SA 
1-3 me tall with thinly hairy brown or blac c 
12678? Se commutata Bebb. Shrub 
stoutish branchlets; leaves elliptical, oblong, ovate or obovate, 4-8 cme 
long, le 5-3 cm. broad, usually abruptly narrowed at the apex and acute, some 
obtuse, usually narrowed toward the base, sometimes rounded, entire or nearl 
softly hairy on both surfaces, velvety when young, becoming more or less gla 
in age (var. denudata Bebb.) both surfaces similar in color; ie age evider 
aM ¥ urth 2 . 
-12 mm. long; catkins uneniane 
ovate; petioles commonly 8 
2-5 cme long, borne on ae leafy branchlets; stamens os Nahas glabrous files 
bracts dark, obovate, weer capsules 5-7 mm. long, glabrous on pubescent pé 
about 1 mm. long; style 1-1.5 mn. long. ; 
In subalpine meadows and along streams at high elevations. ————~+ 
uh ———y Fish Lake, 6000 ft. Bptinemitouck-96o3; Oxford R- S- 5000 ft~ 
Bpline-and-Herck-9OD; Hughes Fork Meadow, 35000 ft. Hphee FOR Mo nroe or 
