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the willow to be the f. oleifolia, but the close and beautiful 
reticulation is feeble. I would suggest that the bush has been 
shaded. I have a similar gathering from the north side of 
a pine tree. — J. Fraser. 
Salix grandifolia Ser. Lower Austria ; by the stream 
between Gscheid and Schwarzenbach, about 750 metres alt., 
June 19, 1926. — K. H. Rechinger. I agree. A few of the 
uppermost leaves begin to show the narrower and longer 
forms of the leaves on summer shoots, otherwise the specimens 
are identical with those from Styria. — J. Fraser. 
Salix grandifolia Seringe. Stiria, Austria ; ad ripas 
fluvii Traun, prope Alt-Aussee. Alt. ca. 700 m. Aug. 20, 
1926. — Dr. Karl Rechinger. Correctly named. The chief 
fault I find with the specimens is that Dr. Rechinger has not 
gathered any of the long summer shoots to show the larger 
and longer leaves produced by this species when growing 
strongly. Possibly none were present on the bush. The 
finely rugose upper surface, the grey-glaucous, finely and 
thinly pubescent and densely netted under-surface of the 
leaves, with conspicuous white midrib and primary nerves 
are sufficiently characteristic of this species. it lies between 
5. caprea and S. cinerea, with the large or broad leaves of the 
former, and the striae of 5. cinerea under the bark. Those 
who have got two or three year old pieces of twig can boil 
the same, when the bark can be peeled off.— J. Fraser. 
Salix glabra Scop. Stiria : In Monte Zinken prope 
Aussee, solo calcareo. Ca. 1600 m., August 29, 1926. Comm. 
Dr. Rechinger. Correctly named. Usually grows on 
chalk, in subalpine regions above the range of trees. Leaves 
obovate to oblanceolate, rather irregularly crenate-serrate, 
glabrous from the first, shining above as if oiled, and bluish 
grey (caesius) beneath. Styles rather long, stigmas deeply 
bifid or bipartite. Ovary glabrous. A bush 2 ft. high at 
the higher elevations, and 3-4 ft. at the lower elevations. — J. 
Fraser. 
Salix arbuscula L. var. erecta Anderss. In Monte Zinken 
prope Aussee, Stiria, Austria. Ca. 1600 m., Aug. 29, 1926.— 
Comm. Dr. Rechinger. The var. erecta Anderss. is erect, 
and usually tall for the species. In this country it is not 
common, but I have found it three feet high in the Scottish 
Highlands. The small, glabrous, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 
bluntly serrulate leaves are quite in keeping with S. arbuscula, 
