34 Mr. Tuckerman, on some Plants of New England. 
-MSS., from the mountains of North Carolina, with a specimen of 
: which I have been favored by the author, seems to approach, 
perhaps too near. ‘The erroneous station given by Pursh for this 
species, (there is, I believe, no evidence that he was acquainted 
with the true plant, his own specimen belonging to A. incana, ) 
has perhaps contributed to the uncertainty with which it has 
been regarded. It was probably known to Cutler, but seems to 
have escaped our other botanists, until recently. | 
Sanix myrtiniowes, (L.): foliis oblongo-ellipticis acutis s. 
obtusis basi obtusiusculis integerrimis utrinque glaberrimis subtus 
reticulato-venosis glatcescentibus, amentis pedunculatis capsulis 
ovato-conicis glabris longe pedicellatis, squamis brevibus obtusis 
pilosiusculis, stylo perbrevi, stigmatis lobis fissis. BE. 'T.— Wah- 
lend. Fl. Lapp. p. 266, Fries, Mantiss. p.71, Koch, Comment. in 
Sal. p. 52. S. pedicellaris, Pursh, Fl. 2, 611, and Auctt. Amer. 
- Hab. Swamps, New England; Ipswich, Oakes ; Cambridge, 
Framingham, &c. E.'T. A low shrub, with a somewhat vir- 
gate habit, and remarkable for its entire smoothness. The leaves 
are elliptical, with a base more or less obtuse, the margin reflexed, 
and the under side commonly glaucescent. The fertile aments 
are rather loosely flowered, the capsules on long pedicels, the 
stigma almost sessile. No one can compare Pursh’s description 
of his S. pedicellaris with that given by Wahlenberg of S. myt- 
tilloides, without noticing a remarkable agreement in the princi- 
pal characters of the species. Mr. Oakes long ago suspected that 
the plants were the same; and a careful study of our S. pedicel- 
laris as compared with Lapland specimens of 8. myrtilloides, re- 
ceived from the illustrious Wahlenberg, have satisfied me of their 
identity. The Lapland species is less inclined to be glaucous, 
as Pursh described his specimens; but this is believed to bea 
variable character in this genus. The foreign plant is better dis- 
tinguished by the broad, often cordate base of the leaves, a habit 
which I have never observed in ours. But Koch remarks of the 
species, (Comm. p. 52,) “foliorum forma valde variabilis, occur- 
runt scil. subrotundo-ovata, basi subcordata apice obtusissima, 
ovata, oblonga, acuminata, et lanceolata utrinque acuta.” I can- 
not discern any differences in the inflorescence of the two plants. 
Wahlenberg remarks that there is hardly any Willow so entirely 
smooth and so very distinct as this, Fries truly calls it elegant; 
noticing also, as does Wahlenberg, its resemblance in habit to 
