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stamens, 27 had 3 stamens, 16 had 4 stamens, 2 had 5 stamens. 
Twigs fragile at the base. Tree about 20 feet high, 60 yards 
from S. pentandra $ . — J E. Little. A very remarkable S. pen- 
tandra hybrid, probably with S. fragilis rather than with S. alba , 
in which pentandra very greatly preponderates. I do not remem- 
ber S. cuspidata or S. Pokornyi Kernel’, and think this may be a 
unique form different from either* Note the extraordinary small 
leaves of the flowering shoots. (Later) I should not be surprised 
if it contained S. alba as well as S. fragilis , and was in that case 
S. hexandrci Ehrh. (See my “Mon. Brit. Willows,” p. 19.) — 
E.F.L. The bracts are variable in shape, some being rounded 
above and others distinctly acute. All are glabrous at the tip. 
The filaments are hairy at the base. Rightly named in my 
opinion. — W. H. Pearsall. I regard this as S. alba x pentandra. 
The leaves are finely and regularly serrate. The filaments of the 
stamens have long woolly hairs on their lower half. Both sides 
of the leaves are covered with a varying amount of caducous 
hairs. The last 2 — 4 leaves of the summer shoot are also hairy. 
— J.F. 
S. purpurea L. Stribers, N. Lancs., v.c. 69 B, April 24 and 
Sept. 15, 1923. — W. H. Pearsall. I agree. It is the ordinary 
form of the species, not the small-leaved form adopted by Smith. 
The leaves are entire or slightly crenate near the apex, therefore 
it is not the variety Lambertiana, which is considerably serrate. — 
J. Fraser. 
S. viminalis L. Stribers, N. Lancs., v.c. 69 b, April 3 and 15, 
1923. — W. H. Pearsall. Quite typical of the species. — J.F. 
S. x cinerea 1 [515]. Ippolyts Common, Herts., Oct. 
25, 1922 & March 16, 1923. This seems to me to be S. caprea x 
cinerea for the following reasons : The bracteoles are tapered or 
acute ; the twigs in November 1921 were smooth and shining 
and reddish below, though pubescent at their tips ; in summer 
the leaves are softly woolly ; the lower leaves of the summer 
shoots have a rounded base, and in form are ovate or ovate- 
elliptic, more rarely obovate ; the bud scales are some pubescent, 
some glabrous, and shining in late autumn; the shoots from the 
cutback stool in November 1921 were very stout. — J. E. Little. 
Nearer S. cinerea than anything else ; may have S. caprea in it, 
and may very well be S. caprea x cinerea. Leaves very near 
S. cinerea. Stipules of cinerea cut, not looking at all like an 
aurita hybrid. — E.F.L. The abundant pubescence, and its colour, 
especially on the late secondary growth, suggest S. caprea , but all 
the rest is S. cinerea , and that is a very variable species. Conti- 
