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ditch by the road to Hartly Ferry, Faversham, Kent. Interesting 
from being in good fruit. 1 think submersum is a plant of brackish 
water, and that it only fruits when the water is low. The spiueless 
fruit, covered with tubercles and tipped with the curved style, show 
it to be quite distinct from demersumd' — T. B. Blow. 
Salix rubra. “ Bilbrook, Staffordshire, 17th April and 25th July, 
1874.” — Dr. John Fraser. This is not S. rubra , Huds. — i.e., a 
plant probably hybrid between S. purpurea and S. viminalis. It is 
S. Treverani , Spr., one of the forms included by Wimmer under his 
S. triandr a- viminalis. — J. T. Boswell. 
Salix viminalis, var. intricata. “ Banks of the Wye, King’s 
Caple, Herefordshire, March 30 and July 31, 1874.” — Augustin Let. 
Rightly named, I believe. The very long stigmas twisted in the 
dried plant separate it from the ordinary form of S. viminalis . — 
J. T. Bosavell. 
Salix Smithiana, Willd. “ Hear Ednam, Roxburgh, April and 
August, 1875.” — R. Brotherston. The satiny- white pubescence 
makes me think that this is rightly named, but the catkins look more 
like the comparatively small ones of S. rugosa, but this may arise 
from having been gathered before attaining their full size. S. Smith- 
iana is readily distinguished from S. rugosa when groAving, but is 
much more difficult to determine from dried specimens. S. Smithiana 
differs from S. rugosa in the leaA r es (which should be taken from the 
autumnal barren shoots of an unmutilated tree) being usually larger^ 
less attenuated at the base, lighter green and smoother and more even 
above, whiter and more silky beneath. Also by the catkins being 
considerably larger and with larger and longer- haired scales. — J. T- 
Bosavell. 
Salix ferruginea, Anders. “ Rosebank, Tweedside, Roxburgh, 
April and September, 1875.” — A. Brotherston. “ Bank of Devon, 
near Alloa, Clackmannan, April and October, 1875 ” — T. Drummond. 
Both rightly named. — J. T. Boswell. 
Salix laurina, Sm. “ Shruley Pool, Warwickshire, July, 1873, 
and May, 1874.” — H. Bromwich. Certainly right. — J. T. Bosavell. 
Salix nigricans, Sm., var. b. cotonifolia. “ Primside Bog, near 
Yetholm, Roxburgh. I have no doubt of its being truly wild there. 
This is not the type, it having a leaning towards var. h. hirta." — A. 
Brotherston. 
Salix nigricans, Sm., var. e. u Andersoniana." “ Shruley Pool, 
Warwickshire, July, 1873, and May, 1874.” — H. Bromavich. I 
should call this form of S. nigricans, Damascena, Forbes, not Ander- 
soniana, which has narroAver leaves and wrinkled capsules. — J. T. 
Boswell. 
