. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. Group xii. AmUguis Borrer. Shrubs. Prin. sp. 54. and 58. LJESJ .^^^ JBL. S. finmarchica WiM. has been added to the kinds included in this group by Mr. Borrer. J: * 54. S. ambi'gua Ehrh., Borrer. The ambiguous Willow. Idmtification. Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2733.! Hook. Br. F)., ed.
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. Group xii. AmUguis Borrer. Shrubs. Prin. sp. 54. and 58. LJESJ .^^^ JBL. S. finmarchica WiM. has been added to the kinds included in this group by Mr. Borrer. J: * 54. S. ambi'gua Ehrh., Borrer. The ambiguous Willow. Idmtification. Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2733.! Hook. Br. F)., ed. 2., p. 418. Synonymes. Some are cited under the varieties treated of below ; S. ambigua Koch, part of, Kocli Comm., p. 49. The Sexes. Both sexes of var. a, the female of var. ,5, the male of var. y, and the female of var. S are figured in Eng. Bot. Suppl. Engravings. Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2733.; and our Jig. 1466. Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves oval, obovate, or lan- ceolate, slightly toothed, and having a recurved point; pubescent, somewhat rugose above, glau- cous and having prominent veins beneath. Stipules half-ovate, acute. Catkins stalked, upright, cylindrical. Ovary stalked, densely^ silky. Style very short. Stigmas short, at length cloven. (Borr.) A small decumbent .shrub. Sussex, Essex, and Suifolk; and various parts of Scotland. Height 6 in. to 1 ft. Flowers yellow ; May. It varies much in the procumbent, ascending, or more erect manner of its growth, in the paler or darker brown tinge of the twigs, and in the quantity of pubescence. Varieties. Jk jb S. a. I vulgaris. S. a. a Borr. in Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2733., 5 figures of the two sexes, and description. —^ A small straggling shrub, with branches sometimes procumbent, sometimes rising 1 or 2 feet from the ground, s S. a. 2 major. S. a. /3 major Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2733., 3 figures of the female, and description; ? S. ambigua ^ Hook. Br. Fl. ed. 2. p. 418.; S. versifolia Sering. Saules de la Suisse No. 66., Mono
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