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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART II 



■ 102, S. I ICU'STRIS Forbes. The Lake Willow, or Sallow. 



Identification, ForbosmS.il. Wob., No. 116. 



i he female is described and figured in Sal. (fob. 



tftJS. Sal. Wob., No. lid. ; and our^. llli. in p. 1624. 



Spec* Char., c\e. Leaves elliptical, serrated; dull green and villous above; 

 glaucous, reticulated, and pubescent beneath. Stipules halt-heart-shaped, 

 serrated, often cloven. Ovary stalked, awl-shaped, glabrous. Style twice 

 the length of the ovate notched stigmas. (Sal, Wob. t p. 231.) A native of 

 Switzerland. Introduced in 1824, and flowering in March. ' A straggling- 

 growing shrub, with round, dark, villous, pendulous branches, greyish Wown 

 when young, ami thickly covered with a short pubescence, which continues 

 on the preceding year's shoots. Leaves serrated, elliptical ; dull green, vil- 

 lous above ; glaucous, pubescent, and reticulated with prominent veins be- 

 neath; entire at the base, with short oblique points. Footstalks brown above, 

 pale and downy beneath, like the midrib. Catkins from 1 in. to l^in. long. 

 Readily distinguished from S. crassifolia by its pendulous branches and bushy 

 mode of growth. There are plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick; 

 also in the Hackney and GoMworth arboretums. 



at 103. S. CRASSIFO x lia Forbes. The thick-leaved Willow, or Sallow. 



Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 115. 



The St-irs. Tlie female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. 



Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 115.; Mid Jig. 115.,in p. 1624. 



Spec. Char., eye. Leaves ovate-elliptical, often heart-shaped at the base, point- 

 ed, bluntly serrated, pubescent, glaucous beneath. Branches downy. Sti- 

 pules half-heart-shaped, serrated. Ovary ovate lanceolate, glabrous. Style 

 longer than the obtuse stigmas. (Sal. Wob., p. 229.) A foreign species; 

 but the date of its introduction is not stated. It flowers, in the Woburn col- 

 lection, in April and May. A bushy shrub, about 9 ft. or 10 ft. high, with 

 dark green downy branches, very soft to the touch when young. Leaves 

 from 1 in. to \\ in. broad, distinctly and bluntly serrated; the serratures 

 somewhat glandular ; upper surface dark green, shining, and pubescent ; 

 beneath, glaucous, veiny, and reticulated with many prominent veins : the 

 substance of the leaves is thick, and rather coriaceous. Footstalks stout, 

 downy, dilated at the base. Catkins appearing before the leaves; at first 

 short, but ultimately 2 in. long. Nearly allied to & cotinifolia; but differing 

 from it in the thickness and downiness of its leaves, as well as in its obtuse 

 _ 1 1 lit-, and nectary. It also grows much stronger, and the branches are 

 more brittle. There are plants at Woburn and Flitwick; also in the Hack- 

 ney arboretum. 



ai J 04-. ,S'. roTiMi'oYiA Smith. 



The Cotinus, or Quince, leaved Sallow, or 



Willow. 



Identification, Smith PI. Br.,p 1066. ; Eng. Hot., t. 1403. ; Rees's Cyclo., No. 120. ; Willd.Sp. PI. 



i. p. 702. ; Eng. Fl., i. p. 220. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 114. ; Hook. ttr. Fl., ed. 3., p. 430. 

 Synonym • a / tUart't Dun/j//., 3777. ; S. phylicifolia var. Koch. Comm., p. 4'2. 



The s i : male is described in Eng.Fl., and figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. 



Eng Bot., t. no.;. ; Sal. Wob., No. 114. ; our.//' A '. 1336. ; and,/i»\ 114. in p. 1624. 



Spec. Char., SfC. Stem erect. Branches spreading, downy. 



I. broadly elliptical, nearly orbicular, slightly 



toothed, glaucous and downy, with rectangular veins 



beneath. Style at long as the linear notched stigmas. 



(Smith Eng. Fl,) A native of Britain, in woods and 



on the bank-, of river-, ; about 2ft. high, but sometimes, 



bettered, attaining the height of 6ft. or 8ft. ; always 



upright, with straight, round, brown, downy, moderately 



Hiding branches. Leaves I in. or U in. long, and 

 I in. wide; flat, broadly elliptical, frequently almost 

 orbicular, with a broad sharp point; the base rounded 

 or ohtu ie, the margini besel with very shallow serratures, 

 or, more generally, With small glandular teeth ; upper side of a dull green, 



