chap. cm. salica'ce^. sa'lix. 1567 



covered with minute, depressed, scattered hairs ; under side pale, or slightly 

 glaucous, more loosely hairy, especially the rib and transverse parallel veins, 

 the subdivisions of which compose a fine rectangular network. Catkins much 

 earlier than the foliage. (Ibid.) This is a readily distinguished species; and 

 the leaves are more heart-shaped at the base than even those of S. hirta. 

 There are plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick. 



& ^ 105. S. hi'rta Smith. The hoxvy -branched Salloiu, or Willow. 



Identification, Smith Eng. Bot, t. 1404. ; Rees's Cyclo., No. 121. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 696. ; Smith 

 Eng. Fl.,4. 221. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 113. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3. The first four of these, 

 at least, relate to the male only : the fifth relates to both sexes. See, also, under Synonyme. 



Synonyme. S. picta Schleicher is the female of S. hirta. {Forbes in Sal. Wob.) 



The Sexes. The male is described in Eng. Fl., and figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. The female is 

 described in Sal. Wob., and in Hook. Br. FL, ed. 2. 



Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1404. ; Sal. Wob, No. 113. ; and our fig. 113. in p. 1623. 



Spec. Char., §c. Stem erect. Branches densely hairy. Leaves elliptic-heart- 

 shaped, pointed, finely crenate, downy on both sides. Stipules half-heart- 

 shaped, flat, toothed, and nearly glabrous. (Smith Eng. Fl.) A native of 

 Britain, in woods and on the banks of rivers ; flowering in May. A small 

 tree, remarkable for its thick, round, hoary branches, clothed very densely 

 with prominent, close, horizontal, soft, cottony hairs. Leaves elliptic-ob- 

 long, a little heart-shaped, or cut away, at the base ; from 2 in. to 3 in. in 

 length, and at least 1 in. in breadth ; sharp-pointed and flat, bordered with 

 shallow serratures, or blunt notches ; the upper surface of a dull green, 

 minutely hairy ; under side pale or glaucous, and more densely downy, 

 particularly the rib and veins, which last are reticulated like those of S. 

 cotinifolia Smith. Footstalks stout, densely downy, ^in. long. Catkins 1 in. 

 or more in length. (Ibid.) There are plants at Woburn and Henfield ; 

 and in the Goldworth and Hackney arboretums. 



& 106. S. rivula v ris Forbes. The River Willow, or Sallow. 



Identification. Sal. Wob., No. 102. 



The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. 



Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 102. ; and our Jig. 102. in p. 1621. 



Spec. Char., cfc. Branches erect. Leaves elliptical, glabrous ; glaucous and 

 pubescent beneath when young; dark green on their upper surface. Stipules 

 rounded, serrated. Catkins obtuse, short. Ovary stalked, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, slightly downy. Style about the length of the parted stigmas. (Sal. 

 Wob.,p.203.) A native of Switzerland. Introduced in ? 1824; and flowering, 

 in the willow garden at Woburn Abbey, in May. An erect-growing shrub, 

 with dark mahogany-coloured branches, nearly perpendicular in their mode 

 of growth, copiously marked with yellow dots; the young ones green and 

 pubescent. Leaves from 1 in. to 1^ in. long, with short oblique points ; 

 generally unequal at the base ; finely serrated ; green and villous above 

 when young ; glaucous and hairy beneath, but soon losing their glaucous 

 hue, and much of their pubescence; the older leaves are bright green, and 

 almost glabrous on both sides. Footstalks rather long, slender. Catkins 

 on short thick stalks, scarcely 1 in. long. There are plants at Woburn, 

 Flitwick, Goldworth, and Hackney. In the latter arboretum is a variety 

 named S. rivularis minor Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 



¥ 107. S. atropurpu v rea Forbes. The dark-purple-firawc/zed Willow, or 



Sallow. 



Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 156. 

 The Sexes. The male is described in Sal. Wob. 



Spec. Char., Sf-c. Leaves ovate, serrated; somewhat heart-shaped and unequal 

 at the base; dark green, shining above; glaucous and finely hairy beneath. 

 Footstalks nearly 1 in. long, downy. Stipules very large, half-heart- 

 shaped, serrated, glabrous. Filaments yellow. (Sal. Wob., p. 284.) A 

 native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1824, and flowering in April. This 

 is a low tree, with darkish brown branches, afterwards inclining to purple, 

 which are copiously covered with minute hairs, and marked with small 



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