Three New Willows from the Far West * 
By O. von SEEMEN 
Salix Franciscana 
A large shrub with spreading branches : twigs brown, with short 
gray pubescence: petioles 1.5 cm. long or less, similarly pubes- 
cent ; leaf-blades cuneate-oblong to obovate, 10 cm. long or less, 
4 cm. wide, with a short point, entire, the upper surface sparsely, 
the lower more densely gray-pubescent (this short pubescence 
dense on both sides of young leaves at the apex of shoot), the 
upper surface dark green, scarcely shining, the lower a dull gray- 
green ; midrib and wide-meshed nervature slightly prominent above 
and sharply so beneath; stipules feebly developed, semi-cordate, 
obtuse, serrate, with short gray pubescence: aments appearing 
before the leaves, erect; the subtending scales brown, with short 
gray pubescence; pedicels short, with dense similar pubescence 
and bearing small lanceolate to oblong leaves which are densely 
gray silky pubescent beneath and on the margins: staminate aments 
long-cylindric, 6 cm. long or less, 1.7 cm. thick, narrowed toward 
apex, somewhat curved, dense-flowered ; axis with short, dense, 
gray pubescence ; bracts oblong, obtuse, narrowing to base, upper 
half brown, the lower light, with dense, shaggy, gray pubescence ; 
stamens 2, united at the base or half way up, smooth, about twice as 
long as the bract ; anthers slender, yellow ; gland 1, posterior, nar- 
rowly ovate, truncate, not more than half the length of the bract: 
pistillate ament cylindric, 3 cm. long or less, 1 cm. thick, somewhat 
curved, dense-flowered ; axis like the staminate; bract oblong, 
apex round, base narrowed, upper half dark brown, lower light, 
densely shaggy gray pubescent, reaching the lower part of the 
_ capsule: capsule stipitate (stipe half the length of capsule and 
smooth), narrowing from a narrowly oval base, smooth ; style 
about half as long as the stipe ; stigmas short, emarginate, capitate ; 
gland 1, posterior, narrowly ovate, truncate, as long as the stipe: 
The Cliff House, San Francisco ; among sand hills along the 
coast. (C. F. Baker, Plants of the Pacific Slope, 70. 303; March 
14 and Sept. 1, 1902.) oe 
* (Through the kindly interest of Dr. E. B. Copeland, of Stanford University, it 
becomes possible to present these descriptions in English instead of German. Spec- 
imens illustrating these species were distributed in the spring of 1903 under these names 
to all the greater public herbaria of the world, and besides to many private herbaria. — 
C, F, Baker. ] 
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