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Salix purpurea. L., var. ramulosa, Borr. (?) Thames side, above 
Putney, Surrey, July and September, 1887. — E. de Crespignv. Var. 
ramulosa^ Borr., Esher, Surrey, 14th April, 1884, 25th October, 1883. 
— W. R. Linton. Var. Woolgai'iana, Borr., Beddington Corner, 
30th April, 1881, 15th July, 1887. — H. and J. Groves. “ The British 
varieties of S. purpurea are too inconstant, and characterised by too 
slight differences to be worth much attention. Extreme states only 
of each variety can be named with certainty. I would call Messrs, 
de Crespigny and Groves’ plants Lambertiana.^ and Mr. Linton’s 
Woolgariana.'^ — F. Buchanan White. 
A. viminalis^ L., var. intricata^ Leefe. Wet hedge, Sellack, Here- 
fordshire, 15th April and 22nd June, 1887 ; and river bank, Wilton, 
Herefordshire, 2nd April, and 5th July, 1887. — Augustin Ley. 
“ These specimens (but especially that from Wilton) are, I dare say, 
Leefe’s var. iniricata ; but that, at the best, is a very slight modifica- 
tion of viminalis.^ and not worth distinguishing. Is the smaller leaf 
specimen from Wilton taken from the same plant as the larger ? ” — 
F. Buchanan White. 
S. pseudo-stipularis^ L. C. Swansea, 2nd May and i6th September, 
1887. — E. F. Linton ; and 27th April and 12th July, 1887. — W. R. 
Linton, 
Salix rugosa, Leefe. Near Shirley, Derbyshire, lotli June and 
19th September, 1887. — W. R. Linton; Archfond Moor, Alston- 
field, N. Staffordshire, 31st May and 15th October, 1887. — W. H. 
PuRCHAs; Brownslow Green, Hatton, Warwickshire, April and 
August, 1887. — H, Bromwich; Walton-in-Gordano, Somersetshire, 
April, May, and August, 1887. — J. W. White. 
S. ferruginea.^ G. And. Long Ashton, N. Somersetshire. — J. W. 
White. 
“The very variable series of hybrids which S. viniinalis forms 
with the Caprece are so inseparably connected, that N. J. Andersson 
has placed them all, with the exception of S. stipularis, Sm., under S. 
Smithiana^ Willd. I do not see, however, how S. stipularis can be 
retained as distinct, and consider it as the one of the Smithiana 
series which is nearest to S. viminalis ; S. acuminata., on the other 
hand, being the most remote. In this group specimens rather than 
forms have been described, and the names given have been variously 
applied. Thus four more or less distinct forms have been called 
‘ S, acuminata^ and the true S. acu 7 ninata has had two other names 
given to it. The varieties of S. Smithiana pass one into the other, 
and it is often impossible to refer a specimen to one variety more 
than to another. The best marks of distinction are to be found in 
the ? flowers, and more especially in the comparative length of the 
pedicel of the ovary. The serration of the leaves is also of some 
value. — F. Buchanan White. 
“ The plants mentioned above I place thus. The Swansea S. 
stipularis is S. Smithiana, L., stipularis (Sm.) approaching S. scricans 
(Tausch) in its leaves, and S. vimmalis in its catkins. All the rest 
are S. Smithiana, (S. sefPcans Tausch, which in its best state is N. 
Smithiana of British lists), the Hatton, Walton-in-Gordano, and Long 
