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SALIX damascena.
Damson-leaved Willow.
DICECIA Diandria.
Gen. Char. Male, Cal. a scale of an imbricated catkin,
single-flowered. Cor. none. Nect. a gland
or glands at the base of the stamens. Stam.
1__5 (or more). Female, Cal. and Nect. as in the
male. Cor. none. Stigmas 2. Caps, of 1 cell
and 2 valves. Seeds tufted.
Spec. Char. Erect. Young shoots densely hairy.
Leaves ovate or rhomboidal, bluntly toothed;
silky when young; at length nearly naked, green
on both sides. Stipules half-heartshaped. Catkins
(in flower) longer than the floral-leaves.
Calyx-scales obovate. Germen stalked, naked.
Style divided, longer than the diverging stigmas
Syn. Salix damascena. Salict. Woburn.
C o m m u n ic a t e d in 1 8 b y our often mentioned
friend the late Mr. Anderson, with the manuscript name
damnscenifolia, as a new species from “ the South of Scotland
and the borders,” which he had at that time cultivated
for five years. The drawing was made partly from his specimens,
and partly from living plants which were also ie-
ceived from him. From him9 likewise^ the plants described
in Salictum Woburnense are supposed by Mr. Forbes to have
been originally received by Mr. Mackay. Mr. Anderson
possessed both sexes, but we have seen the female only.
A very upright shrub, about twelve feet high. Branches
ascending ; young shoots much tinged with reddish brown,
hoary at first with copious short cottony hairs. Leaves
ascending, firm and rather rigid, about an inch and a half
long and an inch wide, slightly concave, often a little
twisted, gently rounded at the base, ovate, or rather more