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Eastern slope of the Sierra from Oregon to Nevada and 
southern California; at 400 meters in California. 
6b. CHYLISMA SCAPOIDEA CLAVAEFORMIS (Torr.). 
OEnothera clavaeformis Torr. Frem. Rep. 314. 1845. 
OLEnothera scapoidea var. aurantiaca S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 
8: 595... 1873. 
Southern California and Arizona. 
7. CHYLISMA BREVIPES (A. Gray). 
OLEnothera brevipes A. Gray, Pacif. R. R. Rep. 4: 87. 1857. 
OEnothera clavaeformis Torr. Bot. Mex. Bound. Surv. 66. In 
part. 1859. 
Southern California and Arizona. 
Salix candida Willd, and its Hybrids.* 
W. W. RowLeE anD K, M. WIEGAND. 
(PLATE 267.) 
Within a radius of twenty miles of Ithaca, New York, there 
is but a single station for Salix candida. This is a swamp, 
formerly a sphagnous bog, called “Fleming Meadow,” two miles 
south of the city. The swamp is a little higher, possibly fifteen 
feet, than Cayuga lake. An attempt was made some years ago to 
drain this and a neighboring bog and thereby to render them 
suitable for cultivation. The springs of water pouring in thwarted 
this attempt, and after they had been thoroughly cleared of bushes 
the attempt to utilize them was abandoned and they were allowed 
to become wild again. 
Salix candida persisted along the margins of the ditches during 
the attempt to drain the bog. These have filled up and the soil 
has become again very wet. The willow has now spread some- 
what from the ditches. Other willows grow in the bog. Salix 
cordata is more abundant than any other. S. rostrata and S. dis- 
* We have received from the authors photographs illustrating the variation in 
buds described in this paper. ‘hey are willing to send similar photographs to anyone 
interested enough to pay the cost of printing and mailing—zs cents each. There are 
three ——— 5x8 inches, and 6 bane natural size, a in eegess s 
