CHAP. CIII. 



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of S. /aurina. The catkins appear with the leaves in May, and the plant 

 produces them a second time in August. The general length of the young 

 twigs is from in. to 8 in. ; but this species is not likely to be applicable to 

 basket-making. There are plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick. 



-* 133. S. radi'cans Smith. The rooting-branched Willow. 



Identification. Smith Fl. Brit, p. 1053. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 676. {Smith); Hook. Br. Fl.,ed. 2., 

 p. 4S8. ; Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2701., in the text. 



Synom/mes. S. /;hylicifolia Lin. Fl. Lapp., No. 351., t. 8. f. d., Smith Fl. Brit., p. 1049., Eng. Bot., 

 t. 1958., Eng. FA, 4. p. 173. "The original Lapland specimen of S. phylicifblia in the Linnasan 

 herbarium is indubitably, as was long since stated by Smith, the S. phylicifblia of Eng. Bot., t. 1958." 

 (Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2709) "As Linnaeus no doubt included several other willows," besides 

 the Lapland S. phylicifolia noticed above, " under his S. phylicifblia, it would be better to call " the 

 kind of Eng. Bot. " by Smith's first name, rad'icans." (Borrer, quoted in Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2.) S. 

 phylicifolia Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 46. ; S. arbuscula Wahlcnb. var. Koch Comm., p. 44. 



The Sexes. The female is described in Eng. FL, where Smith has noticed that he had not observed 

 the catkins of the male. The female is figured in Eng Bot. and Sal. Wob. 



Engravings. Eng. Bot., 1. 1958. ; Sal. Wob., No. 46. ; and our fig. 46. in p. 1614. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, with wavy serratures, very glabrous ; 

 glaucous beneath. Stipules glandular on the inside. Ovary lanceolate, 

 stalked, silky. Style twice the length of the stigmas. Branches trailing. 

 (Smith Eng. Fl.) The following traits are also derived from Smith. A 

 low, spreading, glabrous bush, whose long, recumbent, brown or purplish 

 branches take root as they extend in every direction. Leaves on shortish 

 stalks, not much spreading, about 2 in. long, not 1 in. broad; very acute 

 at the point, not at all rounded at the base ; glabrous at all times, except an 

 obscure downiness on the midrib above ; harsh to the touch, bitter, variously 

 crenated or serrated ; the serratures peculiarly, and sometimes very re- 

 markably, undulated; the upper side of a dark shining green, and the 

 under glaucous. "A perfectly distinct plant, in its low mode of growth, 

 from S. Borreriana and S. Davalli«ra#, and from all the other British species 

 with which I am acquainted." (Forbes.) Mr. Borrer has described inci- 

 dentally, at the end of his account of S. Davallidna in the Eng. Bot. 

 Suppl. t. 2701., characters of S. radicans in contrast with characters of S. 

 ~Daxa\\idna. One of these is, that S. radicans flowers a full fortnight later 

 than S. DaxaWidna. 



3fe 134. S. Borreria^na Smith. Borrer' s, or the dark upright, Willow. 



Identification. Smith Eng. Fl., 4. p. 174. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 45. ; Borr. in Eng. Bot. Suppl., 



t.2619. ; Hook. Br. FL, ed. 3. 

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



Eng. Bot. Suppl. Mr. W. Wilson and Sir W. J. Hooker have found the female at Killin, in 



Breadalbane. (Hook. Br. FL, ed. 2.) 

 Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 45. ; Eng. Bot. Suppl., t.2619. ; our fig. 1339. ; and fig. 45. in p. 1614. 



Spec. Char., §c. Branches erect. Leaves lanceolate, serrated with shallow 

 nearly even serratures, very glabrous ; glaucous beneath. Stipules lanceo- 

 late, small. Bracteas (scales) acute, shaggy. (Smith E. F., Borr. E. B. S.) 

 It is nearly allied to S. phylicifolia Eng. Bot., J 



t. 1958.; but seems distinct, differing much in its 

 mode of growth and habit, and its narrower and 

 truly lanceolate leaves. (Borr.) Native to Scotland, ^ 

 in Highland mountain valleys : Breadalbane, Killin 

 in Breadalbane, and Glen Nevis, are the localities 

 mentioned. It was first discovered by Mr. Borrer, 

 who has given a detailed description of it in Eng. 

 Bot. Suppl., from which the following traits are 

 derived : — A much-branched shrub, decumbent at 

 the base only, about 10 ft. high. Large branches 

 ash-coloured. Twigs spreading or ascending, short, 

 soon becoming of a deep mahogany hue, and glabrous. 1339 



Buds large. Disk of the leaf lanceolate, tapering to each end, about 2 in. 

 long, and £ in. or more wide ; keeled, twisted ; dark green and shining on 

 the upper surface, glaucous on the under one ; glabrous on both, except 

 a few scattered silky hairs on each ; in the leaves of young shoots, closely 



