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VRBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART II 



in Sal. Wob., No.l22.j Hook. Br. R, ed. ;'... p. 429. j Mackay Fl 

 common Black Sallow, Saugh in York- 



Kn s - 1-1 , v. p. 225 : Forba 



rii..|'!. l.p. 252, 



v ckprea Kack t part of, A.' oeh Comm.,p,ST. 



. Gr«J Withy. 



/X-r/r.i.'.vn. The name eanrea seems to have originated in the reputed fondness of goats for the 

 '.-. as exemplified In the wooden cut of the venerable Tragus, their namesake. (Smith in 

 ffiu 



S . -.< Both sexes are figured in S,il. H oh., and both in liai/nc Ahhild. 



ngs. Hoffm. Sal., t. S, f. L.,2. t. 21. E a. b. e. (SmtfA)j Hayne Abbild., t. 192. ; Eng. Bot, 

 t. 1438. ; Sal. Wob., No. 122. ; OUT fig. 1333., from the Sal- Wob. ; and fig. 1334., representing the 

 male, and fc. 13 15 the female, both* from Hosfs Sal. dust., t. (iti, (J7. ; and A - "-. 122. in p. 1626. 



1333 * 



Spec. Char.^-c. Stem erect. Leaves 

 roundish-ovate, pointed, ser- 

 rated, waved; pale and downy 

 beneath. Stipules somewhat 

 crescent-shaped. Catkins oval. 

 ( )varv stalked, ovate, silky. Sto- 

 mas nearly sessile, and undivided 

 Capsules' swelling. {Smith E. 

 F) A native of Britain, in woods and dry pastures, common; flowering 

 in April and May. The following traits are derived from Smith's fuller 

 description in his 

 English Flora : — " A 

 moderate-sized tree, 

 with spreading, round, 

 brown or purplish 

 branches, minutely 

 downy when young. 

 Leaves larger and 

 broader than in any 

 other of the genus; of 

 B deep green shore, 



with a downy rib; 

 white underneath, or 



rather glaucous, reiny, 



lothed with 



white, cottom 



down; geneiallybroad- 



approaching 



tO orbicular, with a 

 fharp point; oim - 



rinir more elli p tical, 



winded <>r 



■lightly heart-shaped 



.;,. ring 



in length from 2 In. to 



