smooth ; linear towards the base. Stamen 
1, Style nearly as long as the linear divided stigmas. (Smith.) A low, 
upright, deciduous tree. Britain. Height 10 ft. to 12 ft. Flowers yellow ; 
March and April. 
Branches smooth, polished, of a pale yellowish or purplish ash colour, 
tough, and pliable; less slender and elongated than those of S. purpurea, 
though useful for the coarser sorts of basketwork. The branches, which are 
yellow, and the mode of growth, which is erect, render this species easily 
distinguishable from the preceding. The name rose-willow relates to rose- 
like expansions at the ends of the branches, which are caused by the depo- 
sition of the egg of a cynips in the summits of the twigs, in consequence of 
which they shoot ont into numerous leaves, totally different in shape from the 
other leaves of the tree, and arranged not much unlike those composing the 
flower of a rose, adhering to the stem even after the others fall off: on this 
account this is a very desirable species. 
2 3. S. Lamperti4vaé Smith. Lambert’s, or the Boyton, Willow. 
Identification. Smith Eng F1., 4. p. 190. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3. p. 417. 
Synonyme. §. purpurea B Koch Comm. p. 25. 
The Sexes. Both are figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. Mr. Borrer has only seen the female of 
this, and the male of S. hélix, and thinks they are the two sexes of one species. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot.,t. 1359. ; Sal. Wob., No. 3.; and fig. 3. in p. 791. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches erect. Leaves partly opposite, obovate-lanceolate, 
pointed, serrated, smooth ; rounded at the base. Stipules none. Stamen 1. 
Stigmas ovate, obtuse, notched, very short, nearly sessile. (Smith.) A low 
tree, of the size and habit of S. hélix, but very distinct from it at first 
sight, particularly in the tender summits of the young growing branches, 
which, with their purplish glaucous hue, and some degree of downiness, 
resemble those of a honeysuckle. 
g 4, S. Wootitearr¢Na Borr. Woollgar’s Willow. 
i ‘on. Borr. in Eng. Bot. Supp., t. 2651.; Hook. Brit. Fl., ed. 3., p. 417. 
Eph iets 8. monandra Sal. Wob. No. 4.; 8. mondndra var. Heffm. Hist. Sal. 1. p. 21. t.1. f. 1. 
The Seres. The female is figured in Eng. Bot. Supp., and both sexes in Sal. Wob.; yet Mr. Borrer, 
in his elucidation of this kind, published in Eng. Bot. Supp., subsequently to the publication of 
Sal. Wob., remarks that he is unacquainted with the male flowers. z 
Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 4.5 Eng. Bot. Supp., t. 2651.; and fig. 4. in p. 791. 
Spec. Char. $c. Erect. Leaves cuneate-lanceolate, serrated, glabrous. Sta- 
