CHAP. CIII. SALICA^CETE. ,SA V LIX. 1581 



glabrous on the lower part. Style longer than the divided stigmas. (Bor- 

 rer in Eng. Bot. Suppl.) Wild in Breadalbane, Scotland. Cuttings brought 

 thence in 1810 produced plants that, in 1831, were upright shrubs, 

 12 ft. to 15 ft. high. Twigs straight, spreading, slightly tinged with brown. 

 Leaves scarcely 2 in. long, except on luxuriant young shoots ; rather rigid. 

 Catkins of the female scarcely 1 in. long while the flowers are in blossom. 

 Mr Borrer has thus contrasted the kind with S. DavalhV/w« : — It is much 

 taller. The leaves are rather longer, and more spreading ; less shining, and 

 of a duller green above, and whiter on the under surface ; and the flowers 

 differ. The following traits of S. tetraplaare derived from Smith's descrip- 

 tion: — " The whole shrub is larger than S. Wulfen/«n« (S. Weigelidna 

 Borr.) ; the leaves longer, more elliptical, and more pointed, with unequal 

 coarse, and wavy serratures ; deep green above ; finely glaucous, with pro- 

 minent pale or reddish veins beneath ; glabrous, except a very minute, short, 

 dense downiness on the upper side of the midrib and of the footstalks ; 

 sometimes even this slight pubescence is wanting." In conjunction with Mr. 

 Forster, Mr. Forbes compared this species with his S. Wulfenidna, to which 

 he says, it does not bear the least alliance. Mr. Forbes notes it as flower- 

 ing in April. There are plants at Woburn and Henfield; also in the 

 Hackney arboretum. 



fife 137. S. ramifu'sca Forbes, ? Anders. The brown-branched Willow. 



Identification. Mr. Forbes states that he obtained this new British species from Mr. Mackay of 

 the Dublin Botanic Garden, who received it from the late Mr. George Anderson. {Sal. Wob., 



- No. 53.) 



Synonyme. We find S. ramifiisca Sal. Wob., t. 53., from recent specimens in leaf, so similar to our 

 S. tetrapla, that we can scarcely doubt its being the male of that species. (Borr. in Eng. Bot, 

 Suppl., t. 2702. 



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



Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 53. ; and our fig. 53. in p. 1615. . 



Spec. Char., $c. Stem erect. Leaves elliptic-acute, serrated ; shining above ; 

 glabrous, reticulated, and glaucous beneath. Stipules half-heart-shaped, 

 serrated, and withering. Branches yellowish brown, pubescent when young. 

 Catkins nearly 1 in. long, on short stalks. Anthers yellow, of 4 lobes. 

 (Sal. Wob., p. 105.) A native of Britain, but where is not stated ; flower- 

 ing, in the Woburn salictum, in April, before the expansion of the leaves, 

 and again in July. An upright kind, attaining the height of between 12 ft. 

 and 14 ft., with round, glabrous, dark green branches, of the preceding year's 

 growth. The young twigs of a brownish yellow, slightly downy when young. 

 Leaves alternate, somewhat erect, elliptical, acute, approaching to an ovate 

 shape when fully grown ; glabrous and shining on their upper surface, glau- 

 cous and reticulated beneath ; the two or three youngest leaves only slightly 

 downy, as also the tops of the young branches. Footstalks villous above, 

 glabrous beneath, as also the midrib. Catkins nearly 1 in. long; often two 

 catkins bursting from the same bud. There are plants at Woburn, Henfield, 

 Flitwick, and also in the Goldworth Arboretum. 



* 138. S. ForbesL4 v 2v^. Forbes's Willow. 



Synonyme. S. WeigeUana Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 51., ? Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 678. (Forbes.) Mr. Borrer 

 has advised us, in his MS. list, that he is not certain whether S. WeigebYma Eng. Bot. Suppl. and S. 

 Weigettana Sal. Wob. are to be distinguished, and, if they are, which is the S. Weigehdraa Willd. 

 See, also, Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2656. and t. 2795. While S. Weigeliana Forbes remains unidentified 

 with any other kind, it must be treated of as a distinct one. 



The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. Mr. Borrer has expressed the opinion 

 that he has both male and female specimens of S. Weigeh'^wa Forbes from the Highlands of Scot- 

 land. (Borr. in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2795.) 



Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 51. ; and our fig. 51. in p. 1615. 



Spec. Char., fyc. The following is the amount of Mr. Forbes's original descrip- 

 tion, taken separately from what he has quoted from Willdenow : — Upright, 

 bushy, 5 ft. to 6 ft. high. Branches glabrous, brown. Leaves elliptic, acute, 

 serrated, or finely toothed ; entire towards the base ; bright green and shin- 

 ing on the upper surface, glaucous and pale on the under one, where the 

 veins are parallel, arched, and prominent. Stipules remarkably small, soon 

 falling off. Catkins appearing, in the willow garden at Woburn Abbey, in 



