ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



April, before the leaves expand. Ovary ovate lanceolate, downy. Style 

 longer than the deeply parted stigmas. There are plants at Henfield. 



& 139. S, WeigellAy./ Borr. WeigePs Willow. 



Iiicntrfcntioii. Borr. in Eng. Bot Suppl., t. 2656., perhaps exclusively of the identification of Willd., 



as intimated by Mr. 15orver at t. 'J 7 !>.">., and in his MS. list, as follows :— " I am uncertain whether 



S. Weifelutai Eng. Bot., 2656., and 8. Weigelidno Sal. Wob., are to be distinguished, and, if so, 



which is S. Weigelt'diM Willd." Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3., p. 434. ? exclusively of syn., Willd. ; 



H.ivtie Ahbild., p. 232., with a fig. 



$t/nony»ns. S. Wulfen/u/m Smith Eng. FL, 4. p. 176. ; Rees's Cycle, No. 16. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., 

 No. 48. ; excluding from each the foreign svnonvmes. {Borrer.) 



a. Both sexes are figured in Eng. Bot. Suppl. ; the male in Sal. Wob., as that of S. Wulfen- 

 I'um. 



Engravings. Eng. Hot. Suppl., t. 2656. ; Sal. Wob., No. 48. ; Hayne Abbild., t. 173. ; our Jig. 1340. ; 

 and jRg.48. in !'• lli14 ' 



Spec. Char., iSc. Leaves elliptical, rhomboidal, or almost round, with a short 

 point, obsoletely crenate ; glabrous on both sides, glaucous beneath. Sti- 

 pules small. Catkins on short stalks. Floral leaves small. Bracteas 

 (stales) oblong, hairy, longer than the hairy stalk of the ovary. 

 Style longer than the stigmas. (Borrer.) It seems not uncommon 

 in the more mountainous parts of Britain : Breadalbane in Scot- 

 land, and Yorkshire and Westmoreland, are places named. 

 Cultivated. It is an upright shrub, about 10 ft. high. Mr. Borrer O 

 thinks it probable that it is of more humble growth in its native 

 stations. Leaves thin, dark green, and more glittering than those 

 of S. nitens ; the under surface very glaucous. The catkins appear m i 

 earlier than the leaves, about April or May, and are very similar 1340 



to those of S. nitens. It is difficult to define satisfactorily the distinctions 

 between S. Vie\ge\id?ia and S. nitens ; yet the aspect of the two is unlike, 

 from the dark hue of the whole bush in S. nitens ; and there seems to be a 

 real difference in the structure of the leaves. (Borrer.) There are plants 

 at Henfield. 



Variety. In what seems a variety of this species, the leaves are more con- 

 spicuously toothed, rather silky when young ; the shoots more downy, and 

 the ovary pubescent towards the point only. (Borrer.) 



& 140. S. ni n tens Anders. The glittering-/c«wd Willow. 



Identification. Anders. MS. ; Smith Eng. Fl., 4. p. 175. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 44. ; Hook. Br. 



FL, ed. 2., p. 426. ; Borr. in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2655. 

 T/ir Si-res. Both sexes are described and figured in Eng. Bot. Suppl. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2655. ; Sal. Wob., No. 44. ; Jig. 1341. ; and Jig. 44. in p. 1613. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves ovate, or elliptical, acute, slightly serrated ; nearly 

 glabrous above, with sunk veins ; glabrous and glaucous beneath. Stipules 

 small. Catkins on short stalks. Floral leaves small. Bracteas (scales) 

 oblong, hairy, longer than the hairy stalk of the ovary. 

 St \ le longer than the stigmas. Nearly allied to S. Weigel- 

 ,u,ift, and more nearly to S. Crowedna. (Borrer in Eng. 

 Bot. Suppl.) Mr. G. Anderson first distinguished the 

 kind; and the male specimens figured were derived from 

 a plant that he communicated to Mr. Borrer: the female 

 came from Teesdale. The kind is an upright shrub, taller, 

 Bod of rather stouter growth, than *V. Borrcri«rc«, which it 

 Dlblei in the dark mahogany hue of its shining twigs, 

 most remarkable in the male. Young shoots slightly pu- 1341 

 betcent. Petioles short, reddish. Disk of leaf about U in. long, in many 

 instance! wared or twisted ; upper surface dark green, shining, more or less 

 silk} when young, afterwards glabrous, except on the midrib ; under surface 

 [.'lain oiis, and even white. The /lowers appear with Mr. Borrer earlier than 

 the leave,, in April or .May, about, a fortnight later than those of S. Borrer- 

 Kinfi. Catkins of the male scarcely I in. long; of the female, by the figure, 

 more than I in. There are plant! at Woburn, Flitwick, Henfield, Goldworth, 

 and H;k Iti 



