130 KOTZEBUE'S SOUND. [Melanthacem. 



4. Salix reticulata. Linn. — Engl. Bot. t. 1908. 



5. Salix retusa. Linn. 



6. Salix speciosa ; ramis robustis densissime flavo-sericeis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis 

 vel subacuminatis integerrimis supra glabriusculis subtus petiolisque niveo-tomentosis, 

 stipulis persistentibus lineari-subulatis membranaceis fuscis petiolo longioribus. 



Although there is no fructification on the specimen of this plant, yet it is altogether so remarkable in 

 appearance, and so unlike any other Salix with which we are acquainted, or can find described, that we 

 venture on giving it a name and character. The branch is about a foot long, strait, and very stout in pro- 

 portion to its length ; covered throughout, but especially towards the extremity, with remarkably dense 

 upright yellow silky hairs. Leaves four inches or more long, an inch or an inch and half broad, moderately 

 firm, quite entire, acute, oblongo-lanceolate, tapering into a densely woolly footstalk, about half an inch 

 long, dilated considerably at the base, where it embraces a densely silky leaf-bud: the upper side of the leaf 

 has only a few scattered lax woolly hairs, beneath it is white and cottony. Stipules linear-subulate, longer 

 than the petiole, membranaceous, brown, woolly. 



Ord. XXXIII. ORCHIDEiE. Juss. 



1. Habenaria obtusata. Rich, in Frankl. 1st Journ. ed. 2. App. p. 33. — Orchis obtusata. 

 Pursh. 



1. Corallorhiza innata. Br. — Ophyrs Corallorhiza. Linn. — Engl. Bot. t. 1547. 



Ord. XXXIV. IRIDE^. Juss. 

 1. Iris Sibirica. Linn. — supra, p. 117. 



Ord. XXXV. ASPHODELEiE. Juss. 

 1. Anthericum serotinum. Linn. 

 1. Allium Sibiricum. Linn. 



Ord. XXXVI. MELANTHACE^. Br. 



1. Zigadenus chloranthus ; scapo subnudo, bracteis lanceolatis, sepalis obovatis obtusis. 

 Rich, in Frankl. 1st Journ. ed. 2. App. p. 12. 



1. Tofieldia coccinea ; spica capitata, floribus fere sessilibus, involucro triphyllo, scapo 

 1-2 folio. (Tab. XXIX.) Rich, in Frankl. 1st Journ. ed. 2. App. p. 11. Schult. Syst. 

 Veget. v. 7. p. 1580. 



Radix fibrosa, fibris flexuosis pallide fuscis pubescentibus. Folia fere omnia radicalia, equitantia, disticha, 

 numerosa, unciam vel sesquiunciam longa, lineari-acuminata, plana, striata, glabra. Scapus 3-4 uncias lon«Tis, 

 erectus, flexuosus, siccitate angulatus, plerumque diphyllus; foliis brevibus erectis submembranaceis duplicato- 

 carinatis : uno basin versus, altero prope medium sito. Flores spicato-capitati, densi, fere omnino sessiles, 

 in volucrati ; involucro triphyllo, foliolis ovatis membranaceis acutis. Perianthii sepala oblongo-ovata, concava, 

 obtusa, erecto-patentia. Stamina sepalis opposita paulo longiora. Antherm rotundatse. Pistillum late 

 ovatum. Styli tres erecti. Capsulce ovatse, basi in unum connatw, intus longitudinaliter dehiscentes. 

 Semina numerosa, cylindracea, curvata, utrinque subacuta ad marginem suturse inserta. 



This was first discovered by Dr. Richardson, and described by him in the Appendix to Captain Franklin's 

 first Expedition, from recent specimens, in Arctic America, and which were lost in crossing the barren 



