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S A L I X Woollgariana.
Woollgarian Willow.
DICE CIA Diandria.
G en. Char. Male, Cal. a scale of an imbricated
catkin, single-flowered. Cor. none. Nect. a gland
or g-lands at the base of the stamens-. Stain. 1—5
(or more). Female, Cal. and Nect. as in the
male. Cor. none. Caps, of 1 cell and 2 valves.
Seeds tufted.
S pec. Char. Monandrous, erect. Leaves scarcely
glaucescent, cuneato-lanceolate, minutely serrated,
naked on both sides. Stipules none. Germen
sessile, ovate, downy. Style short. Stigmas
obtuse.
Syn. Salix Woolgariana. Hook. Brit. FI. 414.
S. monandra. Sal. Woburn. 7. t. 4.
S. monandra, var. Hoffm. Sal. v. 1. 21. t. l . f . 3.
X jN D E R the sanction of Professor Hooker, I commemorate
in the name of this Willow my much esteemed
friend and earliest assistant in botany the late Mr. Thomas
Woollgar, an accurate and indefatigable observer of this his
favourite tribe of plants. From him I learned to distinguish
the present species from its near affinities, S. Helix and S.
Lambertiam, from both of which it certainly differs as much \
as those two differ from each other. It is mentioned under
S. Lambertiana in English Flora, but was first published as
a species in Salictum Woburnense, with a figure, not the most
characteristic in that beautiful work. About Lewes, where
Mr. Woollgar found it, it is probably a mere stray from the
ozier-grounds ; but it has the appearance of being wild on
the shores of the Thames near Kingston. Our specimens are
from a plant brought from Lewes. The flowers appear in
April, before the leaves.
Like S. Helix and S'. Lambertiana, it forms a shrub or
small tree 10 or 15 feet high, of light not crowded ramifica