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style and very short erect stigmas. Though apparently a hybrid of 

 Salix Caprea with S. aurita, it is just possible that it may be with 

 8. lutescens ( = cinereaX aurita) — which is common in the same 

 locality — from certain points of resemblance which it has to S. 

 cinerea. Another plant from the same place is a rather different 

 form. The slender aurita-like twigs are more pubescent (in some 

 of Wimmer's examples they are pubescent) : leaves more obovate 

 in shape, near aurita, but with some trace of S. Caprea in them ; 

 catkins ( $ ) near aurita, but with black-tipped scales ; capsules 

 distinctly styled, stigmas longer and not so constantly erect. Iu 

 Worcestershire Mr. R. E. Towndrow has found, along with less 

 well-marked forms, one bush which is a very pretty condition or 

 capreola, and notable for the distinctness with which it exhibits 

 its hybrid origin. The catkins ( $ ) are in facies like those of 

 aurita y but the ovaries are more subulate, the style more evident 

 though very short, and the stigmas longer; the twigs are those 

 of aurita, but the leaves are nearly intermediate, leaning a little 

 to the Caprea side. Still another form is presented by plants 

 collected at Clevedon, N. Somerset, by Mr. J. W. White and 

 labelled S. aquatica. Of the parentage of these there seems to be 

 little doubt. The connection with aurita is shown by the slender 

 twigs, the shape in some degree of the leaves, and very short 

 stigmas ; while from Caprea has been derived the larger catkins 

 ( $ ), the short but distinct style, the pubescence, veining,and, to 

 some extent, the shape of the leaves. In the S plant the only 

 catkin which I have seen (of these Somerset specimens) is nearer 

 that of aurita. A willow ( $> ) from Trysail has narrower leaves 

 than those just mentioned, but seems to be another form of 

 capreola. In addition to these I have seen more or less satis- 

 factory examples from Derbyshire (W. B. Linton), Surrey (W. 

 II. Beefy), and Kent (E. 8. Marshall). 



A puzzling plant from Hurstpierpoint, Sussex (F. A. Hanbury), 

 must also be referred to this hybrid. It has slender glabrous 

 twigs, intermediate in character; leaves (rather young) also 

 intermediate, but not distinctly recalling either aurita or Caprea ; 

 catkins (rather old) larger than aurita ; scales of aurita ; capsules 

 small and shortly styled. 



Still another form occurs on rocks on the west bank of the 

 river Naver, Sutherland (F. J. Hanbury), which, though most 

 probably Salix capreola, must, as it has no flowers, remain at 

 present a little doubtful. The facies of the plant is that of a 



























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