1924] Fernald,—New Plants of Eastern America 123 
Salix which Schneider studied, however, he saw var. luxurians only 
from the *banks of the St. Lawrence from Rimouski Co. to Gaspé 
Co.," Quebec. There it is the characteristic extreme of S. Bebbiana 
and on account of its very long capsules (9-12 mm.) and long pedicels 
(5-8.5 mm.), its plane rather than rugose leaves and its great stature 
it might almost be considered a species. In S. Bebbiana (typical) 
and S. Bebbiana, var. perrostrata (Rydb.) Schneider, the mature 
capsules are usually 5-8 mm. long though in very exceptional speci- 
mens they reach 1 cm. and the mature pedicels range from 2-6 mm. 
in length. 
S. BEBBIANA var. capreifolia (Fernald), n. comb. S. rostrata, var. 
capreifolia Fernald, Rnopona, xvi. 177 (1914). 
SaALIX hebecarpa (Fernald), n. comb. S. fuscescens, var. hebecarpa 
Fernald, Ruopora ix. 224 (1907). 
When S. hebecarpa was originally published it was taken for an 
extreme of the Alaskan S. fuscescens Anderss. with pubescent capsules 
and the shrub growing with it but having the capsules glabrous 
(though the pedicels pubescent) was identified with S. fuscescens. 
Collections made on Mt. Albert in July, 1923. by Messrs. Grisccm, 
Mackenzie, Smith and myself at the type station for S. fuscescens, 
var. hebecarpa show that the pubescence of the fruit is by no means 
constant but in all other characters the Mt. Albert material forms 
a consistent series; and a second sheet of true Alaskan S. fuscescens 
which has recently come to hand shows that it and the Mt. Albert 
shrub have quite different leaf-venation, and that the Alaskan shrub 
has darker scales and smaller capsules. S. hebecarpa stands between 
S. fuscescens and S. pedicellaris Pursh. From the latter it is separated 
by its more obovate leaves, the more pubescent and darker scales of 
the ament, the much shorter, thicker and pubescent pedicels (about 
equaling.to twice as long as the scales), the long nectary and the defi- 
nite style. The following specimens, all from alpine bogs on Mt. 
Albert, Gaspé County, Quebec, are representative. The form with 
glabrous or glabrescent capsule is marked “gl.” 
August 8-15, 1905, Fernald & Collins (gl); July 21, 1906, Fernald 
& Collins, no. 206 (gl), no. 207 (TYPE in Gray Herb.); July 24, 1923, 
Fernald, Griscom, Mackenzie & Smith, no. 25,686 (gl). 
OPLOPANAX HORRIDUM (Sm.) Miquel. The Devil's Club is known 
in our eastern manuals as Fatsia horrida (Sm.) B. & H. or as Echino- 
panax horridum (Sm.) Decaisne & Planchon. It seems to be a mono- 
