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Scandinavia (northwards to 71° N., ascending to 1330 m.), Denmark, Germany, France, central 
Europe, Spain, Corsica, Italy (ascending to 2000 m.), Balkan peninsula; Syria and the Urals east- 
wards to Kamtchatka. 
S. arbuscula x nigricans (cf. page 48, footnote). 
5 *. aurita x nigricans Giirke Plant. Eur. ii, 20 (1897); A. et G. Camus Classif. Saul, ii, 143 (1905); 
v. Seemen in Ascherson und Graebner Syn. iv, 247 (1909); S', coriacea [Schleicher Cat. Sal. (1809) ex] Seringe 
Essai 68 (1815) nomen; Forbes Sal. Woburn. 223 (1829); x S. coriacea White in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxvii, 409 
(1890). 
leones: — Forbes Sal. Woburn, t. 112, as S', coriacea-, t. 119, as S. grisophylla ; A. et G. Camus op. cit., 
Atlas ii, t. 8 (41) fig. F— G, K— L ; et t. 16 (49) fig. Q— T, as x S. coriacea. 
Camb. Brit. FI. ii. Plate 44. («) Shoot with staminate catkins. ( b ) Barren shoot. ( c ) Staminate flowers 
(enlarged). Perthshire (E. S. M.). 
Exsiccata : — Heidenreich ; E. F. et W. R. Linton, 56 [Enander suggests that this is S. nigricans\ ; herb. 
Marshall, 680, 2771, 2964, 2995. 
Small shrub. Very similar to S', cinerea x nigricans, but distinguishable by the smaller and 
more rugose laminae which are less persistently pubescent, by the smaller and narrower catkins 
on short peduncles, and by the smaller capsules which are stalked and more or less pubescent. 
Not often recorded, and local if not really rare; from the North Riding of Yorkshire to Perthshire and 
Forfarshire ; Ireland — co. Westmeath. 
Scandinavia, Germany, Switzerland. 
■S. caprea x nigricans Wimmer Sal. Eur. 226 (1866)!; A. et G. Camus Classif. Saul, ii, 181 (1905); 
v. Seemen in Ascherson und Graebner Syn. iv, 243 (1909); S', latifolia Forbes Sal. Woburn. 235 (1829); x S. 
badensis Doll FI. Baden 519 (1859); x S. latifolia Andersson in DC. Prodr. xvi, pt. ii, 249 (1868) ; White in fourn. 
Limr. Soc. xxvii, 406 (1890). 
leones: — Forbes Sal. Woburn. (1829) t. 118, as S. latifolia-, A. et G. Camus op. cit., Atlas t. 11 (44) fig. 
L — O, as x S. latifolia. 
Exsiccata : — Leefe, ii, 52 et ii, 53, as S. latifolia ; E. F. et W. R. Linton, 38. 
Very rare ; Dumfriesshire, Perthshire, and Forfarshire. 
Also recorded for northern Scandinavia, Finland, Germany, and central Europe. 
*S. cinerea x nigricans Wimmer in Denkschr. Schles. Gesellsch. 169 (1853)!; Sal. Eur. 224 (1866); A. 
et G. Camus Classif. Saul. 329 (1904); v. Seemen in Ascherson und Graebner Syn. iv, 241 (1909); Rouy El. 
France xii, 240 (1910); x S. puberula Doll FI. Baden 518 (1859); x S. strepida White in fourn. Linn. Soc. xxvii, 
408 (1890). 
leones: — Forbes Sal. Woburn, t. 100 (1829) as S. strepida-, t. 106, as S. firma\ t. 107, as S. ansoniana 1 ; 
t. 1 17, as S. vaudensis ; A. et G. Camus op. cit., Atlas t. 30, fig. A — F, as x S. puberula. 
Exsiccata: — E. F. et W. R. Linton, 93 (ex hort. Kew.) ; Heidenreich; Schultz, x, 922; Wimmer {Sal. 
Wimmeri Rel.). 
Shrubs, intermediate between S', cinerea and S. nigricans, and bridging the gap between 
them. Young branches pubescent. Laminae obovate-elliptical, up to about 6 cm. long and 2 '5 broad, 
more or less pubescent especially underneath, larger and more persistently hairy than in S. 
cinerea x phylicifolia. Catkins peduncled, appearing a little before the leaves ; April. Style rather 
long. Stigmas usually bifid. Capsules usually elongate, pubescent, stalked ; May. 
Not often recorded (especially staminate plants), but perhaps not really rare; from the North Riding 
of Yorkshire to Forfarshire. 
Sweden, Finland, Germany, France, central Europe, Russia. 
S. lapponum x nigricans (see page 37); S. myrsinites x nigricans (see page 33); S. nigricans x 
phylicifolia (see page 47) ; S. nigricans x purpurea (see page 67). 
>S. nigricans x repens [Heidenreich in litt.\ Wimmer Sal. Eur. 239 (1866); White in fourn. Linn. 
Soc. xxvii, 394 (1890); A. et G. Camus Classif. Saul, ii, 183 (1905); v. Seemen in Ascherson und Graebner Syn. 
iv, 256 (1909). 
After Thomas, first Viscount Anson (1767 — 1843). 
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