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Herbarium specimen: Salix viminalis x cinerea = S. x holosericea

Taxon:Salicaceae: Salix viminalis x cinerea = S. x holosericea Willd. ("Silky-leaved Osier")
Filed in taxon folder:Salicaceae: Salix viminalis x cinerea = S. x holosericea Willd. ("Silky-leaved Osier")
Collected by:Dr John (Joannis) Fraser
Collection date:5/1881 [male catkins]
8/1881 [leaves]
Locality:Great Britain, VC39 Staffordshire, Field House, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, SO870988, Two small trees or shrubs 10 to 15 feet high, by side of small pool, Field House [at this date a country inn], Tettenhall, near Wolverhampton.
ex herb:Mr Frederick Townsend
Mr Allan Octavian Hume
Botanical Exchange Club of The British Isles
Institution:South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:Salix viminalis x cinerea = S. x holosericea herbarium specimen from Field House, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, VC39 Staffordshire in 1881 by Dr John (Joannis) Fraser.
collector's number:20128
notes:I consider your plants to be S. holosericea Willd. not Hook. I never saw a British specimen before. It would be very interesting if you could discover the female. Nov. 8, 1881. J.E. Leefe.
I have no doubt of your plant being true S. holosericea Willd. Nov. 24, 1881. J.T. Boswell.

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