5^ BOTANICAL GAZETTE [january 



more than 20 flowers, and some fruiting aments before me measure 

 up to 2.5:0.9 cm. The systematic position of the species needs 

 further study, however, and it is interesting to note the singular 

 view expressed by Andersson himself as to the relationship of his 

 S. tenera: "Memorabilis forma a nostris 5. retusa, reticulata, et 

 arhuscula quasi composita. S. retusae simiHs: foliis lingulatis, 

 vix f poll, longis, supra medium 2 lin. latis, parallelo-nervosis, 

 integerrimis ; S. reticulatae: capsuhs sessilibus, dense lanatis, 

 • pusilUs; et S. arbusculae: amentis ramulos laterales terminalibus." 



The type of 5. cascadensis was collected by Lyall in i860 on the 

 ^'eastern summits of Cascade Mountains" (f.; K.), and Lyall's 

 specimens were sent out from Kew under the name S. phlebophylla; 

 therefore Bebb (in Box. Gaz. 16:107. 1891) accused Andersson 

 rather unjustly of the use of this name for Lyall's plant. There 

 is no proof that Andersson himself apphed his own name phlebo- 

 phylla to this form which he (1868) made the type of S. tenera. 

 The writing on the labels of Lyall's specimens is not in 

 Andersson's hand. The specimen collected by Watson in the 

 Uinta Mountains, Utah (no. iioi, f.; G.), which the collector 

 referred to S. phlebophylla because it seemed to match perfectly 

 Lyall's plant, is of pecuhar interest; it looks to me more like a 

 pubescent form of S. Dodgeana than anything else, but I do not 

 venture at present to pass final judgment upon it. 



Sect. III. Ovalieoliae Rydberg in Bull. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 

 1:274. 1899, pro parte, sed sensu emend.— Sect. Arcticae Rydbg., 

 I.e. 263, pro parte, non And.; Ball in Coult. and Nels., New Man. 

 Rocky Mt. Bot. 135. 1909, pro parte.— Sect. Diplodictyae 

 Schneider in Sargent, PI. Wils. 3:136- 1916.— See my first note 

 (Box. Gaz. 66:117. 1918). To this section belong the following 

 species I have dealt with {I.e.): 13. S. petrophila Rydbg., 14. 

 S. anglorum Cham., 15. S. arctica Pall., 16. S. ovalifolia Trvt., 17. 

 S. siolonifera Cov., and 18. 5. groenlandica Ldstr. I wish to add 

 some notes to the following species. 



15. S. ARCTICA Pall.— Since I wrote the first article I have seen 

 specimens {Evans, no. 439, partim; W.) from Kodiak which 

 represent Trauxvexxer's S. diplodictya mentioned I.e. 123. It 

 is nothing but a mere form with "foliis utrinque concoloribus." 



