179. S. CERASIFO`LIA Schl. The Cherry-leaved Willow. Identification. Schleicher's Catalogue. Description, &c. An ornamental shrub, a native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1824. 180. S. CHRYSANTHOS Ed. The golden-flowered Norway Willow. Identification. Eder in Flora Danica, t. 1057.; Willd., No. 102.; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 127. Synonyme. ? S. lanàta var. Engraving. Fl. Dan., t. 1057. Spec. Char., &c. Leaves elliptic, acute at each end, entire, downy on both sides. Stipules ovate, entire. Catkins thick, 14 in. long; the scales clothed with long, shining, gold-coloured hairs. Style divided to the base. (Smith.) A native of Finmark, as well as of the Norway alps. A shrub with thick crooked branchies, and large shaggy leaves. It takes its name from the gold-coloured hairs on the scales of the catkin. 181. S. CINNAMO MEA Schl. The Cinnamon Willow. Identification. Schl. Cat. Description, &c. A shrub, a native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1824. 182. S. CLETHRÆFO`LIA Schl. The Clethra-leaved Willow. Identification. Schl. Cat.; Lodd. Cat., 1836. Description, &c. A shrub, a native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1824. There are plants at Messrs. Loddiges's, from which it appears to belong to the group Càpreæ. 183. S. CONIFERA Wangenh. The cone-bearing Willow. Identification. Wangenh. Amer., 123. t. S1. f. 72.; Mühlenb. in Nov. Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Berol., 4. p. 240.; Willd. Arb., 347., Sp. Pl., 4. p. 705.; Mühlenb. in Sims et Kön. Ann. of Bot., 2. 67.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 612.; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 130. Synonyme. S. longirostris Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. 226. The Sexes. A female plant, with this name attached, was flowering in the London Horticultural Society's arboretum in the spring of 1835. Engraving. Wangenh. Amer., t. S1. f. 72. Spec. Char., &c. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, serrulate with distant teeth; glabrous on the upper surface, even and tomentose on the under one. Stipules lunate, subdentate. Ovaries lanceolate, villous. Style elongated. Stamens deeply cleft. (Willd. and Smith.) Wild in North America, in shady woods on a gravelly dry soil, from New York to Carolina, where it flowers in April. The cone-like excrescence at the ends, of the branches, occasioned by an insect, is not unfrequently found on S. prinöìdes and its allied species. (Pursh.) Introduced in 1820. 184. S. CORU'SCANS Willd. The glittering Willow. Identification. Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 681.; Smith in Rees's Cycl., No. 64.; Eng. Fl., 4. p. 180.; Host Sal. Austr., 1. p. 28., who has quoted as identical Jacq. Austr., t. 408. Synonymes. Willdenow has cited, as identical with this, S. arbúscula Jacq. Austr., t. 408., and Host Synops., 527.; and remarked that it is close akin to S. tenuifolia Smith; and Smith has con. firmed this relationship in Eng. Fl., 4. p. 180. yet Koch has cited (Comm., p. 57.) the S. arbúscula Jacq. Austr., t. 408., as a rude and unfaithful figure of S. Waldsteiniana Willd., a kind which Willdenow has stated (Sp. Pl.) to be closely related to S. Myrsinites Willd. Sp. Pl., and, hence, very different from S. tenuifolia Smith; and Koch has besides (Comm., p. 45.) mentioned a doubt whether S. corúscans Willd, does not belong to S. arbúscula Wahlenb., but that he dares not refer it to it, from not having seen an authentic specimen. The Sexes. Both sexes are described in Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 681.; and both are figured in Host Sal. Austr. Engravings. Jacq. Austr., t. 408; Host Sal. Austr., t. 94. Spec. Char., &c. Leaves ovate-elliptic, acute at the tip, tapered to the base; serrate, the lower teeth glanded; glabrous; glossy above, glaucescent beneath. Capsule ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, (Willd.) It inhabits the Alps of Styria, Carinthia, and Salzburg. (Id.) Willdenow had seen this kind living, and has described it in detail in his Sp. Pl. Introduced in 1818. 185. S. CYDONIÆFO`LIA Schl. The Quince-leaved Willow. Identification. Schl. Cat.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836." Description, &c. A dwarf shrub, a native of Switzerland. at Flitwick, and in the Goldworth and Hackney arboretums. Introduced in 1824. There are plants 186. S. DU BIA Hort. The doubtful Willow. Description, &c. There are plants under this name in the arboretum at Flitwick House. 187. S. ERIANTHA Schl. The woolly-flowered Willow. Identification. Schl. Cat. Description, &c. A low shrub, a native of Switzerland. 188. S. FAGIFOLIA Waldst. et Kit. Identification. Waldstein et Kitaibel's Pl. Rar. Hung.; No. 128. Introduced in 1823, and flowering in April. Spec. Char., &c. Leaves ovate-elliptic, with a glandular point, serrated, entire at the base; about 1in. long; dark green and smooth above, reticulated with hairy veins beneath. Stipules kidneyshaped, with glandular teeth. Branches brown, downy when young. Catkins not observed. (Willd.) A native of the Croatian Alps. There are plants in the Cambridge Botanic Garden, and at Messrs. Loddiges's; from the latter of which it appears to belong to the group Cinèreæ. 189. S. FINMA'RCHICA Lodd. Cat. The Finmark Willow. Identification. Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. Description, &c. A low tree, a native of Sweden. There are plants under this name at Messrs. Loddiges's, which bear some resemblance to S. viminàlis; and at all events are quite different from S. finmárchica Wild., No. 55. in p. 1541. It flowers in April and May. 190. S. FOLIOLO'SA Afzel. The many-leaved Willow. Identification. Afzel. in Linn. Fl. Lapp., ed. 2., p. 295.; Willd., No. 61.; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 73. Synonymes. ?S. foliòsa Lond. Hort. Brit., No. 24028., Sweet's Hort. Brit., No. 159.; S. alpina myrtifolia Rudb. Lapp., 99.; S. arbúscula ß Lin. Sp. Pl., 1445. Spec. Char., &c. Leaves elliptic ovate, entire, somewhat pointed, smooth, glaucous beneath. Ovary lanceolate, silky, on a long stalk. Stigmas nearly sessile, deeply divided. (Linn.) A very low shrub, not exceeding 1 ft. high, with very thin almost pellucid leaves; and short, thick, manyflowered catkins, produced on short lateral branches. A native, according to Linnæus, of sandy fields in the wild part of Lapland, but rare. (Smith in Recs's Cyclo.) Some botanists consider this synonymous with S. lívida, No. 190. 191. S. FORMO'SA Willd. The elegant Willow. Identification. Willd. Sp. Pl., No. 51.; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 62. Synonymes. S. glaúca Willd. Arb., 338., ? S. alpina Scop. Carn., ed. 2., vol. 2. p. 255. Spec. Char., &c. Branches reddish-brown. Leaves l'in. or more in length, a little contracted at the base, finely fringed at the edge; the young ones very silky beneath. Stipules extremely minute. Female catkins scarcely 1 in. long, with lanceolate, fringed scales. (Willd.)* A native of the Swiss and Carinthian Alps. 192. S. FUSCATA Pursh. The brown-stemmed Willow. Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 612.; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 110. Spec. Char., &c. Branches of the preceding year covered with a dark brown or black_tomentum. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, acute, somewhat serrated, glaucous beneath, downy when young. Stipules minute. Catkins drooping. Scales obtuse, scarcely hairy on the inside. (Pursh.) Found wild, in low overflowed grounds on the banks of rivers, from New York to Pennsylvania; flowering in March or April. (Id.) 193. S. GLABRATA Schl. The glabrous Willow. Identification. Schleich. Cat.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. Description, &c. A shrub, a native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1820. There are living plants in the Hackney arboretum, from which it appears to belong to the group Cinèreæ. 194. S. HETEROPHY'LLA Deb. The various-leaved Willow. Identification. De Bray; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. Description, &c. A shrub, a native of Europe. Introduced into Britain in 1823, and flowering in April and May. There are plants in the Hackney arboretum. 195. S. HU'MILIS Dec. The humble Willow. Identification. De Candolle. Description, &c. A low shrub, seldom rising above 1 in. high. Introduced in 1820, and flowering in April. * 196. S. JACQUI NII Host. Jacquin's Willow. Identification. Host Synops., p. 529.; Wahlenb. Carpat., p. 315.; Koch Comm., p. 61. The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Hayne Abbild., and both in Host Sal. Aust. Engravings. Jacq. Aust., t. 409.; Scop. Carn., 2. t. 61.; Hayne Abbild., t. 181.; Host Sal. Aust., 1. t. 102. Spec. Char., &c. Leaves elliptic or lanceolate, entire, reticulately veiny on both surfaces, shining, eventually becoming more or less glabrous, ciliate. Catkins upon a twiglet nearly as long as the catkin; leafy in the lower part, leafless in the upper. Capsule (? or ovary) ovate-acuminate, sessile, woolly, eventually upon a very short stalk, and more or less glabrous. Gland reaching higher than the base of the capsule. Style elongated. Stigmas linear, bifid or entire. It only differs from S. Myrsinites Koch in having its leaves entire, and mostly, if not always ciliate, at the margin. ? Is it a variety of that species. (Koch.) S. Myrsinltes of Koch's Comm, is equal to the S. Myrsinttes L., and S. betulifòlia Forster of this work. S. Jacquíni is indigenous to the highest alpine chains of Carinthia, Carniola, Austria, Carpathia, and Transylvania. (Koch.) Introduced in 1818. 197. S. LI VIDA Wahlenb. The livid-leaved Willow. Identification. Wahlenb. Lapp, No. 1169.; Koch Comm., p. 39. Synonymes. S. arbúscula y Lin, Fl. Suec., p. 348.; ? S. arbuscula 8 Lin. Sp. Pl., p. 1446. ; S. Starke. àna Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 677., according to specimens from Silesia; ? S. folioldsa Afzel. in Fl. Lapp., ed. 2., p. 295., Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 685.; S. malifòlia Bess. Galic., p. $13., according to the author in Enum. Pl. Volhyn, p. 37.; S. bicolor Ehrh. Arb., 118., Fries Novit., p. 58. (Koch Comm.) The S. livida Hook. Fl. Scot., and Smith Eng. Fl., 4. p. 1999., once supposed identical with S. lívida Wahl., has been since referred, in Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2., to S. vacciniifolia Walker. Spec. Char., &c. Leaves obovate or elliptical, shortly acuminate, entire except the upper ones, which are serrate with remote blunt teeth; glaucescent or livid rather than glaucous on the under surface; when adult, glabrous. Stipules kidney-shaped. Fructiferous catkins peduncled; the peduncle a short twig bearing one or two leaves. Capsules stalked, tomentose, ovate at the base, lanceolate and long in the remaining part; stalk five times as long as the gland. Style very short. Stigmas ovate, bifid. (Koch Comm., p. 39.) Koch compares it to S. aurlta, but says that the male catkins are more slender, and the female ones thicker, and with looser flowers. Introduced in 1824, according to Sweet's Hort. Brit. 198. S. LONGIFO`LIA Mühlenb. The long-leaved Willow. Identification. Mühlenb. Nov. Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Berol., 4. p. 238. t. 6. f. 6.; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 670.; Mühlenb. in Sims et Kön. Ann., 266. t. 5. f. 6. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 613. ; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 41. The Sexes. The male is described. Engravings. Nov. Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Berol., 4. t. 6. f. 6. ; Ann. of Bot., t. 5. f. 6. Spec. Char., &c. Leaves linear, pointed at each end, very distinctly toothed, glabrous, green on both surfaces. Stipules lanceolate, toothed. Catkins protruded after the leaves. Bracteas rounded, somewhat hairy, mostly so on the inside. Stamens 2. Filaments bearded at the base. (Pursh, as quoted by Smith in Rees's Cyclo.) Gathered on the banks of the Susquehanna; flowering in July. Not above 2 ft. high. Leaves 5 in. to 6 in. long, not in. wide. The flowering branches sometimes bear broader and shorter foliage. (Id.) According to Pursh, the branches are brown, and the branchlets white. 199. S. MES PILIFO`LIA Schl. The Mespilus-leaved Willow. Identification. Schl. Cat.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. Identification. Schl. Cat.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. Description, &c. A shrub, a native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1824, and flowering in March and April. From the plants at Messrs. Loddiges's, it appears to belong to the group Cinereæ. 201. S. MYRICÖI'DES Mühlenb. The Myrica-like Willow. Identification. Mühlenb. Nov. Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Berol., 4. p. 285. t. 6. f. 2.; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 666.; Mühlenb. in Sims et König Ann. of Bot., 263. t. 5. f. 2.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 613.; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 29. The Sexes. The female is noticed in the Specific Character. Engravings. Nov. Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Berol., 4. t. 6. f. 2. ; Ann. of Bot., 2. t. 5. f. 2. Spec. Char., &c. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, about 4 in. long, and 1 in. broad, bluntly serrated, glabrous, glaucous beneath, glanded at the base. Stipules ovate, serrated with glanded teeth. Catkins woolly, about 1 in. long. Ovary lanceolate, glabrous; its stalk and the bractea remarkably woolly, and the former longer than the gland. Style the length of the divided stigmas. (Smith) Wild in North America, in wet meadows and woods, from New England to Virginia; flowering in April. A shrub, from 6 ft. to 9ft. high. (Pursh and Smith.) According to Pursh, the adult branches are green, and the younger ones purple, and glabrous. Introduced in 1811. 202. S. NERVO'SA Schl. The nerved-leaved Willow. Identification. Schl. Cat.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. Description, &c. A shrub, a native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1824. From the plants in the Hackney arboretum, it appears allied to S. càprea. 203. S. OBTU'SA Link. The blunt-leaved Willow. Identification. ? Link. Description, &c. A low shrub, rarely exceeding 4 ft. high; a native of Switzerland. in 1820, and flowering in May. Introduced 204. S. OBTUSIFOLIA Willd. The obtuse-leaved Lapland Willow. Identification. Willd., No. 106.; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 131. Synonymes. S. foliis oblongis, &c., Lin. Fl. Lapp., ed. 2., p. 301.; S. càprea ß Sp. Pl., 1448.; S. O'lea sylvestris, &c., Rudd. Lapp., 99. Spec. Chur, &c. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, wedge-shaped at the base. Frequent in the woods and mountains of Lapland. (Linnæus.) A slender shrub, not unfrequently arborescent. Young branches slender, clothed with long silky down. Leaves rather more than 2 in. long, in. wide; green, shining, slightly downy above, with many curved parallel veins; glaucous, and not more downy, beneath. Footstalks downy. It is very remarkable, that, contrary to the nature of most willows, the lower blunter leaves of each branch are furnished with minute distant teeth, or shallow serratures; while the upper and pointed ones are quite entire. Except the teeth of the leaves, it comes nearer to S. Lappònum than any other kind of willow. (Smith in Rees's Cyclo.) 205. S. OBTU'SI-SERRA TA Schl. Identification. Schl. Cat.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. The obtusely-serrated-leaved Willow. Description, &c. A shrub, a native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1824. The plants in the Hack. ney arboretum appear allied to S. càprea. 206. S. PALLE'SCENS Schl. The pale Willow. Identification Schl. Cat.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. Description, &c. A shrub, a native of Switzerland. Introduced in 1823 The plants at Hackney appear allied to S. càprea. 207. S. PALUDO'SA Lk. The Marsh Willow. Identification. Link Enum.; Sweet Hort. Brit., No. 73.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. Description, &c. From the plants bearing this name in the Hackney arboretum, this kind appears to belong to the same group as S. pallescens. 208. S. PERSICEFO`LIA Hort. The Peach-tree-leaved Willow. Identification. Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. Description, &c. The plant bearing this name in the Hackney arboretum appears allied to S. rùbra. 209. S. PYRENAICA Gouan. The Pyrenean Willow. Identification. Gouan Illust., 77., excluding the synonymes; Willd., No. 86.; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 107. Spec. Char., &c. Stems quite prostrate, branched, and smooth. Leaves 1 in. long, and nearly in. wide; bright green and shining above; remarkably woolly about the margin, which gives them a peculiar and characteristic appearance. When young, they are hairy all over. Footstalks broad, channeled, rather short, smooth, yellowish, without stipules. Female catkins 2 in. long, slender, rather lax, on leafy stalks. Scales linear-obovate, long, fringed with copious long hairs. Germens extending rather beyond the scales, and clothed with similar hairs. Stigmas long and linear. (Smith in Rees's Cyclo.) A native of the Pyrenees. Introduced in 1823, and flowering in May. The Pear-tree-leaved Willow. 210. S. PYRIFOLIA Schl. Identification. Schl. Cat.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. The recurved-catkined Willow. Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 99. 211. S. RECURVATA Pursh. Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 609.; The Sexes. The female is noticed in the Specific Character. Spec. Char., &c. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, acute, glabrous, entire; glandular at the margin, glaucous beneath; the young ones silky. Stipules none. Catkins protruded before the leaves, recurved. Ovary ovate, somewhat stalked, the length of the hairs of the bracteas. Style very short. Stigmas divided. Wild in shady woods in North America, among the mountains of New Jersey and Pennsylvania; flowering in April. A low shrub. Branches brown, glabrous. Buds yellow. Bracteas tipped with black. (Pursh and Smith.) Introduced in 1811. According to Pursh (p. 612.), it bears considerable resemblance to S. rosmarinifolia. 212. S. SALVIEFO`LIA Link. The Sage-leaved Willow. Identification. Adopted from Link in Willd Sp. Pl., 4. p. 688.; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 87. ; Koch Comm., p. 34. Synonymes. S. pátula Seringe Sal. Helv., p. 11., Spreng. Syst., Sweet Hort. Brit.; S. oleifòlia Ser. Sal. exsicc., No. 1.; S. oleæfòlia Vill. Dauph., 3. p. 784., according to Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 709.; S. Fluggeana Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 709., according to a specimen from Flugge himself in the herbarium of Mertens, Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 139. The Sexes. The female is described in the Specific Character, and in Willdenow's description of S. Fluggedna. Spec. Char., &c. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, tapered to the base, obsoletely denticulated, hoary and tomentose, and wrinkled with veins on the under surface; lower ones obtuse. Stipules half-heart-shaped, acute. Catkins sessile, arched, attended by some scale-shaped leaves at the base. Capsule ovate-lanceolate, tomentose, stalked; the stalk as long again as the gland. Style short. Stigmas oblong, nearly entire. (Koch.) Wild in Portugal, the south of France, and Switzerland. In Dauphiné, Villars says that it serves as a stock on which to graft S. vitellina. Smith mentions that the trunk is about 10 ft. or 12 ft. high; the leaves about 14 in. or 2 in. long, and somewhat revolute; and the branches dark brown, hairy when young, and very brittle. Smith describes S. salviæfòlia and S. Fluggeàna as distinct species; but it does not appear that he had seen specimens of either. S. Fluggedna Willd. is stated in the Hortus Britannicus to be a native of the south of France, and introduced in 1820. Identification. Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 695.; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 104.; Koch incidentally in Comm., p. 46. Synonymes. S. discolor Schrad. Hort. Gött. MSS., as quoted by Willd. It is noticed by Koch (Comm., p. 46.), as a variety of a kind that is cultivated, in most German gardens, under the erroneous name of S. bicolor Ehrhart. Spec. Char., &c. Leaves elliptical, acute; finely downy on both surfaces, glaucous on the under one; slightly serrated towards the point. Stipules very small. Catkins protruded rather earlier than the leaves, ovate, hairy. (Smith.) It approaches, in habit and size of leaves, S. Croweana and S. bícolor; but the foliage is always more or less clothed on both surfaces with silky hairs; and the two stamens are distinct. The footstalks are slender, elongated, sometimes having two minute rounded stipules at the base, or, in their stead, a pair of glands. (Id.) Introduced in 1820. 214. S. SEPTENTRIONALIS Host. The northern Willow. Identification. Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. Description, &c. From the plants in the Hackney arboretum, this kind appears to belong to the group Cinèreæ. Mr. Borrer had cuttings of S. nigricans Smith, from Messrs. Loddiges, under the name of S. septentrionalis. 215. S. SILESIACA Willd. The Silesian Willow. Identification. Willd. Sp. PI, 4. p. 660.; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 17.; Koch de Sal. Europ. Comm., p. 40. The Sexes. The female is noticed in the Specific Character. Spec. Char., &c. Leaves obovate, with an acuminate point; the lowest ones blunt; waved and serrated 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. (Koch.) 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 1816, and flowering in May. 216. S. STARKEA`NA Willd. Identification. Willd. Sp. Pl., No. 46.; Starke's Sallow, or the Marsh Silesian Willow. The Sexes. The female is figured in Hayne Abbild., and both in Host Sal. Spec. Char., &c. 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. lívida Wahl. 217. S. TETRA'NDRA Host. The four-stamened Willow. Identification. Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. Description, &c. From the specimen in the Hackney arboretum, this kind appears closely allied to S. frágilis. 218. S. THYMELÆÖIDES Host. The Wild-Olive-like Willow. Identification. Lodd. Cat., ed. 1826. Description, &c. 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 Cinèreæ. 219. S. TREVIRA'NA Lk. Treviranus's Willow. Identification. Link Enum.; Sweet's Hort. Brit., No. 19.; ?Spreng. Syst., incidentally in Koch's Comm. Description, &c. Koch mentions the S. Trevirani 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 NA Willd. The velvet Willow. Identification. Willd. Enum.; Sweet's Hort. Brit., No. 216. 221. S. VERSIFOLIA Spreng. The twining-leaved Willow. Identification. Spreng. Syst.; Sweet's Hort. Brit., No. 117.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. Description, &c. From the specimen at Messrs. Loddiges, this is a dwarf sallow belonging to the group Cinère. 222. S. VACCINIÖIDES Host. The Vaccinium-like Willow. Identification. Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. Description, &c. The plant bearing this name in the Hackney arboretum, appears allied to S. frágilis. 223. S. WALDSTEINIA'NA Willd. Waldstein's Willow. Identification. Willd., No. 50.; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., 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., &c. 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. Dicksoniana, but differing in the smoothness of its branches. A shrub, about 4 ft. high. Introduced in 1822, and flowering from April to June. 224. S. WULFENIA NA Willd. Wulfen's Willow. Identification. Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 660.; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 16.; Host Sal. Austr., 1. p. 29. Synonymes. S. hastata var. Koch Comm., p. 43. ; ? S. phylicæfolia Wulf 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., &c. 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. Wulfeniana of Smith in Eng. Fl., described p. 1582. Mr. Borrer says of this species, "The true S. Wulfeniàna 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 |
