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Yorkshire, and in other British floras. Only three species 
belong to the group Pruinosae, to which the above belongs. 
It is often planted for its ornamental purple or violet bark, 
and its early catkins. The young catkins are so attractive 
by reason of their dense covering of silky white hairs, that not 
one is allowed to develop its stamens, if this Willow is planted 
in an open position anywhere near London. The pruinose 
or frosted bark, and the rostrate flower-buds on the current 
year’s shoots are peculiar.— J. Fraser. 
Salix purpurea L. f. Lambertiana Sm. Sandy bank, Berrow, 
N. Somerset, April and Aug., 1916. Unfortunately the tree 
was destroyed before more catkins could be obtained. If 
evidence of viminalis be detected in this plant it must go, 
I believe, to f. Forbyana of S. rubra Huds. — Jas. W. White. 
It is Salix purpurea X viminalis ( rubra Hudson, f. Forbyana 
Sm.). No form of S. purpurea has such a long style as this 
has. The stigmas are ovate, horizontal acute. S. purpurea 
Linn. f. Lambertiana Sm. has a distinct style, but it is 
short and the stigmas are orbicular. The leafy shoots have 
evidently been cut from an old bush in a dry situation, and 
the leaves are short. If this had been f. Lambertiana, the 
leaves would have been obovate, cuneate, because in an 
adult state of the bush. I found only one stipule, and that 
was lanceolate and stalked, typical of f. Forbyana. Normally 
S. purpurea has no stipules, but it has short ones on stooled 
bushes. — J. Fraser. 
Salix . [Ref. 1279], Marshy copse near Evershed’s 
Rough, Abinger, Surrey, April 3 and July 31, 1927. — E. C. 
Wallace. The general appearance of this is that of a small- 
leaved form of S. caprea ; the primordial or spring-leaves are 
entire, but the few summer-leaves are finely serrate through- 
out the gathering. The tomentum of 5. caprea has been 
greatly reduced, and some leaves are subglabrous. The 
stigmas are subsessile. All these characters, except the 
entire primordial leaves, belong to S. aurita, and I accordingly 
name the plant S. aurita x caprea {capreola J. Kern.). — .J 
Fraser. 
Salix aurita X cinerea $ [572]. West Mill, Hitchin, Herts. 
Leaves Oct. 3, 1927 and Sept. 11, 1928 ; fruits May 15, 1928. 
(See B.E.C.R., 1927, 588.)- — J. E. Little. S. aurita is seen 
in the short leaves rounded at the apex, with a short twisted 
point, copious, bluish pubescence beneath, and the very 
