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1859 at Sumas Prairie "' Lower Frazer River 49. N. Lat." according to the 

 label in Herb. K. The printed labels of both herbaria bear the inscription: 

 " Salix lucida ienuior (S. peritandra americana Andr.) *' Andersson prob- 

 ably later changed the name temiior to macrojphylla. LyalKs specimens 

 show a large dorsal gland in the male flowers, and a similar gland may be 

 observed in the flowers of other male specimens from Britisli Cohnnbia 

 which otlierwise are api)arent]y not distinguishal)le from ty]Mcal 8. husi- 

 andra. Further observation of more copious material must prove if tliis 

 character is of any taxonomic importance; in this case we could distinguisli 

 this northern glabrous form as a special variety using the name macrophylla. 

 Sargent founded his var. Lijidlii \\\)o\\ Lyall's specimens in changing the 

 older name macrophylla, and Heller raised var. Lyallii to specific rank, a fact 

 already rightly deplored by Ball (1899). In 1915, however, Ball applied the 

 name var, Lyallii to a form of S. lasiandra common within the area of 

 Piper and Beattie's Flora of the Northwest Coast. I am not aware of 

 the reason for which Ball has been induced to do this, but in my opinion, 

 even if it should be possible to distinguish the northern glabrous form 

 from the typical 5. lasiandra of California the name var. Lyallii cannot be 



used. 



In 1867 Andersson created two new species: 8. arguta and S. lancifolia. 



To S. argida he referred his S. Fendlcriana of 1858 as a syn<Miym but only 

 ** p. p." Nevertheless he cited both specimens \\\yoi\ which he previously 

 based this species, and added to them in the first place a specimen collected 

 by Bourgeau " ad fl. Saskatchavan, prope Carlton-house." This si>ecimen 

 (I have not yet seen the type in Herb. K.) probably belongs to S, lucida and 

 is identical with one of Bourgeau's specimens from the '' Saskatchevan, 

 1859," preserved in Herb. G. Therefore the typical S. argida of Andersson 

 consists of 3 different things, namely S. lucida (Bourgeau), S. lasiandra 

 (Fendler's No. 81G, as explained before), and 8. lasiandra caudata (" Burke 

 et Creyer No. 287 "). 'Andersson himself said of S. argnta (18G7): " Valde 

 dubius sum, utrum a S. lucida distincta an cum ea conjugenda sit," and he 

 was not sure whether it might be " quasi hybrida a 8. lucida et S, cordata " 

 (18G8). In spite of all his doubts he adds (1867) the var. lasiandra which is 

 nothing but the typical S, lasiandra, and var. erythrocoma. Under the 

 name S. crylhroconia Barratt had distributed as No. 40 Herb. II. & T. a 

 Salix " common on the Islands and shores of Lake Winnipeg " of which I 

 have seen a male specimen in Herb. G. It seems to belong to S. scrissima, 

 but Rydberg (Fl. Rocky Mts. 191 [1917]) has taken uj) Barratt's name for a 

 species which he i)laccs next to S. serissima, and which is found from Mani- 

 toba to British Columbia and the Mackenzie River valley. I have seen 

 no material from these regions which I could identify with Rydberg's 

 S. erythrocoma. Andersson had named his var. erythrocoma in 1858 S, 

 (perdandra) lucida pilosa, and in both places he cites, })esides the Winnipeg 

 material, ''Columbia River" and'* Fort Franklin," mixing, apparently, 

 forms of different affinity as I have already explained under .S. serissima. 

 The second species created by Andersson in 18G7, is S. lancifolia of which 



