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but the capsule is less subulate and more cylindrical and obtuse, 

 and seems to show below the hairs a trace of the scaly pubescence 

 which is sometimes characteristic of Salix Myrsinites. 



A third bush, while practically the same as the others, shows 

 rather a greater affinity with 8. aurita. The twigs are more 

 slender ; the young leaves more pubescent ; the margins of the 

 leaves more serrate ; the catkins smaller, with narrower, more 

 ferruginous scales; the capsule more like that of aurita, with 

 usually an almost obsolete undivided style, and very short, bifid, 

 and erect stigmas. 



It will be seen from the foregoing that, though the leaves 

 have to a great extent retained the outline of those of 8. aurita, 

 they have lost the rugosity characteristic of that species, though 

 in their young state they show in part the pubescence. From 

 8. Myrsinites the shining upper surface has been derived, but 

 the substance is thinner than in that plant. The capsule struc- 

 ture shows varying affinities with both species. 



Besides the Ben Laoigh examples, I have seen specimens 



collected in Clova, Forfarshire, by the Rev. W. E. Linton, 



which— although there are no catkins— I believe to be another 



form of & saxetana. In shape the rather small leaves recall 



both S. Myrsinites and 8. aurita. They are roundish- or oblong- 



obovate, with short more or less oblique points ; green but (at 



least when dried) only slightly shining on either surface ; margins 



finely crenate-serrate ; both surfaces sparingly pubescent— the 



pubescence becoming scantier, but scarcely altogether vanishing 



in the older leaves ; young leaves rugose, with impressed veins 



above and raised veins below ; older leaves flatter above, but 



with conspicuous pale (when dried) raised veins below ; petioles 



rather long ; stipules present, but small. I think that, so far as 



the leaves go, there can be no doubt as to the parentage of this 

 plant. 



X Salix sekta, n. hybr. (8. Myrsinites x 8. Arbuscula.) 

 A specimen in Mr. F. J. Hanbury's " Boswell Herbarium," 

 labelled " Salix Arbuscula. Breadalbane Mts., Lyon," seems 

 almost certainly a hybrid between Myrsinites and Arbuscula. 



The leaves recall both species, and are rather small, slightly 

 obovate, shining above, and dull and glaucous below, finely 

 crenate-serrate on the margins, quite glabrous (except when very 

 young, when they have the pubescence of Arbuscula), and veined 







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