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base; the margins deeply serrated, and furnished with glands, a little wavy ; 

 upper surface shining and downy; under one glaucous, and besprinkled 

 with small appressed hairs. Ovary ovate-subulate, glabrous. Style 

 longer than the divided stigmas. (Sal. Wob., p. 283.) A native of Germany. 

 Introduced in 1824, and flowering in March and April. A small bushy 

 tree, with round villous branches, of a sooty brown colour. Buds hairy. 

 Leaves from 1 in. to l^in. long, of an ovate shape, deeply serrated, and 

 somewhat wavy ; unequal, and a little heart-shaped at the base ; more 

 or less downy on both sides, especially the midrib and veins, with minute 

 hairs ; beneath, glaucous. Footstalks downy. Catkins 1 in. long. This 

 species resembles, in leaves and mode of growth, S. rotundata; but is a 

 very distinct kind, having the leaves more oblong and undulated. There 

 are plants at Woburn, and in the Hackney arboretum. 



& 1 116. S. rotunda n ta Forbes. The round-leaved Willow, or Sallow. 



Identification. Sal. Wob., No. 104. 



Synonyme. ? S. rotundifblia Host. 



The Sexes. Both sexes areMescribed and figured in Sal. Wob. 



Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 104. ; our fig. 1337. in p. 1572. ; and fig. 104. in p. 1621. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves orbicular, bluntly serrated ; glabrous and shining above ; 

 glaucous, reticulated, and slightly hairy beneath. Stipules rounded, ser- 

 rated, glandular. Ovary awl-shaped, glabrous, stalked. Style twice the 

 length of the parted stigmas. (Sal. Wob., p. 207.) A native of Switzerland. 

 Introduced in ? 1824, and flowering, in the willow garden at Woburn Abbey, 

 in April and May. An upright-growing shrub or low tree, attaining the 

 height of 15 ft. or more ; the preceding year's branches of a brownish green 

 colour, marked with several yellow spots, and retaining their pubescence; 

 very brittle ; the young twigs round, densely hairy, and copiously covered 

 with leaves. Leaves orbicular, somewhat heart-shaped at the base when 

 fully grown, bluntly serrated; glabrous and shining above; glaucous, reticu- 

 lated, and very minutely hairy beneath, becoming almost glabrous when at 

 maturity. Footstalks stout, and densely downy. Catkins of the male 

 nearly 1 in. long. The roundness of the leaves renders this a very distinct 

 species. There are plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Goldworth. 



$ 117. S. du'ra Forbes. The hardy Sallow, or Willow. 



identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 105. 

 The Sexes. The male plant is figured in Sal. Wob. 

 Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 105. ; and our ^. 105. in p. 1622. 



Spec. Char., cfc. Leaves elliptical, deeply toothed, a little heart-shaped at the 

 base ; green, shining, and villous above ; glaucous and pubescent beneath. 

 Stipules large, rounded, glabrous. Catkins short. Bracteas yellow, fringed. 

 (Sal. Wob., p. 209.) A rapid-growing tree, flowering, in the willow garden 

 at Woburn Abbey, in April and May ; with dark brown, glabrous, round 

 branches ; the young ones reddish, and thickly covered with short white 

 hairs, which disappear towards autumn ; forming a bushy head, with long 

 oblique twigs. The leaves are nearly 2 in. long, and l|in. in breadth; of 

 an elliptical-roundish shape, obtuse and somewhat heart-shaped at the base, 

 with blunt oblique points ; green, villous, and shining above ; glaucous and 

 pubescent beneath, becoming nearly glabrous in autumn; their margins 

 deeply toothed, the teeth furnished with glands, which are very conspicuous 

 in the young leaves. Footstalks rather short, stout, and downy. Catkins 

 about § in. long. A very distinct species ; and, though of very rapid and 

 vigorous growth, unfit, from the brittleness of its branches, for basketwork. 

 There are plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick, and also in the Hack- 

 ney and Goldworth arboretums. 



& ¥ 118. S. Forsteria^NA Smith. The glaucous Mountain Sallow, or 

 Forster's Willow. 



Identification. Smith Eng. Bot., t. 2344. ; Rees's Cyclo., No. 124. ; Smith Eng. FL, 2. p 224. ; Forbes 

 in Sal. Wob., No. 110. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3., p. 431. 



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