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Salix Forbyana, Sm. Appears to be scattered over the district 

 — Makerstoun, Floors, Carham, near mouth of the White- 

 adder, etc. 



,, eerruginea, Anders. Frequent. Roadside near Berry- 

 hill ; Peatrigbog; Tweedside, near Kelso ; side of " Smiddy 

 burn," Ednam, etc. 



,, rttgosa, Leefe. Banks of the Tweed, Teviot, Eden, etc., 

 frequent. There are also intermediate forms between this and 

 the preceding. 



(Several forms between S. viminalis and Smithiana are to be 

 found in the district, some of which are very near stipularis, 

 Sm., others to intricate/,, Leefe. But in this section it is very 

 difficult to get a plant to agree in every particular with the 

 description. Mr. J. G, Baker, of the Royal Herbarium, Kew, 

 who kindly gave me his opinion of all those that I had any 

 doubts about, makes the following remark: — "You will find 

 plants half-way between the varieties as often as the variety 

 exact " — which is certainly the case. 



,, Weigeliana, Willd. This variety of phyUcifolia seems to 

 be frequent and widely-spread over the district. Moorland 

 roadside near Fairnington ; Tweedside, near Gaitheugh ; bank 

 on roadside near Carham ; sides of the Ettrick near Selkirk. 

 There is also a specimen, leaves only (unnamed), in the 

 Herbarium, Berwick Museum, from " Island in the Tweed 

 below Newbigging." 



,, hirta, "J. G. Balcer." Primside bog. This is one of 

 those intermediate forms that it is not easy to say which it 

 belongs to. It is recorded in " Procedings, 1872. as cotinifolia 

 (and I think that is still the best name). Mr. Baker's remarks 

 on this were: — " Pubescence of hirta, leaf of cotinifolia (these 

 nigricantes run greatly into one another) " ; but he did not 

 give it a name. Writing afterwards about the same plant, he 

 said, "hirta best name, but leaves do not match, individual 

 plant drawn from." 



Since writing the above I have had the following opinions 

 on it : — 1. " Cotinifolia" — Dr. Syme. 2. " I shall call it var. 

 cotinifolia in report. It is so by its capsules undoubtedly; 

 though I recognise a trace of hirta in some respects." — Dr. 

 Lees, Kecorder for the " Bot. Loc. Rec, Club." 3. " Amongst 

 which are many vars. of nigricans [alluding to Leefe's speci- 

 mens in the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh]. 

 I am certainly rather inclined to consider it more akin to S. 

 cotinifolia, chiefly from the shape of the leaves ; there seem to 

 be so many forms between S. hirta and cotinifolia, and yours 

 does not precisely agree with any of those I have seen." — Mr. 

 J. F. Duthie. 

 „ Forsteriana, Sm. Banks of the Tweed and roadsides near 



