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In habit like S. reticulata, but stems more slender, rooting, 

 chestnut-brown. Petioles very short, being little, if at all, longer 

 than the bud in the axil. Leaves narrowly oval or elliptic, some 

 of them rather broader beyond the middle, attenuate at the base, 

 flat above and below and glaucous below; midrib and veins 

 slender, primary veins leaving the midrib at a very acute angle 

 and running parallel to it, secondary veins anastomosing; 

 margin cartilaginously thickened, entire; texture apparently 

 thinner than in reticulata ; young leaves with a few hairs below, 

 soon becoming quite glabrous. Largest leaves nearly 2 inches 

 long by | inch broad ; average size 1| x \ inch. The very short 

 petioles &c. indicate the distinctness of this plant (which may 

 be provisionally called S. sejuncta) from 8. reticulata. 



The other plant referred to is in the Kew Herbarium, and is 

 labelled " Salix reticulata, L., And." (meaning that Andersson 

 certified it), cl Scotland, Herb. Lambert." 



It is quite a different looking plant from 8. reticulata. The 

 stems are straighter than in that species, and more or less woolly. 

 The leaves are less strongly reticulate, quadrately oval, cordate 

 at the base, distinctly and rather closely crenulate-serrate, 

 woolly on each side but more especially above ; petiole very 

 short, and very woolly, as is the young shoot. The catkins are 



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long; stigmas rather long, entire or bifid. This apparently very 

 distinct plant I provisionally name 8. soluta; but I am unwilling 

 to place either it or the other in the list till they have been 

 rediscovered. 



X Salix semibeticulata, n. hybr. (8. reticulata X S. ni- 

 gricans?) 



A willow which was discovered at an altitude of 2300 feet on 

 Meall Gbaordie, in Perthshire, by Mr. James Brebner, has 

 a superficial resemblance to S. Or ah ami, chiefly from the habit 

 of the plant and the shape of the leaves. It seems, however, 

 to be a hybrid between 8. reticulata and probably S. nigri- 

 cans, although it has not much resemblance to either of these 

 species. It may be thus described : 



Branches slender, long and trailing; bark fuscous brown, 

 glabrous and shining; shoots of the year dull paler brown, 

 white-pubescent. Buds red-brown, at first slightly pubescent 





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