1920] SCHNEIDER, NOTES ON AMERICAN WILLOWS. \1I , 1G5 



ad 6.5:1(-1.5 vel 7.5:2 vel 7:2,4) cm. magna, vel in ramulis vegetis plus 

 minusve obovato-oblonga ad 9:1.8-2.3 cm. magna, majora margine inte- 

 gerrima vel rarius distanter sparse glanduloso-dentato-serrata, minora fere 

 semper (sed saepe satis obscure) glanduloso-denticulata; superne novella 

 dense adpresse subargcnteo-sericea vel sericeo-villosula (interdum ut videtur 

 pilis ferrugineis paucis Immixtis) pleraque cito plus minusve glabrescen- 

 tia, sed semper pilis tenuibus adpressis difficile recognoscendis obtecta vel 

 plus minusve villosula, cano-viridescentia, vel dilute viridia, costa flaves- 

 cente nervisque lateralibus planis vel paullo prominulis, epidermide stoma- 

 tibus numerosis instructa, cuticula cellularum saepe striata; subtus ut 

 superne sericea, demum paullo pallidiora vel pleraque leviter glaucescentia 

 (pruinosa), interdum magis glabrescentia, costa plus minusve elevata, ner- 

 vis lateralibus utrinque 4-10 angulo satis acute a costa abeuntibus et versus 

 apicem currentibus, baud vel tenuissme reticulata; petioli 2-5 (-8), raro 

 ad fere 10 mm, long!, superne sulcati, ut costa pilosi; stipulae nullac, niinl- 

 mae vel parvae, lanceolatae, acuminatae, plus minusve glanduloso-denti- 

 culatae, ut folia pilosae, petiolis 2-3-p!o breviores vel in surculis aequilongae ; 

 amenta coetanea, cylindrica, densiflora, pedunculos normaliter foliatos 

 terminantes, rliaclii villosa; mascula (1-) 1.5-2.5:1-1.2 cm. magna pedun- 

 culo 3-8 mm. longe 3-5-foliato excluso, satis stricta, divaricata; bracteae 

 oblongae ad obovate-oblongae, apice pleraque obtusae ad rotundatae, 

 atrofuscae, utrinque plus minusve sericeo-pilosae pilis summis quam bractca 

 saepissime brevioribus; stamina 2, filamentis liberis (rare circ. | coalitis, 

 ? normaliter), j ad ^ (rarius ad 2) pilosis, demum bracteam duplo superan- 

 tibus, antheris aureis ellipsoidalibus circiter 0.8 mm. longis; glandula una 

 ventralis, satis anguste ovoideo-conica, truncata, bractea circiter duplo 

 brevior; amenta feminea sub anthesi circiter 2:0.8 cm, magna, fructifera 

 2.5: 1.5 ad 5: l(-2), in numero 800 Hansenii ad 8:1.8 cm. magna pedunculo 

 0.5 ad fere 1.5 cm. longo excluso; bracteae ut in masculis vel interdum sub- 

 lineari-oblongae, acutiusculae, pedicellum etiam sub fructu § ad duplo su- 

 perantes; ovaria anguste ovoideo- vel ellipsoideo-conica, breviter sericeo- 

 tomentosa vel sericeo-villosula; styli distincti, fere semper integri, rariter 

 apice breviter bifidi, 0.8 ad 12 mm. longi; stigmata satis anguste oblonga, 

 plus minusve bifida, stylo ^ ad*2-plo breviores; pedicelli sub anthesi glandu- 

 1am vix ad J superantes, in fructu vix ad 1.5 mm. longi, ut ovaria pilosi; 

 glandula una ut in masculis, in fructu quam pedicellus interdum duplo 

 brevior; fructus perfecte maturi e basi ovoideo-conica rostrati, pedicello 

 excluso 7-8.5 mm. longi, ut ovaria vel laxius villosiusculi, raro subglabri 



(Dudley, No. 3178). 



Type Locality: Mount Goddard, Fresno County, California. 



Specimens Examined: California. Tulare County: region of Mineral Gap, 

 Bullion Flat to Mineral King, trail to Gap, abundant, August 4, 1897, W, /?. Dudley 

 (No. 9aG^, f.; St.): north of Farewell Gap, August 4, 189o> same coll. (No. 1129, ni.; 

 St.); near Little Kern Iliverj about 3500 m., August 11, 1897, same coll. (No. 2.148, 

 fr.; St.;amentisad 5:1.8 cm. magnis); region of same river, Chagoopah Creek, July 

 24, 1897, same coll. (No. 2266, fr.; St. ); \\ mile below Gap, north side, August 11, 

 1897, same coll. (No. 2G01, fr., 260rs ni.; St.); Head of Middle Kaweah River, 



