770 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Group xiv. Glace Borrer. 
Small, upright, with soft silky Leaves. Prin. sp. 61. and 62. 
[So] j 
alae 
Stamens 2 to a flower. Ovary very downy, or silky, sessile. — Plants small 
shrubs, most of them upright ; all, or most of them, remarkable for their 
foliage, which consists of Jeaves that are oblong-lanceolate, soft, hairy, silky, 
and, in most, white and cottony on the under surface. The kinds are very 
closely akin, each among the rest. (Hook.) Only S. glatca L., S. arenaria 
L., and S. Stuartidna Smith are associated together under the above cha- 
racteristics in Hook. Br. Fl, ed. 2. Of the kinds brought together below, 
as agreeing more or less in the quality of similarity, Mr. Borrer has indicated 
S, eleagnifolia Forbes (eleagndides Schleicher), S. glauca L., S. sericea 
Villars, S. Lappénum L., S. arenaria L., S. arenaria L.? var., 9. leuco- 
phflla Schleicher ; and S. Stuartidna Smith. 
a 60. S. ELEAGNGI'DES Schleicher (Sal. Wob., No. 69.; and fig. 69. in p. 804.), 
is described in our first edition. 
#61. S.etavu’ca L. The glaucous Mountain Willow. 
Identification, Lin. Sp. Pl., 1446.3; Eng. Flora, 4. p. 201.3 Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2., p. 419. 
Synonyme. S. appendiculata Fv. Dan. t.1056., Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 690. 
The Sexes. Both sexes are described in Lng. Il.; the female is figured 
in Eng. Bot. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1810. ; Sal. Wob., No. 68.; our jig. 1458. ; 
and jig. 68. in p. 804. 
Spec. Char., §c. eaves nearly entire, elliptic-lanceo- «| 
late ; even, and nearly glabrous above; woolly and 
snowy-white beneath. Footstalks decurrent. Ovary 
sessile, ovate, woolly. (Smith.) A low shrub, High- 
lands of Scotland. Stem 2 ft. to 3 ft. high, stout, 
bushy, with numerous short, round, spreading brown 
or yellowish branches, downy in their early state. 
Flowers yellow; May to July. 1458. S. gladea. 
-« 62. S. sericea Villars. The silky Willow. 
Identification. Villars Delph., 3. p. 782. t. 51. f. 27.; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 688. 
Synonyme. S. glauca, a synonyme of Koch Comm. p. 56. ‘“‘ S. sericea of Villars, according to his 
own specimens, is the true Lappdnum; and I have Swiss ones, properly so named, from M. 
Schleicher. It is Haller’s No, 1643,” (Smcth in Eng. Fl., 4. p. 202.) 
The Sexes, Willdenow has described the female, and noted that he had seen it in a dried state. 
Engravings. Vill. Delph., 3. t. 51. f. 27.; and fig. 74. in p. 805. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem prostrate. Leaf oblong-lanceolate, entire, obtuse, 
' silky and hoary on both surfaces. Catkins silky, stout. Capsules ovate- 
oblong, stout, very villous, sessile. Very different from S. glaica L. 
Branches brown, glossy. Leaves 2in. long, covered with long appressed 
hairs. Stipules not apparent. Catkins 3in. long, cylindrical. Bracteas 
lanceolate, hairy, caducous. Style short, bifid. Stigmas dilated, bifid. 
(Villars.) A shrub. Alps of Switzerland and France. Height 5 ft. to 6 ft. 
Introduced in 1820. Flowers yellow ; April and May. 
+ 63. S. Lapro'num ZL. The Laplanders’ Willow. 
Identification. Lin. Sp. Pl., 1447. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 73. 
Synonyme. S. arenaria Fl. Dan. t. 197. (Smith.) : 
The Sexes. The female is described in Willd. Sp. Pl., and described and figured 
in Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Lin. Fl. Lapp., t. 8. f. ¢.; Sal. Wob., No. 73.; our jig. 1459. ; and 
Jig. 73. in p. 805, 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves lanceolate, very entire, bluntish ; 
hoary above, woolly bencath, Seed-vessels woolly and oblong. 
(Forées.) A decumbent shrub. Lapland. Height I ft. In- 
troduced in 1812. Flowers yellow; May and June. 
2449. S. Lappénuim. 
