CHAP. CI1I. SAIACAVEA]. SAXIX. J 601 



& 215. S. silesi'aca Willd. The Silesian Willow. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PI , 4. p. 600. ; Smith in Kecs's Cycle, No. 17. ; Koch de Sal. Europ. Comm., 

 p. 40. 



77rr SV.wj. The female is noticed in the Specific Character. 



Engraving. Hayne Abbild., 1. 164. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves obovate, with an acuminate point ; the lowest ones blunt; waved and ser- 

 rated in the margin ; under surface of the same colour as the upper one, and glabrous in adult 

 leaves. Stipules kidney-shaped, or half-heart-shaped. Catkins sessile. Capsule ovate-lanceolate, 

 glabrous or silky, stalked. Stalks three to four times as long as the gland. Style of middling 

 length. Stigmas ovate, bifid. (Kcch.) Wild in woods, in mountainous, and subalpine places, at 

 the termination of the growth of the spruce fir, in Carpathia, in Sweden, and on the Alps of 

 Croatia. (Koch.) Introduced in 1810, and flowering in May. 



ik 216. S. Stakkva^NA Willd. Starke's Sallow, or the Marsh Silesian Willow. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., No. 46. ; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 54. ; Hayne Abbild., p. 232. ; 

 Host's Salix, p. 27. 



The Sexes. The female is figured in Hayne Abbild., and both in Host Sal. 



Engravings. Hayne Abbild., 1. 174. ; Host Sal., figs. 89. and 90. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves elliptical, nearly orbicular, smooth, somewhat serrated in the middle, rather 

 glaucous beneath. Catkins appearing after the leaves. Capsules ovate-lanceolate, stalked, and 

 downy. Stipules small, ovate, and toothed. [Willd. and Smith.) Found in the bogs of Silesia, by 

 the Rev. Mr. Starke A shrub, growing to the height of 4 ft. ; introduced in 1820, and flowering 

 in April and May. Koch regards it as identical with S. livida Wahl. 



* 217. S. tetra'ndra Host. The four-stamened Willow. 



Identification. Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 



Description, fyc. From the specimen in the Hackney arboretum, this kind appears closely allied 

 to S. fragilis. 



j* 218. S. thymeljEoVdes Host. The Wild-Olive-like Willow. 



Identification. Lodd. Cat, ed. 1826. 



Description, fyc. There are living specimens of this kind of willow in the Hackney and Goldworth 

 arboretums. Those in the former are dwarf plants, appearing to belong to the group Cinerea?. 



& 219. S. Trevira n n.4 Lk. Treviranus's Willow. 



Identification. Link Enum. ; Sweet's Hort. Brit., No. 19.; ? Spreng. Syst., incidentally in Koch's 

 Comm. 



Description, fyc. Koch mentions the S. Treviram of Spreng. in the list at the end of his work, as 

 one of the kinds which he had not observed with sufficient accuracy to describe ; and states that it 

 was in the Erlangen Botanic Garden in 1828, but that it had not then flowered. (Comm., p. 64.) 



& 220. S. veluti x na Willd. The velvet Willow. 



Identification. Willd. Enum. ; Sweet's Hort. Brit., No. 216. 



j* 221. S. versifoYia Spreng. The twining-leaved Willow. 



Identification. Spreng. Syst. ; Sweet's Hort. Brit, No. 117.; Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836. 



Description, fyc. From the specimen at Messrs. Loddiges, this is a dwarf sallow belonging to the 

 group Cinerea?. 



j* 222. S. faccinioVdes Host. The Vaccinium-like Willow. 



Identification. Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 



Description, fyc. The plant bearing this name in the Hackney arboretum, appears allied to S. 

 fragilis. 



& 223. S. WALDSTEiNL4 x iV,4 Willd. Waldstein's Willow. 



Identification. Willd., No. 50. ; Smith in Rees's Cycle, No. 61. 



Synonyme. S. alpestris Host Sal. Austr., 1. p. 30. 



the Sexes. Both are figured in Host Sal. 



Engravings. Host Sal. t. 99. and t. 100. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves obovate elliptic, smooth, rather acute, remotely serrated in the middle only ; 



shining above, somewhat glaucous beneath. Germen lanceolate, silky, and perfectly sessile. 



Anthers yellow. Young branches smooth. (Willd. and Smith.) Found on the Croatian Alps. 



Very nearly akin to S. Dickson i ana, but differing in the smoothness of its branches. A shrub, 



about 4 ft. high. Introduced in 1822, and flowering from April to June. 



st 224. S. WulfenL4\^ Willd. Wulfen's Willow. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 660. ; Smith in Rees's Cycle, No. 16. ; Host Sal. Austr., 1. p. 29. 

 Synony?nes. S. hastata var. Koch Comm., p. 43. ; ? S. phylicaefblia Wu\f in Jacq. Coll., 2. p. 139. ; 



Host Syn., 526. 

 The Sexes. Both are figured in Host Sal. 

 Engravings. Sal. Austr., t. 95., and t 96. 

 Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves obovate, bluntish, serrated, smooth, glaucous beneath. Catkins dense with 



fringed scales. Germen stalked, awl-shaped, nearly smooth. Style longer than the stigmas. 



Smith in Rees's Cyclo.) This is not the S. Wulfenmna of Smith in Eng. Fl., described p. 1582. 



Mr. Borrersaysof this species, " The true S. WulfemVina of Willdenow we have no reason to 



believe a British species. We have seen of it several foreign specimens of both sexes ; in all of 



5 m 2 



