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coides, DarL, Fl. Cestr., 3 ed.), is a hybrid between this species and S. sericea, 

 having the leaves, even those of the most vigorous shoots, tapering and rather 

 acute at base, ghiucous or glaucescent beneath and sparsely appressed-hairy ; 

 stipules small, ovate, pointed ; capsules more or less silky when young, be 

 coming glabratc, sliortly pedicelled ; twigs brittle at base. A hybrid with the 

 European S. incana (surprising on account of the rarity of the cultivated 

 parent) is found at Itliaca, N. Y. (Dudlei/). 



15. S. glaucophylla, Bebb. Leaves vari/ing from ovate with a broadly 

 rounded base to oblong-lanceolate and equally pointed at both ends (3-4' long, 

 nearly 2' wide), glandular-serrate, subcoriaceous, glabrous throughout, dark green 

 and shining above, glaucous beneath, the young drying black ; stipules large, ear- 

 shaped, dentate ; aments thick, oblong-cylindrical, in size and silkiness resem- 

 bling n, 6; capsules attenuate-rostrate, 3-5' long, greenish, drying brown. — 

 Var. AXGUSTiioLiA, Bebb; leaves narrower (3' long, f wide), pointed at both 

 ends. (S. angustata, of ed. 2, in part.) — Var. brevif6lia, Bebb; leaves 

 obovate, about V long, strongly veined. — Common on the sand dunes of 

 Lake Michigan, and occasionally found away from the lake-shore in N. Ill 

 and Wise. 



16. S. balsaraifera, Barratt. Leaves broadli/ rounded and nsualhj sub 

 cordate at base, at Jirst venj thin, subpellucid and of a rich reddish color, at 

 length rigid, dark green above, paler or glaucous and promnuntlji reticulate-veined 

 beneath, slightly glandular-serrulate; petioles long and slender; stipules obso 

 lete ; fertile aments becoming very lax in fruit, the long slender pedicels 6-8 

 times the length of the gland ; style short. (S. pyrifolia, binders.) — In open 

 swamps along our northern boundary, ^Slaine to Minn., and northward; White 

 Mountains of N. H. {Little, 1823; rediscovered by Pr ingle, and C E. and E. 

 Faxon). A much branched shrub, growing in clumps; recent twigs shining- 

 chestnut on the sunny side. 



t-f ++ Leaves clothed, even whenfulhj grown, icith a long silkij tomentum on both 

 sides, ichich is f nail i/ deciduous ; capsule subsessile : style elongated. 



17. S. adenophylla, Hook. Leaves ovate or very broadly lanceolate, 



cuspidate-acuminate (1-2' long), dull green both sides, very closely serrate 

 with fine projecting gland-tipped teeth ; stipules conspicuous, ovate-cordate, 

 glandular-serrate, exceeding the short stout petioles, which are dilated at base 

 and 3mbrace the obtuse silky buds ; aments leafy-peduncled, the fertile not 

 rarely becoming 4' long, densely flowered. — Shores of the Great Lakes, root- 

 ing extensively in the sand-dunes. A large straggling shrub, with stout ta 

 nentose tAvigs and crowded leaves. Hybridizes with S. cordata. 



* •♦- Low erect shrub, I -3° high; leaves small, entire ; capsules oblong-cylindric. 

 stigmas sessile or nearly so. 



18. S. myrtilloides, L. Leaves elliptic-obovate, about 1' long, obtuse 

 or somewhat pointed, entire, smooth on both sides, somewhat coriaceous when 

 mature, revolute, reticulated, pale or glaucous beneath ; fertile aments oblong, 

 loosely few-flowered, borne on long leafy peduncles ; capsules reddish green ; 

 pedicels slender, twice the length of the nearly smooth greenish yellow scale 

 — Var. pedicellXris, Anders.; leaves oblong-linear or oblanceolate, 1-2^' 

 long. — Cold peat-bogs. X. Eug. and X. J. to Iowa, and northward. (Eu.j 



