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and elongate catkins ; and y arbutifolia (Willd.), with narrow 

 blades broadest above the middle, and rather large catkins. But, 

 as B. White (I. c.) has observed, the shape and size of the 

 catkins and leaves are subject to modification, and there does not 

 seem any constancy in these or other characters to warrant the 

 retention of any of these forms as varieties in the British list. 



S. myrsinites occurs in mountain regions of Scotland from 

 Argyllshire, Perthshire, and Forfarshire northwards to Orkney; 

 as low as 300 ft. on limestone in Sutherlandshire, but usually 

 from 1000 ft. upwards to 2800 ft. (Canlochen Glen and Meall 

 Ghaordie). Central and Northern Europe, extending southwards 

 to the Pyrenees, Apennines, and Carpathian Mountains; through- 

 out the Arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America, where 

 it descends to low levels. 



S. myrsinites x Andersoniana (p. 65). 



X Andersoniana x aurita (p. 44). 

 X Andersoniana x phylicifolia (p. 66). 

 x arbuscula ? (p. 73). 

 x aurita (p. 43). 

 x caprea (p. 51). 

 X herbacea (p. 82). 

 X lapponum (p. 36). 

 X phylicifolia (p. 78). 



SALIX MYRSINITES X PHYLICIFOLIA. 



[Syn. Exclude S. Normanni Anderss. in DC. Prodr. xvi. (2), 

 288, fide S. J. Enander.] 



Exs. E. F. & W. E. Linton, Nos. 103 ( $ ), 104 (J). Hb. 

 E. F. Linton, Nos. 12, 54. Enander, ii. No. 84 ? 



A low-growing shrub, keeping a dwarf habit in the garden, 

 with short stout branches often pubescent at first, soon glabrous, 

 at length dark brown + polished ; buds ovoid, soon glabrous, at 

 length polished chestnut-brown. Petioles short or moderately 

 long. Stipules seldom seen ; frequent on No. 103, ovate-acumi- 

 nate, shining green on both sides (like those of S. myrsinites). 

 Leaf-blades 1-2 in. long, ovate-oblong, oval-acuminate, or some- 

 times obovate-oblong, lower ones much narrower, obtuse or sub- 

 acute, entire at the tip, ovate rounded or narrowed at the base ; 

 serrate or crenate-serrate, usually somewhat pubescent at first and 

 soon glabrous ; + deep green above, paler green often shining 

 beneath, or (No. 104) later ones glaucous. Catkins fl. May, June, 

 shortly before (or 2 with) the leaves ; bracts obovate-oblong or 

 oblong-acuminate, clothed with long silky hair, reddened below 

 the blackened upper margin, upper obtuse or rounded, lower some- 

 times acute ; $ f-1 in. long, ovoid to cylindric, filaments glabrous, 

 anthers red-tipped or reddish ; ? elongating (1-2 in.), with a few 

 narrow silky leaves on the pubescent peduncles ; ovaries narrow, 

 subulate-conic, silvery pubescent ; pedicels pubescent longer than 

 the oblong red-tinged nectaries ; styles long red- veined, longer 

 than the large bifid stigmas. 



Found in Glen Fiagh, Forfarshire, No. 54, $ , and No. 12, ? 



