1 54 \ ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART HI. 



S elcagnifblia Forbes in Sal Wob., No. 69,, where the name is quoted as one adopted 

 bj Si. Schleicher: N. glabca var., with loaves lanceolate, more narrow and more acute, and with 

 S in the catkin a little more laxly disposed {Koch De Sal. Furop. Comm.) 



[lie female is desoribed and figured in Sal Wob. ; but the male is neither mentioned 

 there, nor by Koch. 



Sal Won., No. (>!>. ; .\m\jig. Sfc in p. 1616. 



Spec. Char., Av. Leaves entire, ovate-elliptie, nearly glabrous above, woolly and 

 white beneath. Catkins cylindrical. Ovary nearly sessile, ovate, downy. 

 Style elongated. Stigmas bifid. {Forbes in S. IV.) A native of Europe. In- 

 troduced in 1824; flowering in May, and, in tbe willow garden at Woburn 

 Abbey, in April, and again in August. This is an upright-growing shrub, at- 

 taining the height of (> ft. ; the leaves ami branches much resembling those 

 of & glauca, but distinct; the leaves being of a thinner texture, with a 

 different direction of their finer veins. The leaves are of an ovate-elliptic 

 shape, nearly glabrous on their upper surface, white and woolly underneath. 

 Catkins of the female 2 in. long, and cylindrical. 



j* 61. S, slau'cal. The glaucous Mountain Willow. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 144fi. ; Fl. Lapp.,ed. 2., 299. t. 8. f./>,t. 7. f. 5. ; but it is not 5. serfcea 

 of Villars [SwutA.) ; Wahlenb. FL Lapp., 264 t. 16. f. 3. j Willd. Sp. PI , 4. p. 687. ; Smith in Rees's 

 Cvclo., No. 84. ; Koch Comm., p. 55. ; Smith Eng. Bot., t. 1810. ; Eng. Flora, 4. p. 201. ; Forbes in 

 Sal Web., No. 68. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2., p. 419. 



■ue. S. appendiculata Fl. Dan., t. 1056., Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 690., Smith in Rees's Cyclo., 

 N 



The Sexes. Both sexes are described in Eng. Fl. ; the female is figured in Eng. Bot., and in Sal. 

 Hob. 



Engravings. Lin. Fl. Lapp., ed. 2., t. 8. f. p, t. 7. f. 5. ; Wahl. Fl. Lapp., t. 16. f. 3. ; Eng. Bot., 

 t. 1810. j Sal. Wob., No. 68. ; Hall. Hist., 2. t. 14. f. 2. ; our fig. 1324. ; andfig. 68. in p. 1616. 



Spec. Char., dye. Leaves nearly entire, elliptic-lanceolate; even, and nearly 

 glabrous above ; woolly and snowy-white beneath. Footstalks decurrent. 

 Ovarj sessile, ovate, woolly. (Smith E. F.) A native of the High- 

 lands of Scotland; flowering there in July, but, in the 

 willow garden at Woburn Abbey, in May. Described 

 by Smith as having a stem 2 ft. to 3 ft. high, stout, 

 bushy, with numerous short, round, spreading, brown 

 or yellowish branches, downy in their early state. 

 Leaves nearly 2in. long, and Jin. or ^ in. wide; 

 elliptic-lanceolate, acute, somewhat rounded at the 

 base ; nearly, if not in every part, quite entire ; the 

 upper side of a beautiful glaucous green, the under 

 <me densely downy or cottony, of no less elegant and 

 pure a white, with slightly prominent veins, and a 

 reddish midrib. In the willow garden at Woburn Abbey the plant is 18 in. 

 hi.di ; there are plants also at Henfield. 



-* ()2. S. SERl'CEA I'illars. The silky Willow. 



/,/• ntiflcatio*. Villaw Delph.,3. p. 782. t. .01. f. 27. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 688. 



•'/,/,■. s. glaftca, a lynonyme of Koch Comm., p. 66. " .V. .serfcea of Villars, according to his 

 own •pecimena.U the true Lappbnum ; and I have Swiss ones, properly so named, from M. Schleicher. 

 164 i" [Smith in F.ngl. Fl., 4. p. 202.) 

 J fir 8cmc$. Willdcnow has described the female, and noted that he had seen it in a dried state. 

 Vill Delph., ;. t. 51. f. 27. ; and.///,'. 74. in ]». 1617. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stem prostrate. Leaf oblong-lanceolate, entire, obtuse, 

 silky and hoary OH both surfaces. Catkins Silky, stout. Capsules ovate- 

 oblongi ton', very villous, sessile. Very different from S. glauca/y. (Willd., 

 VUiari in Willd. Sp. PI.) Branches brown, glossy. Leaves 2in. long, 



covered with long appressed hairs. Stipules are not apparent. Catkins 

 I in. long, cylindrical. Bracteas lanceolate, hairy, caducous. Style short, 

 bifid. Stigmas dilated, bifid. Wild in the Alps of Switzerland and France. 

 (hi.) Introduced in 1820. Mir.' Forbes has a kind under the name S. serfcea, 



but. ha, quoted WllldenOW in identification, with a mark of doubt. The 

 following matter i, taken from Mr. Forbes's account. Leaves oblong- 

 lam ■( olate, v< I both Idea silky, glaucous benealh. Ovary ovate, 



villoM,, nearly < ii< . Stvle deeply divided. Stigmas parted. (Sal. Wob., 



D, 147.) A native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1820, and flowering, 



