310 THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 
1 8th September, 1890. I do not know whether this is worth sending. 
The markedly branched habit, together with the suppression of the 
main stem, was apparently not the result of any peculiarity of position 
in which the plants were growing.— A ugustin Ley. “To me this 
comes about half-way between the var. microphylla , Haussn., and the 
type. It does not seem hairy enough for Fries’ holosericea ; 
although his plant is noted as from woods.” — A. Bennett. 
Betula glutinosa , Fries, var. denudta , Hook. Woods on the 
hillside above the Ferry Pier, Foyers, Easterness, 1st August, 1890. 
Not recorded for Co. 96 in ‘Top. Bot.’ p. 372 .— Charles Bailey. 
“ B. verrucosa , Ehrh. (B. alba , L., p.p.). The fruit is in perfect 
condition, and its characters being well-defined in the specimen sent 
leaves no room for question as to name.” — E. F. Linton. 
Salix Hoffmanniana , Sm. Berrow, N. Somerset, May and July, 
1889 .— James W. White. “Nearer N. Hoffmanniana , Sm. than 
S. triandra , L., and some at least of what is sent may go under that 
name ; but none of the specimens have the characteristic short leaves 
with the more or less rounded base of Hoffmanniana.” — E. F. Linton. 
S. stipularis , Sm. From a tree bought from a florist as S. 
stipularis. Cult. Shirley, April and August, 1890 . — Wm. R. Linton. 
“ This is exactly S. stipularis , Sm., in its foliage and stipules ; the 
ovaries, however, are pedicelled.” — E. F. Linton. 
S. stipularis, Sm. Cult. Shirley, May and August, 1890. Originally 
from near Swansea, Glamorgan ; specimens from there were com- 
mented on in the Reports for 1886 and 1887 . — Wm. R. Linton. 
“ My brother points out to me that the subsessile ovaries of this 
plant are exactly those of S. stipularis , Sm. It is not the same plant 
as the preceding, having smaller and shorter catkins, broader and 
more rounded scales, and (even in cultivation) small stipules like 
S. Smithiana ; whereas S. stipularis , Sm., has large foliaceous stipules, 
‘ half heart-shaped,’ that is to say, well auricled.” — E. F. Linton. 
S. cinerea , L. x phylicifolia, L. ? Clova, Forfar, 20th July, 1890. — 
Wm. R. Linton. “ I see no reason to doubt this naming. S. cinerea 
comes out in the crowded shortened ovaries,, and the young foliage 
and stipules. And S. phylicifolia is equally plain in the belated 
flowering, the style, the wood and leaves becoming glabrous, and the 
strongly veined underside of the maturer leaves.” — E. F. Linton. 
S. aurita , L. x Smithiana , Willd., n. hybr. Near Shirley, S. 
Derbyshire, 30th April and 5th August, 1890 . — Wm. R. Linton. 
“ An interesting discovery. Aurita is the most obvious parent ; but 
the modification of the catkin-scales, the moderate style, the elongated 
leaf and the pointed stipule are well explained by the intervention of 
S. Smithiana, and by no other willow known in the neighbourhood.” 
— E. F. Linton. “ A curious willow. I daresay Rev. W. R. Linton 
is right, but the Smithiana element is nearly swamped by the aurita. 
The evident styles point to Smithiana I suppose, as that willow was, 
I understand, adjacent to the bush. Had the plant been found in 
Perthshire, it might readily be taken for .S', aurita x S. nigricans /” — 
F. Buchanan White. 
S. aurita, L. x cinerea , L. Near Shirley, S. Derbyshire, Sept., 
