LXVIII. SALICA‘CEA: SA‘LIX. 769 
& S. a. 4 undulata, S. a. Sundulata Borrer in Eng. Bot. t. 2733., 4 figures 
of the female, and description; S. spathulata Willd., var. undulata of 
Professor Mertens. (Borrer.) — Remarkable for its lanceolate or 
almost linear leaves, and distinctly stalked stipules. 
? * ?.» 55. S. rinma’Rcuica Willd. is described in our first edition. 
x ? «56, S. vERsI'coLor Forbes. The various-coloured ., 
Willow. 
Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 77. 
The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. 
a Sal. Wob., No. 77.3 our jig. 1456.; and our jig. 77. in 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptic, almost entire; greyish 
green and villous above, glaucous and pubescent 
beneath. Stipules large, ovate. Ovary ovate, stalked, 
silky. Style smooth. Stigmas divided. (Fordes.) 
A low, depressed or trailing, deciduous shrub. Swit- 
zerland. Height 2ft. Introduced in 1824. Flowers 
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yellow ; May. 1456. S. versicolor. 
@ 57, S. ALATERNOI'DES Forbes (Sal. Wob., No. 76.; and our fig. 76. in 
p. 806.) is described in our first edition. 
& ? * 58. S. prorEaFoLI4 Schl. The Protea-leaved Willow. 
Identification. Schleicher, quoted in Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2., p. 419. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 75. 
Synonymes. Erroneously referred to S. ambigua in Hook. Br. Fi. ed. 2. “Borrer MSS.) 
The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 75.; and our jig. 75. in p. 805. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptical, entire; villous above, white and silky be- 
neath. Stipules ovate, silky. Catkins thick, obtuse. Ovary stalked, ovate, 
silky. Bractea obovate, silky. Stigmas undivided. (Sal. Wob.) A hand- 
some upright-growing shrub, or low tree. Switzerland. Height 12 ft. to 
20 ft. Introduced in 1820. Flowers yellow ; April and May. 
Group xiii. Reticuldte Borrer. 
Leaves reticulated and coriaceous. Prin. sp. 59 
The characteristics of this group, as adopted in Hook. Br. Fi., are not de- 
scribed ; because it consists of only one species, the S. reticulata L., and the 
characteristics of this species may be deemed representative of those of the 
group. 
* 59. S. Reticuta ta LZ. The netted, or wrinkled, leaved Willow. 
Identification. Lin. Sp. Pl., 1446.; Eng. Fl., 4. p. 200.; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2., p. 419. 
The Sezes. Both sexes are figured in Eng Bot. and Sal. Wob., Host. Sal. Aust. and Hayne Abbild, 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1908.; our jig. 1457. ; and jig. 67. in p. 804. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Leaves orbicular, somewhat elliptical, obtuse, 
entire, coriaceous, with reticulated veins, nearly glabrous; , 
glaucous beneath. Ovary sessile, downy. A procumbent a 4 
shrub, larger than S. herbacea. The young foliage is often) 
floccose. England, and the high mountains in Wales and “=X) 
Scotland. Height 6in. Flowers purplish red; May to # 
July. 
A very pretty little plant, particularly well adapted for 1457, s, seticutnta,, 
forming one of a selection for growing in pots, so as to form 
a portable salictum; or for growing on rockwork, 
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