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leones: — Smith Eng. Bot. t. 1359, as 5 . latnbertiana ; Forbes Sal. Woburn, t. 3, as S. lambertiana ; Borrer 
in Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2651, as S. woollgariana 1 . 
The “var. ramulosa Leefe” (ined.) may perhaps be placed here: it seems intermediate between var. vera and var. lam- 
bertiana. 
Camb. Brit. FI. ii. Plate 67, a. (a) Shoot with pistillate catkins. ( b ) Leaves. ( c ) Pistillate flowers 
(enlarged). ( d) Bract (enlarged). Cambridge Botanic Garden (R. I. L.). 
Exsiccata : — Heurck, ii, 88, as S', lambertiana ; Leefe, 11, 12, 13, et iii, 75, as S. ramulosa ; 14, as S. lam- 
bertiana ; iii, 76, as S. woollgariana ; E. F. et W. R. Linton, 5, as S. purpurea var. woollgariana. 
Laminae much broader (up to about 2 cm.) than in var. gracilis, especially above the middle, 
usually more rounded and sometimes more or less asymmetrical at the base, apex more abruptly 
acuminate. Catkins more slender than in var. helix. 
Smith {Engl. FI. iv, 190) mentions that this variety occurred “on the banks of the river Willy, at Boyton, 
Wilts., for the course of about 26 km.” There is a specimen in Herb. Univ. Cantab, by W. Paite, dated 
September 1829, “from the tree (at Boyton, Wilts.) the drawing was taken from in English Botany!' Northwards 
to Dumfriesshire. 
(c) S. purpurea var. helix Koch Syn. 647 (1837); A. et G. Camus Classif. Saul. 104 (1904); S. helix L. 
Sp. PI. 1017 (1753); Smith FI. Brit. 1040 (1804)!; Eng. FI. iv, 188 (1828); S. rubra var. helix Syme Eng. Bot. 
viii, 221 (1868). 
leones: — Smith Eng. Bot. t. 1343, as N. helix (Borrer remarks, see Eng. Bot. Suppl. no. 2651, that there is 
reason to believe that a pistillate catkin of x 5 . forbyana has been figured here) ; Forbes Sal. Woburn, t. 2, as 
A. helix ; Reichenbach Icon. t. 583, fig. 2032 [1232]; Hartig Forst. CulUirpft. t. 52, as 5 . helix. 
Exsiccata: — Leefe, 10, as S. helix (“the female is S. forbyana ”) ; Tausch (PI. Set. Bohem.), as N. helix. 
Differs from var. vera, its branches more upright, its young branches and leaves less bitter 
to the taste, its more strongly obovate and larger laminae (up to about 10 — 15 cm. long and 
1 "2 — 1 '4 broad), its larger catkins, its longer ovaries and styles, and its bifid stigmas. The pre- 
ceding variety is intermediate between this and var. vera. 
Smith (see Eng. Bot. no. 1962) says that this variety breeds true. 
S. purpurea occurs on banks of rivers, ponds, and ditches, in alluvial meadows and fens ; 
and rarely in ash-oak woods ; locally abundant in the lowlands of England, rare and not indi- 
genous in upland hilly situations. Northwards to Perthshire (White in Trans. Perthshire Soc. 
Nat. Sc. i, pt. iv, 197 (1890)) and Ross-shire (Rev. E. S. Marshall, in Journ. Bot. xlviii, [38, 1910), 
with a decided preference for the lowlands of eastern Great Britain. “ Looks native along many 
of the streams in the central plain” of Ireland (Praeger, Irish. Top. Bot. 286, 1901). Planted in 
osier-beds. 
Scandinavia (to 59° 55' N.), Denmark, Germany, central Europe (to 2350 m. in the Alps), 
southern Europe, Russia; northern Africa; western and central Asia to Korea, China and Japan; 
North America (naturalised). 
iS. CLWYitCL x pWVp'HVed Wimmer FI. Schles. Nachtr. 478 (1845)!; in Flora xxviii, 436 (1845); A. et 
G. Camus Classif. Saul. 283 (1904); v. Seemen in Ascherson und Graebner Syn. iv, 299 (1909); Rouy FI. France 
xii, 230 (1910); x S. dichroa Doll FI. Baden. 511 (1859); White in Jourti. Linn. Soc. xxvii, 452 (1890); x 5 . auriti- 
oides A. Kerner op. cit. 257 (i860) !; x S. pontederana var. dichroa Andersson in DC. Prodr. xvi, pt. ii, 312 (1868). 
leones: — Reichenbach Icon. t. 599, fig. 1250, as S'. mollissima\ A. et G. Camus op. cit.. Atlas t. 27, fig. 
A — J, as x S. dichroa. 
Exsiccata: — A. et J. Kerner (H. S. A.), 22, as S. auritioides ; Reichenbach, 957, as S. mollissima. 
Shrub. Branches spreading ; young ones slender, glabrous and polished at maturity. Stipules 
persistent, subcordate at the base, narrow, acute. Petioles short, puberulent. Laminae oblong- 
elliptical, margin a little recurved and dentate towards the apex, acute to acuminate, lower surface 
puberulent, subglaucous, and a little rugose. Catkins appearing before the leaves, a little arched, 
subsessile or on short rather leafy peduncles, about 2^5 cm. long; pistillate ones twice as large 
when mature ; April. Bracts broadly obovate or elliptical, strongly hairy. Anthers purplish. 
Filaments more or less united at least in the lower half. Ovaries stalked, elongate, tomentose. 
Style distinct. Stigmas as long as or longer than the style. 
Rare; Northumberland (Leefe, loc. cit.), Dumfriesshire, Perthshire (herb. White). 
France, Germany, and central Europe. 
1 After “Mr Thomas Woollgar [ca. 1800], an accurate and indefatigable worker in this his favourite genus of plants” 
(Borrer, loc. cit.). 
