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DB. F. BUCHANAN WHITE S 



Mr. Ward 



factorily distinguished from Salix laurina. Specimens seem 

 also to have been afterwards distributed with the 



MS 



Wardiana 



Sal. JEws. i. " No. 3. S. laurina, 8m.," " sent me under the 



name of S. myricoidesP 



proxima 

 and S. 7i 



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This 



ifolia" " S. laurina, Sm., 



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That these specimens have a similarity to each other may be 



gathered 



and that they also bear resemblance to S. cinerea, Borrer's note 

 on No. 43 suggestively indicates ; though how that acute sali- 

 cologist could refer the catkins to that species is rather puzzling. 

 Leefe's specimens are all much nearer to 8. phylicifolia than to 

 8. cinerea ; but in Perthshire I have found several willows which 

 complete the transition from one species to the other ; and it is 

 probable that a search in the localities whence Leefe's specimens 

 came would reveal similar intermediate forms. The Perthshire 



greater 



than to 



phylicifolia ; but that they are hybrids of cinerea with one of the 

 Phylicifolia is demonstrated by the evident style, while the general 

 glabrosity of the twigs, and to some extent of the leaves, indicates 

 that phylicifolia rather than nigricans is the parent. 



Compared with the true 8. laurina, this hybrid may be distin- 

 guished by its smaller catkins and smaller leaves, the general 

 appearance and shape of which are suggestive of cinerea. The 

 pubescence of the underside of the leaves shows a combination of 







i folia 



ithout 







the soft woolliness of that of Gaprea. The capsules, which are 

 somewhat variable, show no very great points of distinction, 

 though usually smaller and without the yellowish whiteness 

 frequently exhibited by the Caprea hybrid. 



For the hybrid between 8. phylicifolia and 8. cinerea I have 

 adopted Leefe's MS. name, 8. Wardiana, since it commemorates 

 a botanist who was a diligent and sagacious student of British 



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Leefe published another, Sal. Brit Exs 





recedes 



Ward. Of this, Andersson say 



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If it is laurina at all, it is very near phylicifolia, and I would rather refer the 





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