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forms  of  it  which  diverge  towards  the  type,  in  the  well- 
developed  leaves  being  elongate  and  parallel-sided. 
Smith  describes  the  leaves  as  nowhere  parallel-sided. — 
E.F.L. 
S.  triandra  L.,  var.  amygdalina  L.  Withy  bed, 
Walton-in-Gordano,  N.  Somerset,  v.c.  6,  Aug.  4,  1918 _ 
Ida  M.  Roper.  The  Rev.  E.  F.  Linton  considers  the 
S.  amygdalina,  figured  and  described  by  Smith,  not  worth 
distinguishing  as  a  variety.  It  should  have  a  more 
rounded  leaf-base  than  usual ;  this  specimen  has  not,  and 
appears  to  be  the  type — E.S.M.  The  foliage  piece  is 
type  S.  triandra  L.  The  piece  with  a  late  catkin  has 
leaves  with  rounded  base,  the  main  distinction  of  S. 
amygdalina.  The  two  names  are  now  regarded  as 
synonyms.  In  gathering  willows,  flowers  and  leaves  should 
be  from  the  same  bush  ;  if  not,  the  fact  should  be  stated. 
—E.F.L. 
S.  [ caprea  L.  x  cinerea  L.] .  Hedge,  Clevedon,  N. 
Somerset,  v.c.  6,  March  25  and  Sept.  24,  1918. — Ida  M. 
Roper.  A  difficult  hybrid  to  be  sure  about  ;  but  I  can 
only  see  S.  cinerea  in  this  specimen.—  E.S.M.  This  seems 
to  me  merely  a  form  of  S.  cinerea,  differing  from  the 
average  type  of  the  species  by  having  the  larger  leaves, 
on  the  middle  of  the  shoots,  broadest  above  the  middle. 
The  catkins  are  not  stout  enough  for  the  hybrid. — J.  Fraser. 
S.  cinerea  L.  on  the  whole ;  but  buds,  stipules,  catkin 
bracts  and  ovaries  show  evidence  of  S.  aurita  having 
entered  into  the  composition  of  one  of  its  parents ; 
neither  fruit  nor  foliage  show  any  evidence  of  S.  caprea 
L.— E.F.L. 
S.  cinerea  L.  x  viminalis  L.  Withy  bed,  Walton-in- 
Gordano,  N.  Somerset,  v.c.  6,  April  9,  and  Aug.  4,  1918. — 
Ida  M.  Roper.  The  specimens  are  from  different  bushes; 
the  2  flowers  are  S.  caprea  (or  S.  cinerea  ?)  x  viminalis, 
not  pure  S.  viminalis ;  note  the  pedicelled  ovaries  and  the 
acute  bracts.  The  foliage  is  type  S.  cinerea  L. — E.F.L. 
S.  Smithiana  Willd.  var.,  rugosa  Leefe.  $  ,  2  .  Hedge¬ 
row,  Walton-in-Gordano,  N,  Somerset,  v.c.  6,  April  9,  and 
Aug.  7,  1918. — Ida  M.  Roper.  One  of  my  2  fruiting  pieces 
is  S.  caprea  X  viminalis  ;  the  other  is  S.  cinerea. — E.S.M. 
