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letterpress (" capsule conical subulate, on a stalk slightly longer 

 than the nectary." Salts Russelliana, Sm., is given as a synonym). 

 Other authors might be cited ; but as I am unable to give the 

 full synonymy from personal examination of the various books 

 (so much confusion exists in the citations even of the best salico- 

 logists, that these cannot be used without having been verified), 

 I abstain from giving more. 



From the above it will be seen that A has been called : 

 S. Russelliana, Sm., 

 S. fragilis, L., 

 S. viridis, Fr., and 

 S. f rag His , L., var. Russelliana. 



And that A x B has been termed i 



S. fragilis, L., 



S.pendula, Ser., 



S. montana, Forbes, 



S fragilis, L., var. Russelliana, 



S. viridis, Fr., 



S. fragilis-alba, Wimm., 



S. fragilis, L., var. pendula, Fr., and 

 S. alba, L., var. viridis. 



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-•■-V.O «uu» uuui ji. ana j\. x n nave Deensuppuseu w ue«. 

 L., Linne's own descriptions must be referred to. 



In the 'Flora Lapponica' (1737), p. 282, No. 349,— which is 

 described thus, "Salix foliis serratis glabris ovato-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis,"— is often quoted as referring to S. fragilis; but 

 Andersson says that S. fragilis does not grow in Lapland, and that 

 Linne's 6gure (t. viii. fig. b), which represents a leaf only, must 

 oe referred to S. pentandra, which species it is certainly very 

 u ke. (In Smith's edition, 1792, there is added, after the dia- 

 gnosis, "Salix fragilis, Sp. PI. 1443.") In the ' Flora Suecica ' 

 (2nd ed. 1755), p. 347, n. 883, the description runs:— "Salix 

 (fragilis) foliis serratis glabris ovato-lanceolatis acuminatia ; pe^ 

 t'olis dentato-glandulosis. Fl. lapp. 359, t. 8. fig. B. Fl. Suec. 

 795. Spec, plant. 1017," which is also the description in the 

 ' 8 P- Plant.' 2nd ed. 1443. 



In these descriptions nothing is said about the ovary ; and, so 



ap as the leaves go, they might equally well refer to A, A X B, or 



to S. pentandra. In fact, the plant of the « Flora Lapponica ' 



seems, with little doubt, to be 8. pentandra, since Linne says 



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