LXVII. SALICA‘CEA : SALIX. 777 
The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Sad. Wob., and both in Hayne Abbild. 
Engravings. Hoffm. Sal., t. 3. £1, 2. t. 21. f. a. b. c.; Eng. Bot., t. 1488.; Sal. Wob., No. 122.5; 
our fig. 1467., from the Sad. Wob. ; and jig. 1468. representing the male, and jig. 1469. the female, 
both from Host’s Sad. Aust., t. 66, 67. ; and jig. 122. in p. 814. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem erect. Leaves roundish-ovate, pointed, serrated, 
waved ; pale and downy beneath. Stipules somewhat crescent-shaped. 
Catkins oval. Ovary stalked, ovate, silky. Stigmas nearly sessile, and 
undivided. Capsules swelling. (Smith.) A moderate-sized tree, with 
spreading, round, brown or purplish branches, minutely downy when young. 
Britain, in woods and dry pastures, common. Height 15ft. to 30ft. 
Flowers yellow, very showy ; April and May. 
Leaves larger and 
broader than in any 
other of the genus; of 
a deep green above, with 
a downy rib; white un- 
derneath, or rather glau- 
cous, and veiny, densely 
clothed with soft, white, 
cottony down; generally 
broadly ovate, approach- 
ing to orbicular, with 
a sharp point; some- + 
times more elliptical ; 
either rounded or slightly 
heart-shaped at the base; xx, 
varying in length from * 
2in. to 3in.; the margin 
wavy, and more or less 
strongly serrated. Foot- 
stalks stout, downy. Cat- 
kins numerous, much 
earlier than the foliage, 
and almost sessile. This 
tree, Sir W. J. Hooker 
observes, ‘distinguishes 
itself, in the spring, by 1469. S. caprea, female. 
being loaded with hand- 2 
some yellow blossoms before any of its leaves appear. The flowering 
branches of this species are called palms, and are gathered by children on 
Easter Sunday; the relics of the Catholic ceremony formerly performed in 
commemoration of the entry of our Saviour into Jerusalem. 
= 98. S. spHaceLa‘Ta Smith (Eng. Bot., t. 2333. ; Sal. Wob., No. 121.; 
and fig. 121. in p. 813.) is described in our first edition. 
Group xvii. Nigricdntes Borrer. 
Shrubs with long Branches, or small Trees. Mostly Sallows. Prin. sp. 105. 
, 109. 111. and 122. 
Sy 
BY J + 
difficult to define as are the kinds of which it is constituted. 
= Stanena a to a flower. Ovary stalked, glabrous or silky. Style more or 
less 2-cleft. In leaves, many of this kind approach those of the group 
Cinérez very nearly, having ovate or obovate ones ; but the leaves are less 
wrinkled.—Plants shrubs with long branches, or small trees. (Hook.) The 
