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show evidence of a pubescence, and there are probaUly to be found such 

 forms with a more or less hairy ovary everyw^here in tlie region of the typical 

 form. I refer to var. hebecarpa specimens collected by A. Rehder and also 

 by J. G. Jack in British Colombia at Asulkan Valley on August 14, 1904 

 (m., f.; A,). Some of them resemble S. commutata f. puberiila (see later) but 

 the stigmas are much more like those of S. Bardayi. 



Still absolutely uncertain is the form described by Andersson, 1. c. as 5- 

 Barclayi *S. laliuscula, and later in De Candolle, Trodr. xvi.^ ^55 (18G8) 

 as S. Barclayi b) latiuscula. Andersson said ** specimen singulum in herb. 

 Candolleano vidi e Terra Nova a De la Pylaie missum." Fernald (in Rho- 

 dora XVI, 173, 1914) states that "the Nc^^'foundland S. latiuscula Anders- 

 son, which has also been confused with S. Barclayi has densely sericeous- 

 tomentose capsules and remarkable long reflexed stigmas, much longer than 

 any other species known to the writer, and its foliiige is not conspicuously 

 glaucous beneath." Fernald did not see the type, and he regards as S, 

 latiuscula a specimen of Waghorne's from Newfoundland, Bay of Islands, 

 Mclver's Cove, May 31, 1898 (No. 38, f. adult.; G.) which I have seen. 

 The aments are subsessile with two or three small leaves at the base, which 

 are covered beneath with rather long and partly reddish brown hairs; the 

 peduncle also bears towards the base a somewhat reddish tomentum. 

 Without the peduncle the aments measure about 4:1.5 cm. The ovaries 

 are thinly pubescent and the stigmas are as stated by Fernald very long ani 

 revolutc. I am not sure if this condition is normal. The young leaves 

 much resemble those of S, discolor MuliL; the largest one is oboval-lanceo- 

 late, 2.7 cm. long and 1.1 cm. wide with a distant glandular dentation. The 

 upper surface is sparsely covered with grayish and fulvous hairs, while tlie 

 lower surface is entirely glabrous with the exception of a few hairs along the 

 midrib. The first small leaves show a denser glandular dentation and below 

 a pubescence of longer hairs. The one year old branchlets are glabrous, 

 dark fuscous, while the youngest bear a few hairs. I am by no means con- 

 vinced that Waghorne's specimen can be regarded as identical with Anders- 

 son*s var. latiuscula. He says (1867) " nectarium valde tenue et elonga- 

 tum " and (1868) ** nectarium valde tenue," a character not found in the 

 flowers of Waghorne's plant. As to the stigmas there is no mention in 

 either of Andersson*s rather long descriptions, and in 1868 he said " S. 

 Barclayi huic simillima sed recedit capsulis omnino glabris." After all 

 the type of Andersson's form as well as Waghorne^s specimen seem to 

 represent different forms, and I hope that I may be able to examine the 

 type in Herb. De Candolle in order to explain the identity of this interest- 

 ing form. 



As I have already mentioned on p. 147 there is another Alaskan form 

 which bears a close resemblance to S. Barclayi, This form has been named 

 S, Walpolei by Coville (and Ball) in the National Herbarium. This name 

 has not yet been published, and I would not mention it if I had not found 

 it in Gartner's dissertation: Vergl. Blattanatomie Syst. Gatt. Salix, 44 

 (Goettingen, 1907). This author cites a specimen from the Museum at 



