758 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
of China, and other parts of Asia; and of Egypt, and other parts of the 
North of Africa. Height 39 ft. to 50 ft. Introduced in 1730, or, perhaps, 
1692. Flowers greenish yellow; May. 
Furieties. There is one very decided variety, commonly treated as a species 
under the name of S. annularis; and Mr, Castles of the Twickenham Bo- 
tanic Garden is of opinion that, exclusive of this variety, there are two 
forms of the species in the country, one of which he thinks may possibly 
be the male plant. This form, as it appears to be the same as the plant 
sent from St. Helena, we shall, till something further has been decided 
respecting it, call S.b. Napoleéna. The varieties will, therefore, stand as 
under: — 
+ S. 4. 1 vulgaris fem. Hort. — Young shoots pale green, slender, with 
an angular twist above the axil of each Teak and large stipules. It 
is the most common weeping willow in the neighbourhood of Lon- 
don, and flowers in June. 
* S. 6. 2 Napoledna Hort. — Shoots round, generally reddish, and the 
leaves without stipules. Sex female. Probably nothing more than 
the common variety. Introduced from St. Helena in ? 1823. 
¥ S. 6. 3 crispa Hort. S. annularis Forbes in Sal. Wob. No. 21,, 
1442, S. b. crispa. 
with a fig. of the female ; the Ring-leaved Willow. Our jig. 21. in 
p. 794, ; and the plate of this tree in Ard, Brit, Ist edit., vol. vii. ; 
and our fig. 1442. — Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, serrated, curled 
or twisted, glabrous, and glaucous beneath. 
A well-known ornamental tree in universal cultivation. 
+ 20, S. pEci’PreNs Hoffm. The deceptive, White Welsh, or varnished, Willow. 
Identification. Hoff. Sal., 2. p. 2. t. 31. ; Eng. Fl., 4. p. 184.; Hook. B 
Synonymes. _§. amerina Walker Essays on Nat. Bist, S. fragilis, eee an p. 15. 
The Sexes. Both sexes are described in Eng. Fl. 3 the male is figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Woffm. Sal., 2. t. 31.5 Eng. Bot., t. 1937.; our ig. 1443. ; and fig. 29. p. 797. 
Spec. Char., §c, Leaves lanceolate, pointed, serrated, very smooth ; floral 
