LXVIIT. SALICA‘CEE: SA‘LIX. 765 
S. cordata Miihlenbd., S.faledta Pursh, and S. tristis Aif.. are additions to 
the kinds which Mr. Borrer has placed in this group. With regard to S. 
refléxa Forbes, S. virgata ? Forbes, and S. Lyénd ? Schl., included in it by 
Mr. Borrer, he remarks, “ I am unacquainted with these, and have, perhaps, 
placed them in the wrong group.” 
2 36. S. vine’scens Forbes, The greenish-leaved Willow, or verdant Osier. 
Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 7. 
Synonyme. Mr. Forbes received the kind from Messrs. Loddiges, under the name S. hippo- 
phaefolia, but has substituted the specific name of viréscens, as being one more descriptive of the 
aie arse The female is described and figured in Sal. }Wob. 
Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 7.3 our fig. 1450. ; and fig. 7. in p. 792. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves linear-lanceolate, serrated, acute, 
smooth, green on both sides. Ovary ovate-lanceolate, 
scarcely downy. Style divided. Stigmas parted. Stipules 
none. ( Forbes.) An upright shrub. Switzerland. Height 
8ft. Introduced in 1820. Flowers yellow ; April. 
1450. S. viréscens. 
& 37, S. REFLE’xA Forbes (Sal. Wob., No. 94.; and our jig. 94. in p.807.) 
is described in our first edition. 
38, S. virea ‘ta Forbes (Sal. Wob., No. 12., without flowers; and our fig. 
12. in p. 793.) is described in our first edition. 
& 39. S. Lyo‘nzr? Schl. (Sal. Wob., No. 10., without flowers; and our jig. 
10. in p. 792.) is described in our first edition. 
a 40. S. Houstonrawa Pursh. Houston’s Willow. 
Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2. p. 634. ; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 43. 
Synonyme. S. tristis Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. 
The Sezes. The male is described in Pursh’s specific character, and the female is described and 
figured in Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 11.; and fig. 11. in p. 792. 7 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves linear-lanceolate, and very finely serrated, glabrous, 
shining, and green on both sides. Stipules none. Catkins accompanying 
the leaves, cylindrical, villous. Bracteas ovate, acute. Stamens 3 to 5, 
bearded half-way up. Branches extremely brittle at the base. (Pursh.) 
A low-growing shrub, with slender, roundish, smooth, yellowish branches. 
Virginia and Carolina. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1820. Flowers 
yellow; May and June. 
% 41, S.ratca‘ta Pursh (Sal. Wob., No. 148., a leaf; and our fig. 148. 
in p.818.) is described in our first edition. 
2% 42. S.eri’sEa Willd. (Ann. of Bot., 2. t. 5. f. 8.) is described in our first: 
edition. 
¥ % 43. S. PETIOLA’RIS Smith. The long-petiolated Willow. 
Identification. Smith in Lin. Soc. Trans., 6. p. 122. 
Synonymes. S. grisea Willd. var. 8 subglabrata Koch Comm. B 21. note *. Koch regards the S. 
petiolaris Smith as a var. of S. grisea ; and it probably is so. (Borrer in a letter.) 
The Sexes. The female is figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. Smith observes that he “knows 
nothing of the male plant.” (ing: Fl.) Mr. Borrer had formerly both sexes growing at Henfield, 
having received the male from Mr. G, Anderson, but at present he has the female only. (HV. B.) 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1147.; Sal. Wob., No. 23. ; our fig. 1451. ; and jig. 23. in p. 795. 
Spec. Char., Sc. eaves lanceolate, serrated, glabrous ; glaucous beneath, 
somewhat unequal at the base. Stipules lunate, toothed. 
Catkins lax. Bracteas hairy, shorter than the stalks of 
the ovate silky ovaries. Stigmas divided, sessile. (Smith.) 
A bushy tree, with slender, spreading, flexible, smooth, 
purplish or dark brown branches. Scotland, in Angus- 
shire and other places. Height 12 ft. to 15 ft. Flowers 
yellow ; April and May. 
Easily known from every other species, by its short obtuse 
catkins, and Jong dark leaves. After gathering, the young 
‘451, S. petioluris, 
