. 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. 788 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. Jt 160. S. cordifo'lia Pursh (Sal. Wob., No. 143., a leaf; and fg. 143. in p. 818.) is described in our first edition. Group xxii. Herbdcece Borrer. Fert/ low Shrubs, scarcely rising an inch above the Ground. Prin. sp. 161. and There are onl
. 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. 788 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. Jt 160. S. cordifo'lia Pursh (Sal. Wob., No. 143., a leaf; and fg. 143. in p. 818.) is described in our first edition. Group xxii. Herbdcece Borrer. Fert/ low Shrubs, scarcely rising an inch above the Ground. Prin. sp. 161. and There are only two species in this group, the characteristics of which will be found in their specific characters. j» 161. S. herbaYea i. The herbaceous-foofeg Willow. Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 2446. ; Ene. Fl., 4. p. 199. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3. The Sexes. Both sexes are described in ETig. FL. and figured in Sal. Wob., Hayne Ahbild., and Host Sal. Austr.; in , the female in fruit and flower, and bractea (scale) of the male. Both sexes were living, in 1836, in the Twickenham Botanic Garden. Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1907.; Sal. Wob., No. 62.; and Host Sal. Austr., I. t. 104.; our fig. 1485.; andj^. 62. in p. 803. Spec. Char., Sfc Leaves orbicular, serrated, reticulated with veins ; very glabrous and shining on both sides. Ovary stalked, ovate-lanceolate, glabrous. (Smith.) A diminutive shrub. Britain, on the Welsh and High- land mountains. Height 1 in. to 3 in. in a wild state, but much higher in a state of culture. Flowers yellow ; June. S. herbacea is the least of British willows, and, ac- cording to Sir J. E. Smith, the least of all shrubs. Dr. Clarke, in his Scandinavia, calls it a perfect tree in miniature; so small, that it may be taken up, and root, trunk, and branches spread out in a small pocket-book. 162. S. pola'ris Wahlenb. The Polar Willow. Identification. Wahlenb. Suec, p. 636.; Fl. Lapp., p. 261.; Koch Comm., p. 64. The Sexes. The female is described and figured i
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