sALix 459 



5. Loddon. Windsor Park. Bagshot. Finchampstead. Long 



Moor. Easthampstead. Wokingham. Swallowfield. Ascot. 



Sunningwell. Sandhurst. Risely. Stubbing's Heath. Rus- 



combe. 



S. AURTTA X ciNEREA, Wimm. <S. lutesceus, Kerner, 1. c. 253. S. multi- 



nervis, Doell, Fl. Bad. 516. 



I have seen this on Boar's Hill Range, at Ashampstead, Bagley 

 Wood, Tilehurst, Greenham, Ruscombe, Finchampstead, Loddon 

 Bridge, and near Stubbing's Heath. It is probably not infrequent. 



S. AURiTA X CAPREA. The hybrid of S. caprea with S. aurita, named 

 S. capreola by J. Kerner, I have found at Ruscombe, Bagley, Farn- 

 borough, Greenham, and by the Loddon. 



S. aurita is found in all the bordering counties. 



S. caprea, Linn. Sp. PI. 1020 (i753\ Sallow; the catkins are called 



Palms. 



S. Caprea rofundifoUa, Gerard, 1203. 



Top. Bot. 376. Syme, E. B. viii. 233, t. 1331. Nyman, 667. Fl. Oxf. 274. 

 Native. Sylvestral. Woods, hedges, river-sides, &c. Common and 



generally distributed. Small tree or shrub. The earliest species 



to flower. January- April. 

 First record. S. caprea, with Xyloma Salicinum, Pers. on the upper 



sides of the leaves in Bagley Wood, Baxter, Stirp. Crypt. Ox. n. 35, 



1825. 

 There is an acknowledged hybrid of this species with S. cinerea to 

 which the name S. Eeichardtii, Kerner, 1. c. 249, has been given ; 

 I think I have seen it near Kennington, but as the differences between 

 S. cinerea and S. caprea are not well marked on account of their close 

 affinity, my identification of it is open to doubt. 



S. capirea is a common woodland species ; its bright yellow catkins of the 

 male plant are a pleasing feature in oiir bare woods in the spring. Later in 

 the season, the satin shining female catkins are also very charming. 

 Mr. G. D. Leslie considered it to be the most ornamental of the Thames 

 willows. 



S. caprea is found in all the bordering counties. 



S. repens, Linn. Sp. PI. 1020 (1753). Heath Willow. 



Top. Bot. 377. Syme, E. B. viii. 246, tt. 1356-1362. Nyman, 668. Fl. 

 Oxf. 275. 



Native. Ericetal. Heaths. Locally common. Absent from the Isis 

 and the Ock districts. Common in the Kennet and the western por- 

 tion of the Loddon district. Small creeping shrub. March- 

 April. 



First record. S. repens, Mr. Bicheno, Mavors Agr. Berks, 1809. 



3. Pang. Cold Ash Common. Oare Common. Bucklebury Common. 



4. Kennet. Mortimer, Tufnail. Greenham Common, Bicheno. 



