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the capsule of S, Hookeriana is often nearly or quite glabrous." According 

 to a Idler from the author of March 9, 1919, var. laun'folla prefers a drier 

 position than the si:)ccies. This is very abundant at Vancouver and es- 

 pecially about New Westminster where it is usually found in very wet 

 places. " Probably this is the explanation of the difference in the autumn 

 colours." S, Ilooheriana '* grows in clumps usually 1.5-3 m. high, or occa- 

 sionally 5 m, high. Only rarely have I seen a single stem attaining the size 

 Howell incTitions" [rarely even 30 feet in heiglit]. So far as T can judge by 

 the material which I have seen, var. laurifolia is a variety well worth its 

 name. Not unfrequcntly it seems to be somewhat intermediate between 

 tyi^cal lloolccriana and S, Pipcri (see for example Lamb's No. 1104) which, 

 as I shall presently exi)lain, needs further observation, and may represent 

 nothing but an extreme form of the species. 



As Bebb has already stated, there is a rather common form with more or 

 less hairy ovaries which arc entirely glabrous in the type. J. K. Henry has 

 sent to me specimens with totally tomentose ovaries and fruits named 



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var. tomcnlosa (which however neither in the pubescence nor in (he flowers 

 show any influence of S, Sccndcri(ma). I think we may accept this name 



for such a form, and — it being not i)ublished — I pro2)Ose 



5c. S. Hookeriana var. tomentosa J. K. IIcnrA^ in Herb., var. nov. — 

 A typo nonnisi difFcrt ovariis et saeplssime etiam fructibus omnino vel [)ro 

 parte maxima tomentosis. 



I have seen the following specimens of S. Hool-criana which partly (as 

 indicated) belong to one of the two varieties mentioned. 



BuiTisU CoLTTMiuA. Vuiic'ouver Lslaiub locality uncertain. ^S'ca/yrcr (n\., f. ; K.; ov- 

 ariis giuberruuis, filanicntis inia basi pilosis ct coaJitis; type; same as No. 9 Barrutt 

 iiiN.); (list lilt of Renfrew, edge of the forest along the beach, August 12, lf)()'-3, C. 0. 

 Roscndahl (No. dH, f.; A.; ovariis tantum a])ice pilosis); near Vietoria, June, 1890, 

 J. /?. Anderson (fr.; A.; fructilius maturis ^hd>ris); Beaver Lake, May, 1897, same 

 coll. (m., f.; \V,); Blane Luke, May 2, 1897, same coll. (m.; A.); Vicbiity of Ueleu- 

 lot, May 21, 1899, J. Macoun (fr.; 17240, O. C); Vicinity of Victoria, IMay IS, 189:5, 

 J. Macoun (Xo. 481, f.; A., C; ovariis glahrLs); same locality, May 2G, 1893, same 

 coll. (No. 4H(», fol. juv. tantum; C, M.); May 2J, 1908, .same coll. (No. 7(5781, m.; 

 C N.); April 23, 1908, same coll. (No. 7(J78.>, f.; C, N.); May 13, 1908, same coll. 

 (No. 7()78I. fr. sutmiat. d(^nso villosis vel tomentose; N.) ; Cowicjian Park, May 22, 

 1911, Sprmdhorawjk (No. 83801, st. Cor.); vicinity of Comox, June 20, 1893, J. 

 Macoun (N<). 479, sL.;C.) without exact locality, June 16, low wet places, J. Macoun 

 (No. 1, in C. [.sheet 7543]; m., f., fr., st.); N(^w Westminster County, by the sea, 

 April II, 1889, J. Mcm^un (No. 3a, C. [sheet 7544]; m., f., st.); New Westminster 

 Road, April 20, 1889, J. M, Mamiai (m., f.; G.; ovariis part<' infcriore glabrcseenti- 

 bus); Lower Fraser River, 49, N. Lat., 18J9, Ljjall (m., C; filamcntis parlim ut 

 videtur *;labrLs); near New Westmmster, low f^round. May 10, 1914, J. K. llenrjj 

 (No. ll^^l, fr., Ii20, m.; A.; ovariis apice et p(^dicellis pilosis); May 10, Sc^ptember 

 27, 1914, same coll. (No. 21, fr., st., A.); Lulu Island, low ground, April 10, Septem- 

 ber 21, 1914, same coll. (m., f.;st.; A.); May 4, 1915, same coll. (f.; A.); same Island, 

 May 20, 1914, A. J. Hill (m., f., Brookb); Mayne Island, May 20, 1914, J. M. 

 Macoun (No. 90154, st.; O.); Douglas, May 0, 19(K>, W. Spmidborough (No. 

 795G1, f.; Cor.). 



WAriUiNGTON. King County: Seattle, June S, 1890, C. T. Piper (fr.; G., M.; 



