Salix.-] AMENTACEiE. ^ 151 



27. >S'. depressa, Hoffm. 



Hab. Labrador. Dr Morrison, Fort Vancouver on the Columbia. Dr Scouler — Specimens from these 

 localities are so named by Dr Barratt ; but they are, it must be confessed, in a very imperfect state, of which 

 a description would probably tend to mislead. 



28. S.fusca. L Sm. Engl, BoL L 1960. Salict, JVob. p. 165. t 83. — S. repens. E. 



BoL 133. Salict, Wob, p. 167. L 84. Ph. Am. 2. p. 610. 



Hab. Fort Franklin on the Mackenzie River, Dr Richardson, — Specimens with male catkins only. 



29. S. Myrsinites [L.)\ humilis, foliis elHpticis undulatis serratis nitidis glabris v. 

 hirsutiusculis venis prominentibus, amentis brevlbus laxis, ovariis sessilibus lanceolatis 

 laxe sericeis stylo duplo longioribus, stigmatibus bifidis. Sm, E, BoL L 1360. Salict, JVob. 

 p:U9. t, 60. Rich. Jpp. p. 37. Ph. Am, 2. p. 617. 



Hab. Swamps and woods among the Rocky Mountains ; and in the barren country north of lat. 64°, to 

 Fort Franklin. Dr Richardson, 



'30. S. desertorum (Rich) ; foliis ellipticis obovato-lanceolatisve deciduo-villosis venosis 

 subtus glaucis, amentis oblongis erectis densifloris, floribus erectis, squamis ovalibus 

 fuscis longe lanato-villosis ovarii ovati dense lanati fere longitudine, stylo brevi^ stigmatis 

 lobis bifidis. Rich. App. p. 37. 



Hab. From the Saskatchawan {Drummond) to Fort Franklin. Dr Ric/iardso?i.—A very elegant species, 

 with copious catkins. Yet there arc some varieties, as it appears, which have a very different aspect, with 

 much larger, more woolly leaves, and longer and looser catkins. 



31. S. Stuartiana (Sm.) ; ramis striclis brevibus, foliis lanceolatis utrinque acutis inte- 

 trerrimis subtus praecipue sericeo-villosis demura adultis nudiusculis, amentis cooetaneis 

 subelongatis pedunculatis, squamis brevibus fuscis sericeo-villosis, ovariis lanceolatis 

 subsessilibus sericeo-lanatis, stylo brevi, stigmatis lobis fissis. E. BoL L 2586. SalicL JVob. 

 p, 143. L 72.— S. arenarla. Hook, et Am. in BoL of Beech, p. 125.— i3. amentis laxiori- 

 bus, floribus foemineis magis remotis. 



Hab. Kotzebue's Sound. Beechej/.—^. Mackenzie River. Dr Richardson.— I'i the S. Stuartiana be 

 really distinct from S. arenaria, this must be referred to the former species, from wliich it seems to differ 

 only in the more lax nature of the catkins. 



32. S. Lapponum? L Hook, et Am. in BoL of Beech. p. 129. 



Hab. Kotzebue's Sound. Beechey, — Specimens very imperfect. 



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$ 8. Prostrate. Frutices humiles, regiones arciicas vel alpinas habitantes, suhrepentes vel prostrata. 



Amenta coaitanea peduncidata, Barratt, mst. 



33. S. reticulata (L.) ; foliis sublonge petiolatis orbiculari-ellipticis obovatisve serratis 

 adultis glabris reticulatis supra rugosis subtus glaucis, amentis pedunculatis cylindraceis 

 multifloris, squamis latis retusis purpureo-fuscis glabris aveniis ovario sericeo-tomentoso 

 sessili duplo brevioribus, stigmatis lobis sessilibus bifidis. E. BoL L 1908. Ph. Am. 2. p. 

 610. SalicL JVob, p. 133- L 67. Cham, in Limma. 6. p. 542. 



