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S. phylicifolia x myrsinites (p. 78). 

 x purpurea (p. 26). 

 x repens (p. 71). 



SALIX PHYLICIFOLIA X REPENS. 



Syn. S. repens x phylicifolia Anderss. Monogr. i. 156. See- 

 men, iv. 257.-5. Schraderiana WUld. Sp. PL iv. 695 (1805). 

 B. White, Eevision, 399. 



Exs. Hb. W. E. Linton, No. 320 (excluding E. F. & W. R. 

 Linton, No. 95, which is probably S. Andersoniana x phylicifolia). 



A small shrub with spreading branches pubescent at first but 

 soon glabrous. Stipules not seen. Leaf-blades 1-2^ in. long, 

 lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, distantly serrate, soon glabrous 

 (the early narrow blades only retaining a few silky hairs), glaucous- 

 green beneath. Catkins $ 1-2 in. long, appearing rather before 

 the leaves, in May or June, becoming lax in fruit ; bracts oblong- 

 obovate obtuse, thinly hairy ; pedicels 3 times as long as the short 

 nectaries ; ovaries ovate-subulate, glabrous below pubescent up- 

 wards ; styles long, stigmas shorter. 



The plant described (No. 320, hb. W. R. Linton) is from Glen 

 Shee, Perthshire. Reported by Seemen (I. c.) to be known only 

 in botanical gardens, in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The 

 plants, however, grown in the Garden at Munich, and issued by 

 Ad. Toepffer, are now withdrawn as S. aurita x phylicifolia, and 

 appear to have no connection with S. repens. 



x. Arbuscula. 



14. Salix arbuscula L. Sp. PL 1018. Anderss. Monogr. 145 ; 

 DC. Prodr. xvi. (2), 247. Wimmer, Sal. Eur. 102. Syme, E. B. 

 viii. 254. B. White, Revision, 410. Camus, Monogr. 123. See- 

 men, iv. 148. 



Syn. S. pmnifolia Sm. PL Brit. 1054 ; Engl. PL iv. 193 ; in 

 Rees Cycl. 55. Seringe, Essai, 49. — S. carinata Sm. Fl. Brit. 

 1055; in Rees Cycl. 63; Engl. PL iv. 197.— S. vacciniifolia Sm. 

 in Rees Cycl. 56; Engl. PL iv. 194. — S. venulosa Sm. PL Brit. 

 1055 ; in Rees Cycl. 57 ; Engl. Fl. iv. 195. 



Icon. E. Bot. tt. 1361, 1362, 1363, 2341. Forbes, tt. 57-59, 

 138. Anderss. Monogr. vii. fig. 80. Syme, E. B. viii. tt. 1371- 

 1374. Camus, Atlas, pi. 9, e-i. 



Exs. Hb. Linn. No. 31. Hb. Smith (S. prunifolia, S. cari- 

 nata, S. vacciniifolia, S. venulosa). Leefe, Sal. exs. i. 11 ("S. 

 fusca L. Hook. Br. Fl. p. 361, var. parvifolia," cult, specimens of 

 S. arbuscula ? ), 24 ; ii. 47 (S. venulosa). Hb. Edinb. (S. pmni- 

 folia, Clova ; also " Clova Mountains, Drummond, 1824"). Billot, 

 1962. Wimmer, Sal. Relict. (Coll. Sal. No. 118). Hb. B. White, 

 Nos. 253, 300, 305-307, 315, 463-465. E. F. & W. R. Linton, 

 No. 22. Toepffer, Nos. 52, 202 (f. bicapsularis), 203 (var. erecta 

 Anderss.). 



A dwarf shrub, much branched, with stems 1-2 ft. long, 

 ascending, or trailing on rocks, branches often slightly pubescent 

 when very young, dark brown polished when 1-2 years old ; buds 



