46 
SALIX 
S. aurita x phylicifolia Schmalhausen in Bot. Zeit. xxxiii, 571 (1875); E. F. et W. R. Linton Journ. 
Bot. xxx, 360 (1892); A. et G. Camus Classif. Saul, ii, 142 (1905); x ludificans White in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xxvii, 405 (1890)!. 
Exsiccata : — E. F. et W. R. Linton, 58; Kihlman (in herb. White), as S. aurita x phylicifolia (June, 1885); 
herb. Marshall, 684, 2890, 2954, 3158. 
Shrub. Young branches somewhat polished, glabrous at maturity. Stipules usually persistent. 
Petioles about 1 cm. long or rather more. Laminae elliptical to slightly obovate or narrowly ovate, 
margin crenulate, more or less rugose, glabrous at maturity, subglaucous underneath. Catkins rather 
small, on more or less leafy peduncles, cylindrical ; late April. Bracts hairy. Stigmas very variable 
in size. Capsules stalked, pubescent; early June. 
The Rev. E. F. Linton {Journ. Bot. xxxiv, 466) does not think that the plants on which White founded his x S. 
ludificans are hybrids of S. aurita and 5 . phylicifolia , but believes that no. 59 of his own published set is of this 
parentage. To our eyes, White’s plants and Linton’s no. 58 seem to be correctly named; but we doubt the name 
which Linton applies to his no. 59. MM. Camus {loc. cit.) also cite Linton’s no. 59 with doubt ; and Enander suggests 
it is S. nigricans x phylicifolia , and this view we accept. Our plate 46 is of the same form as Linton’s no. 59. 
Rare ; Dumfriesshire, Ayrshire, Perthshire, Banffshire, Caithness-shire. 
Northern Scandinavia, Finland, Russia. 
S. aurita x phylicifolia x purpurea ? (see page 57). 
>S. caprea x phylicifolia Wimmer in Denkschr. Schles. Gesellsch. 167 (1853); A. et G. Camus Classif. 
Saul, ii, 167 (1904); v. Seemen in Ascherson und Graebner Syn. iv, 244 (1909); 5 . laurina Smith in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. vi, 122 (1802)!; Syme Eng. Bot. \ iii, 235 (1868); S. bicolor Smith FI. Brit. 1048 (1804)! nec Ehrhart ; 
S. phylicifolia var. laurina Koch Syn. ed. 2, 751 (1844); S', caprea x weige liana Wimmer Sal. Eur. 215 (1866)!; 
x S. laurina Andersson in DC. Prodr. xvi, pt. ii, 250 (1868); White in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxvii, 402 (1890)!. 
leones; — Smith Eng. Bot. t. 1806, as S', bicolor ; Forbes Sal. Woburn, t. 38, as S. bicolor ; FI. Dan. t. 2855, 
as S. laurina ; Reichenbach Icon. t. 564, fig. 2004 [1204], as S. laurina ; A. et G. Camus op. cit., Atlas ii, t. 10 
(43) fig. O — Q', as x S. laurina. 
Exsiccata: — Leefe, 73; i, 3; ii, 38; as S. laurina ; herb. Marshall, 39, 712, 2892; Reichenbach, 2417, as 
S', laurina ; Wimmer (H. S.) 68, as S. laurina ; Wirtgen, vi, 260, as S. laurina ; Herb. FI. Ingric., as S. laurina. 
Shrub or small tree. Young branches suberect, long, brown, brittle, pubescent when young, 
glabrous at maturity. Stipules subcordate, serrate, acute. Petioles pubescent on the upper side, 
broad at the base, variable in length even on the same tree. Laminae large, up to about 5 - o — 
7*5 cm. long and about 2^5 broad, somewhat rounded at the base, margin often faintly and remotely 
toothed, sometimes slightly revolute, apex terminating in a short broadish point, upper surface 
shining and dark green, lower surface subglaucous, pubescent when young, smooth, not blackening 
much on drying. Catkins appearing before the leaves ; April and May, later than S’, caprea ; shortly 
peduncled, peduncles with a few silky leaves at the base. Bracts oblong to obovate, brown towards 
the apex, with long hairs. Ovaries ovate-lanceolate, on long stalks, densely pubescent with snow-white 
hairs. Style distinct, rather shorter than the stigmas. Stigmas rather thick, usually not bifid. 
The Rev. E. F. Linton regards S. laurina Smith as S. cinerea x phylicifolia. 
Rather rare and critical ; not indigenous south of the mid-Pennines ; Norfolk (Smith Eng. FI. iv, p. 178), 
Warwickshire, Staffordshire, North Riding of Yorkshire, Dumbartonshire, Linlithgowshire, Perthshire, Banffshire, 
western Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye; Ireland (doubtfully indigenous) — co. Derry and co. Antrim (Syme, op. cit.). 
Other records, of a more or less doubtful nature, are given by Watson ( Top. Bot. ed. 2, 376 (1883)). 
Recorded also for Scandinavia, Denmark, Germany, and Russia. 
[Salix caprea x cinerea X phylicifolia A. et G. Camus Classif. Saul, ii, 275 (1905); V. Seemen in 
Ascherson und Graebner Syn. 243 (1909); S', caprea x cinerea x weigeliana Wichura Bastardbefr. im Pflanzenr. 
61 (1865); x S. tephrocarpa Wimmer Sal. Eur. 205 (1866); White in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxvii, 406 (1890)!. 
White states that a plant found by Mr C. M’lntosh in Perthshire “agrees pretty well with the description of S. 
tephrocarpa .” On one of White’s sheets, the Rev. E. F. Linton has written: — “Probably S. caprea x cinerea x phylicifolia : 
good evidence of all three.” To us, some of White’s specimens appear to resemble very closely plants named S. aurita 
x phylicifolia. The complicated hybrid is also recorded for Germany and “ S. tephrocarpa ” is known in botanical gardens.] 
S. cinerea x phylicifolia Hjelt in Med. Soc. Faun, et FI. Fenn. xi, 170 (1885); E. F. et W. R. Linton 
in Journ. Bot. xxx, 359 (1892); A. et G. Camus Classif. Saul. 337 (1904); x 5 . wardiana 1 White in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xxvii, 403 (1890)!. 
After James Ward (d. 1873), “a diligent and sagacious student of British willows” (White, op. cit.). 
