



















HE VISION OF THE HTMTTSH WILLOWS. 439 



land plant as glabrous, but, in all the specimens I have seen, it, as 

 well as the rhachis, is distinctly pubescent. Stipules were unknown 

 him and are certainly rare, but when present are small, more or 

 less narrowly ovate, and toothed. Possibly they are more fre- 

 quent in Salts Moorei than in 8. Grahami. 



Tn some wild specimens of 8. Moorei (kindly lent me by 

 Mr. F. Moore) there are ripe capsules. These are subulate 

 from an ovate base, and about £ inch long. The facies of the 

 wild specimens favours the theory that nigricans is one of the 

 parents. 



Moore 



Grahami 



the Sow of Athole in Perthshire. I have not been able to learn 

 anything about this Sow of Athole plant ; but in Borrer's Her- 

 barium at Kew is a plant, placed under 8. Arbuscula, which was 

 collected on that hill by Mr. J. Ball. Its condition is bad, 

 but it seems not to be 8. Arbuscula, and may be a form of 

 the Sutherland Grahami, though not agreeing with it in the 

 scales or leaves. 



X Salix simulatbix, n. hybr. (8. herbacea X 8. Arbuscula.) 

 "Under this name I place specimens of four plants from the 

 Breadalbane Mountains, which, though unlike each other, seem 

 to be probably hybrids of 8. herbacea with 8. Arbuscula. They 

 all, however, require further investigation. These plants and 

 their characters are as follows : — 



1. Prom Coire Dhubh Ghalair (J. Brebner). Nearer S. Arbus- 

 cula than S. Tierbacea. From the latter it derives its habit, 

 slender arcuate branches, roundish oval thinner leaves, and 

 pseudo-terminal catkins (». e. at the end of a branch and sub- 

 tended by a leaf, but with a bud between the leaf and the 

 peduncle) ; from 8. Arbuscula it has the thicker trunk and 

 more oval leaves, dull glaucous green below and with the smaller 

 veins less prominent. Whilst bearing a strong resemblance to 

 Arbuscula, it is not exactly like any of the numerous specimens 

 *hich I have seen. Compared with examples of the latter of 

 the same age, it may be distinguished by the leaves being thinner, 

 more shining above, and roundish oval in shape ; by the habit 

 and slender branches ; and by the position of the catkins. There 

 w only one catkin on the specimen, and that not in good con- 

 dition. The capsules, whilst resembling those of Arbuscula, 









