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S A L I X adscendens.
Ascending Dwarf Willow.
DIOECIA Diandria.
G e n . C h a r . Male, Cal. the scales o f a catkin. Cor.
none. Nectary a gland at the base of the stamina.
Siam. 1— 5 . Female, Cal. and Nect. like the male.
Cor. none. Stigmas 2. Caps, superior, o f 1 cell
and 2 valves. Seeds downy.
Spec. Char. Leaves elliptic-oblong, somewhat serrated,
with recurved points ; glaucous and silky beneath.
Stem ascending. Stipulas ovate, serrated.
O b s e r v e d by Mr. Crowe and Mr. E. Forster upon Por-
land heath, Norfolk. We have noticed it in several moist
heathy or sandy places, but long supposed it a variety of
S. argentea, t. 1364, from which, having cultivated and
examined it for a number of years, we now find it widely and
unquestionably distinct. That species when left to itself,
always forms an upright bush, and is remarkable for its brilliant
silvery leaves, which are always entire. The present is
a creeping low shrub, with long straight obliquely ascending
branches, and much less silvery leaves even on their under
side. The leaves are also much more oblong, and many of
them decidedly serrated. It is most akin to our S. parvifolia,
and has the same smell, but is about twice as large, with less
crowded recurved leaves, and with serrated stipulas. It
flowers with that species in May, 2 or 3 weeks later than the
repens. The female catkins and capsules agree with those of
parvifolia. We do not find such marks of discrimination in
the parts of fructification in this tribe of Willows as in the larger
kinds, nor have we had opportunities of verifying their species
by raising them from seed. S. caprea, aquatica, oleifolia,
hirla, colinifolia, &c., as well as purpurea, Helix, See., have
grown from seed in Mr. Crowe’s garden, and prove as permanent
in habit and characters as any plants in the world.